France Bottled Water amount of Fluor

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Evian Prix indicatif : 0,40 à 0,70 € le litre Composition : Calcium : 78 mg/L Bicarbonates : 357 mg/L Magnésium : 24 mg/L Chlorures : 4,5 mg/L Sodium : 5 mg/L Sulfates : 10 mg/L Potassium : 1 mg/L Silice : 13,5 mg/L Fluor : 0,12 mg/L

Volvic Prix indicatif : 0,30 à 0,70 € le litre Composition : Calcium : 11,5 mg/L Sodium : 11,6 mg/L Magnésium : 8 mg/L Potassium : 6,2 mg/L Bicarbonates : 71 mg/L Chlorures : 13,5 mg/L Sulfates : 8,1 mg/L Nitrates : 6,3 mg/L Silice : 31,7 mg/L Fluor : 0,22 mg/L

Vittel Prix indicatif : 0,55 € le litre Composition : Calcium : 202 mg/L Bicarbonates : 402 mg/L Magnésium : 43 mg/L Chlorures : 8 mg/L Sodium : 4,7 mg/L Sulfates : 336 mg/L Potassium : 2 mg/L Fluor : 0,28 mg/L

Contrex Prix indicatif : 0,35 à 0,80 € le litre Composition : Calcium : 486 mg/L Magnésium : 84 mg/L Chlorures : 10 mg/L Sodium : 9,1 mg/L Sulfates : 1187 mg/L Potassium : 3,2 mg/L Hydrogénocarbonates : 403 mg/L Nitrates : 2,7 mg/L Fluor : 0,33 mg/L

COURMAYEUR Prix indicatif : 0.40 € le litre Composition : Sulfates : 1420 mg/l Calcium : 533 mg/l Magnésium : 66 mg/l Sodium : 1 mg/l Potassium : 2 mg/l Bicarbonates : 176 mg/l Nitrates : < 2 mg/l Chlorures : <1 mg/l Fluorures : <1 mg/l

Auchan Prix indicatif : Fluorures : 1,3 mg/l

 

[Shinzenbi]

Thanks for the sharing. Any datas on the Cristalline brand ? It is the cheapest.

While on this topic, it seems strange to me not to see any water threads on the Important threads for diet and health thread. Have i missed something ?

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,14212.0.html : Important threads for diet and health

I am considering no longer buying bottled water. What is the best solution ? I'll go through the following threads to look for an answer :

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,14616.0.html : Water myths

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,8947.0.html : Water ionizer

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,24046.0.html : Fluoride / chlorine water

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,16479.msg141974.html#msg141974 : Reverse osmosis water filter

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[Deleted member 8431]

Thanks for the sharing. Any datas on the Cristalline brand ? It is the cheapest.

Yes but it depends on the source itself. The soil chemical composition may vary from one place to another.

Sources: Sainte-Cécile / Sainte-Sophie (Data from Wikipedia; units in mg/L)

Calcium: 39 / 67
Magnesium: 25 / 26
Potassium: 1.5 / 20
Sodium: 19 / 84
Fluoride: < 0.3 / 0.9
Bicarbonate: 290 / 473
Sulfate: 5 / 61
Chloride: 4 / 32
Nitrate: < 2 / < 2
pH: 7.7 / 7.4

I am considering no longer buying bottled water. What is the best solution?

Well, it's always best to go with the less evil. Sometimes, bottled water can be much better that tap water - especially in big cities. There are some brands which offer demineralized water (either from distillation or reverse osmosis) so this could be a safe bet.

Or you could always but a home filtration kit. Reverse osmosis combined with activated charcoal should take out a lot/most of the crap. Note that not all reverse osmosis membranes have the same pore size. The smaller, the better.

 

[Adaryn]

According to some sources, Cristaline has 0,1 mg/l.
You can find the (alleged) amount of fluoride for most of brands sold in France here: _http://www.editionsluigicastelli.com/editionsluigicastelli/index.php?sp=page&c=1541

The ones which claim to have the less fluoride content are:
CELTIC Niederbronn (67) 0,05
DIDIER PLATE Martinique 0,05
MONT-ROUCOUS Lacaune (81) 0,05
ST-MARTIAL St-Martin le Redon (46) 0,03

The safe amount is <0,1 mg/l. As far as sparkling water is concerned, Perrier seems to be the safest one. Badoit is a big no-no, for it has an insane amount of fluoride (1,8mg/l).

 

[l apprenti de forgeron]

I am considering no longer buying bottled water. What is the best solution?

Well, it's always best to go with the less evil. Sometimes, bottled water can be much better that tap water - especially in big cities. There are some brands which offer demineralized water (either from distillation or reverse osmosis) so this could be a safe bet.

Or you could always but a home filtration kit. Reverse osmosis combined with activated charcoal should take out a lot/most of the crap. Note that not all reverse osmosis membranes have the same pore size. The smaller, the better.

Thanks for that info, JayMark! I'm going to start looking for more data on the subject. I read some years ago in SOTT about the dangers of fluoride in tap water, so started back then to buying bottled water. I think I will buy a filtration kit just like you describe.

 

[Palinurus]

Thanks for that info, JayMark! I'm going to start looking for more data on the subject. I read some years ago in SOTT about the dangers of fluoride in tap water, so started back then to buying bottled water. I think I will buy a filtration kit just like you describe.

Reading this I remembered a topic about this subject called Q's about WATER: http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,13524.0.html
You might want to start with that one... ;)

 

[Deleted member 8431]

Thanks for that info, JayMark! I'm going to start looking for more data on the subject. I read some years ago in SOTT about the dangers of fluoride in tap water, so started back then to buying bottled water. I think I will buy a filtration kit just like you describe.

Just want to mention that it is also advised to avoid plastic bottles as much as possible. They can release nasty chemicals. If you can, aim for glass bottles instead.

 

[l apprenti de forgeron]

Thank you very much Palinurus and JayMark! I just saw your answers. And I think now that this issue is a possible focus of attack/weakness/illness that I had not noticed or given enough importance. Thank you again!