The Now Show - Marcus Brigstocke On Bottled Water

Water water everywhere, but still they try and sell us more. In 2006 Marcus Brigstocke launched forth his tirade against the bottled water industry. Copyright BBC/Marcus Brigstocke etc, this raises the question of why do we need to buy bottled water when we can get water out of our own taps.

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[MrShakes42]

Well tho i agree with how wasteful it all is, my tap water in england used to taste like chlorine, not so nice tbh

[kangasheila123]

Did you know 'Evian' spelt backwards is 'Naive' - those tricky bottled water marketers. >.<

[fatmikecj]

@Vildasnaga No he's right. Unless you only drink water with the exact ionic concentrations of extracellular fluid, which you don't unless you're a vampire, water will make very little difference to the ionic concentrations of intracellular fluid unless you drink galons of it all at once. Salty water on the other hand will increase the ionic concentrations of extracellular fluid causing osmosis to draw water from inside cells thereby dehydrating you. Don't drink sea water.

[JDLupus]

You should hear Marcus Brigstock on coffee.

[hejcoze]

@Vildasnaga Since osmolarity is regulated by distribution of Na, K, Cl and proteins, I don't see how distilled water could be damaging in that sense. I could understand Ca, Mg, F deficiency due to poor diet and drinking distilled water only, but not hemolysis.

[Vildasnaga]

@hejcoze Really? Well forgive me if im inclined NOT to believe your single blinding word of wisdom. You either:

- Have no real idea

- Know but are too much of a snob to say

- Are a troll

[badboyblood123]

yay first dislike :(

[hejcoze]

@Vildasnaga Nope.

[Vildasnaga]

But distilled water can be harmful, since its pure its absorbed into the bloodstream and it reduces the mineral concentration in it, blood cells then try to pump out their minerals to put the blood concentration levels back, but if you drink too much distilled water eventually your blood cells will die from having secreted too much of their own minerals to try and keep the balance.

[kangasheila123]

@MoonlightDoom Yeah, well i didn't that's why i didn't geography, LOL.

[MoonlightDoom]

@kangasheila123 Or it could be it comes from Evian in France where the water is sourced and bottled. But I will forgive you lack of geographical knowledge :)