tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915540644786324650.post2205103273620982193..comments2015-06-22T07:49:48.374-07:00Comments on Relating Chemistry to Technology, Society and the Environment : Unit Three, Quantities in Chemical Reactions: Levels of Antimony in Bottled Water Increase Over Time. What are the Consequences of Overseas Shipping? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101790695197355544noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915540644786324650.post-88205957071867994202015-06-15T06:14:13.531-07:002015-06-15T06:14:13.531-07:00Bottled water is popular- there is no doubt about ...Bottled water is popular- there is no doubt about that. And although this high level of Antimony is disconcerting, it takes a whole lot more to cause people to shift from convenience and “better taste” and for corporations to give up the large profits it sends their way. We should not take health Canada’s word for it- I bet there are bribes in it somewhere. If it were feasible to run all sorts of tests on the water, with, or without the company's approval, that is what we should do. We can probably find something deadly in it. People are very set in their ways and it will take a clear link with death or severe health effects to make people change. It took the link with lung cancer to stop smoking from mainstream culture. The alternative options are there. We just need to change.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com