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Re:A National Evil – the curse of the goitre in Switzerland by xp84 on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @06:37PM (#38788229)
Somehow I doubt “Big Filter” has the kind of money and clout they would need to pull that off. I’d accept being proven wrong, but I just doubt it in the absence of seeing proof.

Most of the taste problem that’s in our water “on purpose” is chlorine and it’s not added out of spite, it’s added for sanitary reasons.

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Re:A National Evil – the curse of the goitre in Switzerland by Cockbrand on Friday December 29, 2023 @05:30AM (#38803562)
Apart from me mixing up chlorine and fluoride, my comment was a bit hyperbolic - of course, there's no Big Filter industrial complex :)

I haven't done a lot of research on how to clean water, but e.g. in Germany, tap water isn't chlorinated and thus has a much more neutral taste. And it's very much regulated to a high standard.

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