Here still lead pipes are being discovered in old building, which has proven to lead to significant issues in Brain development of children.
Also often other residue is found of farming & medicine and other things seeping into the ground water.
So sadly finding clean & good water is not easy, bottled or tap.
> Ironically enough, the most commonly detected plastic was polyamide, a material commonly used in water filtration systems and "the most popular membrane material used in reverse osmosis … a common water purification method shared by all three brands [of water tested]," the team wrote in the paper.
while it seems trivial in amount, the bottled water is ironically cheaper than many developing countries (unless you go for large 20L bottles that you need to exchange for filled ones).
The Mississippi is also the open sewer of the Midwest.
And our sewer and water board is incompetent and corrupt ( I love public infra. This one sucks )
As a result. I don’t drink that water directly and filter it.
I think that will be more and more common. At least in the US.
If you look at the list, even Brita doesn't claim that their pitcher filter the really nasty stuff. At most they "help to reduce". It looks like they are really designed only to remove the chlorine taste.
Their "Faucet Mount Filters" looks a bit more effective.
The S&WB almost needs it's own discussion thread. Not sure your average American HN reader can even comprehend the level of incompetence we have to deal with from that group.
Karl Marx showed us 150 years ago that a government under capitalism is a capitalist government.
Shouldn't be a problem. Might I interest you in some new water?