Tap water might be better than bottled water 

I’m sitting next to the sink, determining whether I should drink out of my tap

IT'S REGULATED BY GOVERNMENT SO IT MUST BE GOOD. Worst thing to start the video with LOL.

Simple trick: take your tap water, run it through a filter to remove any impurities, then put that tap water in a bottle or plastic jug with a lid, shake the bottle for about 1 minute, then place the bottle in the fridge and remove the tap (freezer works just fine.) Chloride and flouride are gases in room temperature, and at temperatures lower then what water freezes at, so the shaking introduces energy which allows for the water and chemical treatment to un-bond long enough for the gas to escape, and if you keep the bottle in the fridge you allow for the chemical to remain a gas while the water is chilled. This is by no means a system of removal for all of the chemical, but you get a noticeably better tasting glass of water. Also, you don't need the filter, but it helps.

The thing I don’t like about water bottles is that the plastic that goes to the environment and damages it over time. Even with recycling, not everything gets recycled.

Wish they would make up their mind! Some say tap water is hazardous, others say its fine. So why does my tap water here in Los Angeles, CA smell like mosquito repellent?

What he says about drinking out of plastic bottles being bad may be true, but drinking soda pop out of plastic bottles is even worse, and there are more of those drinkers. Plus, many microwave foods get cooked in a plastic tray, which again, is even worse because it's heated plastic. Many foods and most drinks come in plastic, so it isn't just bottled water being a problem there. So if he's using that argument not to drink bottled water, he could be using the same argument not to be eating or drinking anything that comes in plastic but it's probably not realistic in today's world.

Unless there's a problem with the water in your municipality (e.g. Flint), then there's nothing wrong with tap water. Most of the people in the US are blessed to have some of the best water available. I wouldn't trust anything in a bottle, since you never know the source. And frankly, I think people are making too much noise over the quality of tap water, especially here in the US.

I tested tap water against bottled with flowers and the tap water made the flowers last 10 days more , my latest upload though shows that tap water although better than bottled is still dangerous

I’m about the drink tap water but b4 I drink it I’m here doing reviews 😂😂

WTF? This highly depends on the region where you live, also idk about the US but in my country the bottled water is either from an actual mineral spring or a normal one and the tap water is an absolute shit.

waht about the chlorine and the fluoride in the tap water that cumulate in your body?? those are heavy metals, they should not be in any case in any water, nor in your body

I am 60 and can't recall ever buying bottled water. I have had it given to me on occasion, but the idea of spending money on water just seems absurd to me. Even at large events where there is no water fountain, I will search out a public restroom and slurp from the sink.

Lets not forget about Flint Michigan eh..

tap water is simply undrinkable. You can say whatever you want. I’m not drinking it.

I've been drinking bottles water almost all my life, lol :(

I drink water straight from the tap... Put my head under the sink and drink it like I would from a water fountain. Tastes so much better than any bottled water I've ever had, and even if bottled water was free I'd always take the tap water. My town was rated 3rd best water in the country in 2008, and even in other places I am fine. Kids at my school refuse to drink from the fountain, but really why? They drink from plastic water bottles instead. I don't get it.

I live in the uk in a town where there’s quite a lot of countryside so I’ve always drunk tap water never understood bottled water but I swear in London tap water just tastes so crap

I used to despise water in general but as I gotten older Ive learned to really love water. My routine for tapwater is to fill two glassbottles that I let sit over night for proper room temperature. Im not sure why that tastes better to me but it just does. I prefer the water to be cool but not cold. That seems like a lot of overthinking for just plain water but when you find a routine you like for something it just really adds to the experience.

In India , people drink water from river , canals , tube-well or those who lives in cities they used to have a pump and pull out water from the underground & drink .

Tap water doesn't taste the same as bottled water.

my tap water tastes like pennies. no thank you.

I can't win for shit. I feel like a dog chasing it's tale.

Not one mention of the harmful effects of fluoride.

Tap water is regulated by government but their regulations is things we personally wouldn’t agree with, Louisiana uses 2 times the chlorine in its water then any other state due to being below sea level, Government regulates 15 parts per billion of lead in tap water, but only 5 parts per billion in bottled water. Government actually does regulate bottled water. And it’s safer. Also don’t choose distilled or purified, choose spring water!

