Linkfest: Forget Vitamin Water — Your Tap Is Spiked!

I have to say that I agree with the utility companies. I have a MS in Environmental Science and specifically water. I wrote my thesis on human impacts on the water system.

It is possible to get hormones, drugs, etc. out of the water system but the effects of the extra treatment are possibly worse than the hormones, drugs, etc. that they are destroying.

Sent by Nathan in Holland | 12:14 PM | 3-10-2008

On Melody Gardot...

There has been an "onslaught" of late of young jazz/jazzy female singers: Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Madeleine Peyroux...

Melody Gardot's voice is wonderful, but what of veteran ("unsung") singer/piano player Dena Derose?(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16739827)?

Ms.Gardot sounds quite similar to Ms. Derose (I doubt that she has the same facility at piano, though).

Don't get me wrong, Ms. Gardot has a lovely voice. But there is something too "of the moment" about some of these ladies (Madeleine Peyroux excepted).

In the meantime, are we ignoring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Karrin Allyson, Nnenna Freelon, Cassandra Wilson...?

Sent by Phillip | 12:51 PM | 3-10-2008

Great work on the tap water story; I would've never thought that kind of stuff would make it into our public water supply and its scary to think that something like this could continue building unbeknownst to the general population.

Sent by jurrel | 2:38 PM | 3-10-2008

Really liked the story about Melody Gardot, I'll have to listen to more of her music at some point.

Also: I felt like the Most music was louder than usual today. Was that just me?

Sent by Yanik | 3:31 PM | 3-10-2008

So, thats why I have been feeling so good recently... Thanks, tap water!

Sent by Will G | 3:57 PM | 3-10-2008

Add drug contamination in our water, to that of fluoride, chloramine and its byproducts, etc., and the statement by "authorities" in the past couple months that bottled water is evil just because it requires the production and recycling of plastic bottles, sounds stupid.

Though many bottled water companies use tap water, there are some that use spring water, presumably free of drugs (though some contains the natural form of fluoride, probably safer than the type that gets added by people). Also, there are water bottles made from plastic that doesn't leach chemicals from the plastic, into the water.

Sent by John Sawyer | 5:19 PM | 3-10-2008

So you all should come down and try our water in the town of Moriah N.Y. its not only brown and stinks likea skink but tastes like last weeks dish water, but alas our great state of N.Y. says it good stuff..............

Sent by Mr. Mud | 5:24 PM | 3-10-2008