Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water

Re:Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment th... by lostlogin on Sunday August 15, 2021 @03:41PM (#28191828)

It happens more often than you’d think. Here is one example from New Zealand, where many got sick, lots were hospitalised and some may have died. Colleagues describe the bedlam at local hospitals and the smell of the place as they were inundated with the afflicted.

Whether or not we are a first world country could be queried.

https://watersource.awa.asn.au/community/public-health/lesso...

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Re:Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment th... by robocat on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:20PM (#28204100)

It happens very rarely in New Zealand, and when it does it is national news (or international news as per your link).

Also our government response to such events is usually functional, with national changes to procedures and systems to try and avoid repeating mistakes.

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Re:Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment th... by lostlogin on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:38AM (#28219180)

The follow on to that saga found potential unsafe water supply to 750,000 New Zealanders. Years later the situation is reported to be little better.

This bit alarmed me: “In December 2017, a government-commissioned inquiry found that 20 percent of New Zealand’s drinking water was “not demonstrably safe,” meaning at least 759,000 people could be exposed to disease-causing contaminants. It found that there were about 35,000 cases of acute gastrointestinal illness contracted via reticulated drinking water each year.”

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/99591173/state-of-ne...

https://m.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2102/S00058/new-zealand-town...

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