My tap makes me feel sick

The plastic that contains the water is a problem? So I Imagine all the oxidized old pipes that tap water has to go miles through just to reach your home is deadly then right?

good thing in finland we have best tap water in the world

You failed to mention the rusty pipes your tap water is traveling through

Yes and you REALLY want to trust Government Officials! 🤦🏼‍♀️

South Carolina has really good tap water, comes straight from the blue ridge mountains.

Yeah and Sugar and cigarettes are ok for the Government to approve to be legal Dream on!

Depends on the location. I love in Brooklyn so I do two all the time

I have heard so many theories about unsafe tap water. We received a letter in the mail stating that we should not consume the water. I’ve read in another article that the water could be unsafe because of contaminants or viruses in the water. That’s what I’ve heard. I don’t know how true it is, but I no longer drink the water.

Going out on a limb but I would have to say that it depends on where you're tap water comes from

Most bottled spring water and purified water is acidic. My tap water tested nice and alkaline, not acidic, plus it taste pretty good. I am giving up bottled water for good unless it is alkaline type water, I can drink it when away from home.

Well... I'm going to go drink boiled water

I bought bottled water for years, then I moved into a third floor apartment. That shit is heavy! Now I drink tap, glad it's better, lol.

im so fucked, been drinking bottled water every day for the past year and a half

My neighbor worked at water treatment and retired from the city of Philadelphia water department. He says that bottled water is tap water in plastic & we’re being played 😂😂😂

There’s fluoride in my local water no thank you

Government regulates it? I'm drinking bottled water!

5 minutes later Bottled water might be better than tap water

Switched to tap first time in 20 years and I feel finally thirst quenched. We're meant to be drinking RUNNING water instead of water sitting in a plastic bottle which is dead water.

in Manchester the tap water is half chlorine, i'll take bottled spring water over that any day...

I have drank Tap water my entire life and I rarely get sick

Tap water is actually processed and bottle water is actually a good type of water because bottle water has pH level of 3 and tap water has pH level of 6 so it's higher and chemicals mix

I'm grateful you focused on this issue. I've been trying to educate people for years about this. People who have commented from foreign countries, you're right. This video is directed at a US audience. And you're also right that it depends on region. IF your region is subject to fracking, you can't trust the water (nor your regional government if it allows fracking!). But for a huge majority of us who are in the US and not in regions that are fracked, it's true that our drinking water tests to a really low level of chemical toxins. They want to avoid lawsuits, remember? What this video does not mention is the trucking of bottled water -- how it sits in flatbeds in the sun for miles. So the water in the plastic bottle has been heated, adding to the leaching, plus the carbon footprint of the shipping. Add to that the carbon footprint of the production of the plastic (COME ON! Have you really not considered this before???), PLUS the toxic mess associated with creating the plastic bottle in the first place. Do a lifecycle analysis on everything you consume and realize why the "Go Local" movement is getting bigger every day.

I honestly can’t stomach to drink too much tap water in my town.

Tap water is not better for you, in Ashtabula when I lived they’re literally every we’re not just at my house but at school the water was literally foggy and like a grayish color, idk if it’s still like that. That was about 2yrs ago

What if I have an old water bottle that I had from an year ago and filled it with tap water

in illinois, the water taste like rust and chemicals so yeah, i’d rather die tasting good water then die drinking shitty chemical water.

It took you this long to figure this out?

I've mostly drank nothing but soda my whole life and have recently been trying to ween myself off the stuff. (and hopefully quit) Glad to know that this isn't going to cost me a dime~ :D

I am not saying the study is not legit, but is bottled water any different then milk contained in plastic, or all of the juices people drink in plastic containers? What about bottled lotions? There are a lot of products that we consume on a daily basis that reside is plastic bottles or plastic containers. Is it only the plastic used in drinking water, or is it all plastic containers? Need a more comprehensive study on the plastics that we use on a daily basis?

I’ve been drinking bottled water for about as long as I’ve lived, and I’m still perfectly fine.

