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Bottles can be cleaned the same as water can be. Next, the article uses scare-tactics concerning possible contamination from different types of plastics used in making bottles without making it clear which plastics were a problem and under what situations. These illusive contaminates were given as the reason to abandon all bottled water in favor of tap water, which we know to be contaminated. The number one problem with the article was that it was written by a rabid environmentalist. With the new article by CBS on the drugs present in the tap water, the consumer is now very confused. We have a number of water-related articles on our web site including one on plastics used for water bottles which you may find of value. Sincerely, Richard L. Cure - www.byobwater.com 1288 W. Main St. Lewisville, TX. 75067 (972)219-1551 , well-doc!DFhjÚÞøüL^ ˜ š º¼rt.úü&n’ÀÞàâäæèêìøôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôÌÌÌÌ(2‚"'(Š  Û) @·S  DHdâäæèêìТj¢`¢`¢` " 8 "PS" $Š 08."ÿ. "PS" $Š 080 "ˆ¶" $Š 08 ˜ŠTSHÿÿÿÿ˜ŠTSH "ð "ttìì( ŠONTTimes New Roman ÿÿ$ò "@""þÿÿÿ "07ê’`mailto:letters@rd.comÿò  " " "¤øä˜ÈÈü0Faxœ`&ê odÈÈLetterCHNKWKS $øÿÿÿÿTEXTTEXTìFDPPFDPPFDPCFDPCSTSHSTSHSTSHSTSH2SYIDSYIDPSGP SGP dINK INK hBTEPPLC lBTECPLC „FONTFONTœ<TOKNPLC ØxSTRSPLC P:PRNTWNPRŠTFRAMFRAMÞ!ˆTITLTITLf":DOP DOP  "Letter to Readers Digest Magazine letters@rd.com Re: article, Rethink What You Drink - Feb.'08 issue RD Dear Editor, Being the owner of a BYOB Water Store for nearly 15 years and hearing about or reading the recent rash of anti-bottled water articles makes me wonder what is going on. When the statement is made that the tap water is better than professionally treated bottled water and that a small un-monitered home-water-treatment system is a solution, a number of questions are raised as to who is writing the article and for what reason. If there is no problem with the tap water why suggest a home-water-treatment system? Obviously there is something wrong with the tap water in most every situation. The municipality is required to add a deadly poison (chlorine) to the tap water to kill whatever is likely to be picked up in the water lines going to the tap. Chlorine, well-documented as a hazardous substance, is the most economical treatment used to protect the public from serious health problems resulting from water-borne pathogens. Yet these circulating articles refuse to acknowledge the problems created by chlorine and its by-products, THMs, which are suspect carcinogens. God made water to be used like hands - to clean and to be cleaned. We have the same amount of water now as we always have had, it is just being cleaned and used over and over. So, yes, the city can treat the water and so can a home-water-treatment system but each has its limitations. Why was the article targeted so directly against the bottled water industry? 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