2007-01-14 08:25:55 · 9 answers · asked by tomwilli_2000 1 in Environment
When fresh water is kept stationary, exposed to light, forced through straight channels (pipes, canals etc) it loses energy / life-force because it loses the ability to vortex inwardly on itself as it travels. Vortexing helps water move toward it's ideal temperature of 4deg Centigrade. At that temperature it is at it's densest and dodgy bacterial types don't get to grow. Bio-photon emissions are also plentiful and it's ability to support plant and animal life is strong.
Putting water into a plastic bottle (or in fact anything that is not of a natural material, egg/grain shaped and capable of protecting from light) weakens water as well as allowing anaerobic bacteria develop. The more synthetic the container the quicker the weakening.
Other points made here re bacteria and plastic leaching are equally as true.
If the comment re fluoride is accurate, and all bottled water is required to contain some, I would steer clear of it for that reason alone - never mind best before dates!
Fluoride is a highly toxic substance... can point you toward copious research demonstrating this. Research not available on PubMed because their search engines do not (for political reasons) scan the scientific journal "Fluoride" which has been on the go since the 1990s.
Human breast milk delivers 250 times LESS to a baby than is put into our waters. It's been used in rat poison, nerve gas and the form most commonly used in public water fluoridation is Hydrofluosilicic Acid. This is completely non-treated waste washed from the inside of the smoke stacks of phosphate fertilser factories. Comes with a skull and crossbones on the container and workers are required to wear protective clothing because it burns through normal clothing, skin, bone, cement, metal... it is listed by the EU as a hazardous substance. The US FDA has never endorsed it's use for human consumption or as a drug. It was 'grandfathered' in because other forms of fluoride were in public use (as rat poison) before the established cut off date after which all substances claiming a medical benefit had to be tested.
Yet (magically!) when diluted, this industrial waste is actually good for your teeth. And (even more magically!), it has no negative impact anywhere else in your body even though you swallow it and your body has to get it back up from your guts to your teeth!
People who believe that this magic actually happens in the human body (and that the other fluoridated water we flush down toilets, showers etc magically does no harm to the environment) would do well to take note that the WHO and the CDC and other former big promoters are now beginning to (quietly!) change their position on water fluoridation as word spreads of it's harmful effects.
The most recent clanger was dropped in Nov 2006 by the American Dental Association who - very discretely - put out the word that babies should not be given bottle formula made with fluoridated water. (Yet it was okay for the other babies for the last 40-50 years?! Hmmm.).
But this is more info than you asked for so I'll be quiet now...
2007-01-14 09:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by Seán Water 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's actually the bottle itself that has the date!
In other words, the plastic bottle constantly leaches chemicals into the liquid it is holding.
Past the Use by Date is (supposedly) the point at which the water will be "undrinkable" or at least taste awful.
It's an easy experiment, esp. if those bottles have been hanging around all year in the back of my SUV: freezing, refreezing, then cooking all summer. Believe me, it tastes like plastic p*ss.
BTW,
Don't take "spring water" literally, Coors implies their water comes from free running "Rocky Mountain Spring Water". Oh, it comes from the Rockys but from an aquifer -- deep drilled wells far below Golden, Colorado. If you've ever been up to Golden, you'll know why I don't drink Coors.
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2007-01-14 08:45:28 · answer #2 · answered by Icteridae 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who buy bottled water are so gullible!! You can get it for free from a tap or go into the countryside and collect spring water in huge containers. Would you buy air? Of course not so why water? When I see people out and about with a bottle of expensive spring water trying to look cool I just laugh.
2007-01-14 09:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by Martin R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People feel more safe with expiration dates. I would drink the water no matter how long its been in a bottle. They need to have all bottled water have some amount of fluoride though. Most tap water does.
2007-01-14 08:33:10 · answer #4 · answered by Brian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the use by date probably refers to the plastic bottle it is stored in. Also the fact that it is stagnant and not running as it would be in the mountains.
Hope this helped.
2007-01-14 09:03:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if water is pure, it shouldn't really go off. the fact is it could stagnate over a period of time so you'd have to throw it away, though i reckon it would still be drinkable for some time after the best before date comes up
2007-01-14 08:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because all that healthy bottled water may have been stood in a warehouse for 15months before been sold!
2007-01-14 08:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marketing. If the retailer or supplier can convince you to comsume it by a certain date or it go bad, you will consume it. then you will need to replenish your supply, thus purchasing more of the same product. Thus, more profit for the retailer/supplier.
2007-01-14 08:35:41 · answer #8 · answered by TheBodyElectric 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because once it's bottled it is static and therefore will stagnate.
2007-01-14 08:30:28 · answer #9 · answered by tucksie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