[Newsbot]

Title: Canadian schools tap out water bottles
Category: Environmental
Posted By: Canadaka
Date: 2008-06-22 14:31:56
Canadian

[acidcomplex]

HaHaHa funniest line is this "to perceived negative incidents like Walkerton".

"perceived?" did I miss someting here or did people not get swick from this "perceived" incident lol

Banning Bottled water in schools= Stupidest Idea I have heard in a while

[kenmore]

Bottled water should be banned all together. The plastic bottles are an environmental hazard. They are not safe as well, esp. if water is frozen and then thawed or if heated.

[Zipperfish]

A ban won't work. If they're really concerned stick a nice water fountain next to the vending machine. Speaking from BC, at least, if anyone wants to pay $2 to drink crappy bottled water when they can drink some of the world's best fresh water for free, go ahead.

[romanP]

Great idea in theory, not so much in practise. A lot of older schools have bad plumbing that makes it dangerous to drink the tap water. Maybe they should invest in water coolers? At least those bottles can be refilled.

And if we're banning bottled water altogether, what do we do in emergency situations where no clean water is available?

I'm completely against the mass consumption of bottled water for the sake of people's own glamour or manufactured paranoia about their own tap water or whatever, but I think we do need it in some quantity.