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In my experience this is a great talking point for convincing people to drink tap water (which, needless to say, is a thousand times more sustainable than anything in a bottle, plastic or glass).
Can enjoy yummy PFAS from your tap water instead 😋 Using a reverse osmosis system will remove them, though.
Yeah, but this is a pretty dumb debate. It obviously all depends on country, region, groundwater source, filtering systems and so on - and exactly those same factors for bottled water in most places, since the origins are often the same.
My point was about microplastic, which I understand to be more of a problem with bottled water.
Downside, my tap water is filled with nitrate pollution from agricultural fertilisers used upstream.
Sure. This is a problem in many regions. Then again, in many regions bottled water comes from exactly the same sources.
Does the filtration even catch microplastics?
Presumably some, but the main issue is that tap water does not spend days and weeks in extremely close proximity to plastic immediately prior to consumption.
no it just flows at significant pressure through PVC pipe.
Without data you're talking out of your hat, and so am I. My recollection is that the data shows that tap water generally has significantly less microplastic content than bottled water. If you care enough one way or another, then look it up and report back.
PVC is for the drains, the sit in PEX (polyethylene) pipes in newer construction/ renovated homes.
I don’t know if PE is ultimately ok, and wouldn’t install it in my house (seems like a burst hazard in 15-20 years), but it’s way safer than PVC.