Just Don’t Drink The Water!

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Remember when they used to tell you not to drink the water when you went to Mexico?  That was always the big warning if you were going to Tijuana for vacation (today you can’t drink the water in Flint, Michigan).  There have always been concerns about water quality in some countries, however, bottled water became the fix for those worries.  There were no longer any concerns because that water came out of Artesian wells.

In recent months we have discovered that much of our food products are tainted with poisons manufactured by our Corporatocracy leaders.  Hell, even one of my favorite life pleasures, beer, is tainted with toxic runoff.  But now, brace for it, some of the more popular bottle waters are laced with arsenic.  It has been reported by a consumer magazine that 11 different brands of water contain arsenic at toxic levels.

Arsenic, which has some industrial applications, however, is not a good substance when consumed by humans or animals.  Those 11 brands of water contain the maximum amount of arsenic allowed by the FDA.  In some tests, it was reported that those brands are less safe to drink than tap water.  Are you F—–g kidding me?  It would be better to drink the water from Flint, MI, than from the 11 companies?  This is just another example of how out of control these companies are in our unfettered capitalist world.

So, I guess testing standards have either been thrown out the window or are just ignored.  Maybe there is cash, flowing like water under the table, and customer safety being washed away with the stream.  When are we going get new standards that hold corporations’ feet to the fire and start putting executives in jail for selling shit that is killing customers?  They will always run for the cover of the claim that consumers want cheaper products.  If so, doesn’t that expose an even deeper, darker problem—like wages?

So, as you are heading out the door to go do your weekly shopping, make certain that you have your list of needed items and also, don’t forget your list of shit products that contain toxins.  Every store should be required by law to publish a list of potentially toxic foods and products.  And don’t drink the bottled water until you know what is in it!

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