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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sadly not everyone has great chlorine-free water. One of the most annoying experiences every time I go abroad (for example to Italy)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Chlorine is the least of my worries.

After growing up near a superfund/dump site where benzene, toluene, phthalates, etc. were found in the water….I will take the chlorine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Quite true. Not everyone has lead-free water either. But people whose water is perfectly great do not need to pay for filtered water - especially not in single-use plastic bottles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Absolutely. I'm always drinking tap water at home, we have perfectly clear, chlorine-free, mineral-rich water directly from the mountains. One of my favourite aspects of Austria.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I would have been more than happy to drink tap water and have my kids drink tap water.

We’ve had a couple lead warnings though and I don’t want to fuck with it. They’re going to have a hard enough time with the misfortune of getting my genes. I don’t want to make it even harder for them.