QUOTE (Nikki's Mom @ May 30 2009, 12:02 PM)
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For health safety, plastic should be BPA-free. If you look on the bottom of the plastic item, you will see a little triangular symbol with a number in it.
Here's a link about what those symbols mean:
http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2007/03/...c_water_bottles
Some random info about this subject.
Municipal tap water usually contains fluoride and chlorine, no matter how good or bad it tastes.
Rubbermaid is supposed to come out with safe plastic containers. I've used glass storage containers for years. A little inconvenient, but oh well.
Well water can be an unknown factor regarding purity unless it is tested. I became very ill a few years back from drinking what I thought was pure well water while living in a rural, pristine mountain area. Since then I've had to do a lot of research on water.
Brita and Pur filters do not remove fluoride. Reverse Osmosis filters remove fluoride. Fluoride in the water is not so great. I can't in good conscience give it to my Nikki.
Link about fluoride: http://www.holisticmed.com/fluoride/
Link about chlorine: http://www.4optimallife.com/Dangers-Of-Chl...our-Health.html
For our drinking water and shower water, we are fluoride and chlorine-free. We also use fluoride-free toothpaste. It's worth it. And if you color your hair, the color doesn't fade as fast if you have a shower filter. You can buy shower filters at Home Depot, among other places.
Two brands of bottled spring water that do not contain fluoride are:
Crystal Geyser Spring Water (Not Crystal Springs)
Whole Foods 365 Brand Spring water.
The links I provided here are some of many links on these subjects. There are many sites offering information on the internet about water purity, plastic products, fluoride, etc. Some are good, some are bad. Some just want to sell you something. I don't endorse those links posted above, I provided them for research purposes. Everyone has to make their own decisions on these matters.[/B]
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Good info Susan
! Mitzi's Mom, if you do not want to use a reverse osmosis water filter you can have 5 gallon Poland Spring delivered. They have it in the hard plastic (not sure if BPA free though) and glass bottles. Before I had a reverse osmosis filter I used to alternate between the 5 gallon distilled and spring. The problem with the flouride and chlorine for our babies (and us) is that it can take many years for us to get sick from it but can cause problems with a small dog much sooner, like thyroid. There's also a link between flouride and cancer, genetic damage and neurological problems. I do not use flouride in my toothpaste either. (It's been shown it does not even help with reducing cavities in children or adults
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