If you live in the UK click away - our regulators ensure bottled water has added minerals so there are benefits to it. Also, the plastic in your body only really occurs when the bottle is warm, whereas if you keep the bottles in a cool place

my tap tastes like shit, so I bought A ZeroWater pitcher and it cleans everything out completely and makes it taste great! No more water bottles for me.

If it’s so healthy why does it taste different?

Our tap water is from our well here in Bosnia. Bottled water is also cheap, 5 Liters cost around 50 cents

Say a water blessing before you drink each glass.

No.. it’s unsafe to use in Oman because the pipes are dirty, sometimes when I run a bath it turns out yellow.

Flint Michigan

I'm still debating cause the water come out these dirty ass pipes

it's both harmful in the end there's no escape

Clearly this dude has never been to Flint.

Okay when I was a kid back in 1972 the news came on and the news anchor said that when the water treatment plant screws up they don't always tell the public so therefore you be drinking some really messed up water also when I moved into the town I live in now which is South Carolina there was a note although it was on the floor rather than on my door that's how important they felt it to inform me that they were having trouble with the waters and then if you were elderly you're having health issues you probably shouldn't drink the tap water so yeah unless you're using a water filter I would highly recommend that you don't drink tap water straight

where are you looking the camera is up here

One word .. FLINT No I don't believe people who say it can't happen here though.

This guy is a government official. Nevermind the lead n rust from the pipes & the chlorine

I’ll say though tap water in cities is a lot different to the countryside

Why?

Regulated doesn't mean better.

Our local water here in San Francisco has gone downhill for the last 15 years. Now it tastes like shit. No literally like Chlorine.

All Those Poisonous Chemicals in Tap water though compared to just Plastic water.

I always hated when someone argues with me or other people saying which is better tap water or bottle water i mean they all came from the same place.

Water pipes are sometimes also plastic.

So is the flint water safe?

bro looks like he drinks tap water

Yeah tell that to Flint Michigan....

Well after it travels miles through pipes that haven't been replaced in decades 🤷‍♂️

keep on drinking fluoride

You need a water filter fitted to your tap. Certainly don't drink bottled water.

Tell that to the people of Flint

I am concerned about the plastic holding the water. Plastic is not good for the environment and we see plastic everywhere in cosmetics, other beverages and food packages, electrical and electronics etc. The less use of plastic the better. There should be a global website or app that can list each cities of the world with a list of comparison findings of plastic and whether it is safe/cleaner between tap water vs bottled water. Tap water with the condition of water pipes going through each household varies from one suburb to another, and one city to another. Maybe each household should have a filter installed so the water is safe to drink?

People have been so duped by the bottled water industry. There are a number of issues with bottled water, such as it not having the nutrients that tap water has or fluoride that protects against tooth decay.

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Here we store tap water first in big plastic tank....do u think it's safe to drink tap water...then as in hit weather the tank getting heat up...?

What about the journey/source of the tap water to even out the argument

Run your tap water through a distiller and taste the yellow residue and ask yourself if you would add that back. Also take an environmental science class to learn about all the hazardous trace shit in tap water. True, some bottled drinking water is tap water, but do your research before buying it. Tap water is not safer than filtered, distilled, and most bottled water. This guy doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.

Tap water is actually slightly acidic so wrong

Well yeah. I live in greece so the water is bussin'

Tap water = diarrhea every cup, ask me how I know lol

Drinking a bottle of water right now

What about the water from those machines that you put in you're bottles. Is that tap water?

How long is bottled tap water good? I keep some in the event of an emergency. I don't treat it. Thank you. (tTt)

The fact we dont know how to fundamentally drink clean water is proof this society is not actually built for the betterment of mankind AT ALL.

Hope fully i not drinking forever chemicals in my bottle water like i have been drinking from the tap even after refiltering it now I'm suffering with bladder cancer

regulated by the government everyday but flint still doesnt have clean water; its been 7 years

People are happy to breath in dirty air.

Well jusk asking ,if you had drank the tap water and suddenly had stomachache and pain at your throat what to do please give ur opinions thanx