FROM: Sturgess, Frances Coulter TO:[log in to unmask] SUBJECT: waters/precision in language DATE: 12-17-96 13:57 EST PRIORITY: Kudos to Maureen Minchin re: oil/mineral water controversy. For more info The Center for the Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a nutrition information and lobbying nonprofit group in Washington DC has published numerous articles about Water Quality and what people can do about it. I do not recall references specifically to dangers of reconstituted ABM (its been awhile since i read these) but do know that around here, well water, bottled waters and sanitation/plumbing are addressed when doing ABM teaching. I have called Brita (maker of home/pitcher filters) and they have had so many q's about fluoride that it is part of their recorded response (no it is not filtered out, baby still gets, we still get the fluoride) OUr local newspaper also ran an article this month regarding aging of the city water supply/plumbing nationwide and trouble areas for waterborne disease outbreaks--imagine the CDC would have info on this too. So its not just mineral water we need to watch.