Water dish/Water

[PreciousPrince]

Suzan I use the Brita filter for both of us and saw your post that it doesn't remove fluoride - we have a well, can that be found in well water too or is it just a concern with city water?

[puppy lover]

QUOTE (Nikki's Mom @ May 30 2009, 06:08 PM)

QUOTE (Sunnie @ May 30 2009, 05:47 PM)

I just read that the 5 gallon hard plastic bottles from Poland Spring have BPA . That was news to me. Thank you Suzan for pointing out the need for a triangle on the bottom to be bpa free. Hard to keep up sometimes with the load of toxic stuff the chemical companies are throwing our way !
Glad I read this thread because I was about to buy a water dispenser for my future puppy thinking the hard plastic was safe.[/B]

It depends on what number is inside the triangle. Avoid #3 and 7
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Thanks!

[lovesophie]

QUOTE (Nikki's Mom @ May 30 2009, 09:02 AM)

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]

Thanks for posting this. I've been drinking the Whole Foods bottled water for a while now, but I never knew Crystal Geyser was fluoride free, as well. I'm not a fan of plastic, so I never reuse plastic bottles, as I believe they're intended to be used only once and then discarded. I remember learning that the number on the bottom of the bottle (usually a 1) was supposedly "low-grade", but I couldn't remember where I had heard this, so thanks for posting your source.

I know the Brita filter doesn't filter out fluoride, but I remember learning from my microbio professor (he was a total health nut) that if you eliminate all other sources of fluoride (in food, toothpaste, certain dental treatments, etc.), then the small amount found in water shouldn't pose problems. I have also read that using the reverse osmosis method not only depletes the fluoride, but it also depletes all natural minerals found in the water. You can always supplement with mineral drops, but I doubt it would be as good as the minerals that are naturally found in water. I think it's darn near impossible to find "perfect" water, so I guess you just have to choose your battles, so the speak.

I, too, have a shower filter, and I also use toothpaste free of fluoride. You can also make your own toothpaste with baking soda, good sea salt, and hydrogen peroxide. Oh, and I don't ever use Teflon-coated pots and pans.

[Nikki's Mom]

I think the Reverse Osmosis filter method depletes few minerals. It's not like distilled water, though. Well water shouldn't have fluoride in it. IMO all well water should be tested so that you know what is in the water.

My hubby used to drink tons of iced tea while traveling on the road for work, but then he realized that he was also drinking tons of fluoride, too, so he stopped. Same with people who drink tons of takeout coffee.