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Tahani Sticpewich wrote:
> 
> I've been drinking bottled "spring water" since getting pregnant
> a year and a half ago, because I thought it was probably safer than
> my tap water and didn't have time to pursue the matter.  But now
> I'm wondering whether I wouldn't be better off with the tap water.
> (Mostly because I'm reading the horrifying book "Our Stolen Future,"
> which suggests that plastic of various kinds, like that used to
> bottle water, may leach hormone-disrupting chemicals into the water.)
> 
> There are a multitude of issues and questions.  I'd appreciate any
> help with any of this.
> 
> How regulated is bottled water?  I remember hearing it wasn't very.
> Does "spring water" really mean anything?  Do they have to test the
> quality as often and in as many ways as my municipal water supplier
> (EBMUD)?
> 
> I looked up Consumer Reports -- they said that the main things to
> test for are radon, lead, and nitrates.  Do I have to worry about
> radon in the Bay Area?  I got the impression they just didn't have
> time/space to discuss all the other possible contaminants.  Is there
> some way I could find out what's most likely in our water?
> 
> I'd really like to get my water tested -- even if it starts off in
> relatively good shape from EBMUD, who's to say what happens to it
> en route?  Do I just pick a lab from the yellow pages?  What should
> I ask them to test for?  How much should I expect to pay?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.
> 
>         Tahani Sticpewich
>         tahani@eecs.berkeley.edu
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> Test Sticpewich | tahani@eecs.berkeley.edu                 | 510-642-1818
> ERL, UC Berkeley  | http://infopad.eecs.berkeley.edu/~tahani | fax 642-2739
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Tahani,

If you are already drinking bottled water, there is no use in getting 
your water tested. The main contaminant in water is put there on purpose, 
chlorine. Chlorine is now being found to be the leading cause of many 
cancers. My advice is this, instead of paying to have your water tested, 
just invest that money into an excellant water filtration system. Most 
will tell you what they filter and to what levels. I do sell water 
filtration units that have been tested by independent labs and are backed 
by Good Houskeeping. If you would like info, either call me at my office 
at 216-871-5898, or E-Mail me your snail mail address and I will send you 
out information on water contaminates and our units. Second, bottled 
water is less regulated than tap water or water filtration units. From 
there, you can place your own judgment. All I know is that I can by a 
bottle of water off the shelf that says it is a certain brand, and it's 
source is a municipal water supply in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.


Bill