Alright, my state has issued a warning to boil all water before use due to our largest E. Coli scare ever, so I'm just gonna ask if I should be extra careful and use bottled water for brushing my teeth?
I came in thinking this was just you wanting to give your teeth that "extra clean" from bottled water. But when E Coli is involved, either boil all water for 15 minutes or use bottled. It doesn't really take that much water to brush your teeth anyway right, one bottle could probably last you between a few days to a week.
Water in Mexico isn't potable but they still use it to brush their teeth.
It kind of is, though, at least to Mexicans. From what I remember, it's mostly people from out of Mexico who can't drink it, and that's because they're not used to what's in the water.
@animasta: Yeah I am. Thanks for the heads up. I got home from work, ate and went to brush my teeth like I normally do. I didn't check any news. Thanks.
Is Portland once again wrapped up in drinking water hysteria? The amount of shit that city does with regards to water is insane. Let's dump millions of gallons of water because some kid may have pissed in it. But don't worry about the animal feces and dead animals, that's just fine.
This was actually cleared up sometime yesterday. I was drinking a potentially contaminated soda a couple days back when the warning happened, but thankfully I'm still alive!
Water in Mexico isn't potable but they still use it to brush their teeth.
It kind of is, though, at least to Mexicans. From what I remember, it's mostly people from out of Mexico who can't drink it, and that's because they're not used to what's in the water.
As the resident mexicano in these forums I can atest that we do wash our teeth with faucet water no problem (only more uptight people use bottled water , as some of my family members do) now drinking it though ... unless you like metallic taste it is a big no no or have appropiate filters installed , it also depends if you are using munincipal water or water from a water well etc. but most house holds use garrafones (big galons of purified bottled water) for human consumption (drinking and cooking). Tho I bet in poorer areas they have no choice in the matter :(
Just boil the damn water and you should be fine. Using bottled water seems like a huge waste unless you plan to reuse that water afterwards.
boiling water for the recommended 15 minutes is a lot of wasted energy, and a single bottle of water could last like a week if you're only using it to brush your teeth. It seems a little cheaper to me.
@viciousbearmauling: If you're referring to Portland, I think it was just Portland, not the entire state of Oregon, so what you had to do was simply boil water. That being said, it's over now though so this is a bit late. To answer your question though, yes, bottled water is fine. You should actually know, most E Coli is actually not life threatening, the worst it gets for the worst kinds of E Coli that we know of can make people puke or have bad diarrhea. I live next door in WA, so we got the news here, unless everyone in the country got it as well. Boiling the water is probably more safe than drinking bottle water...
This was actually cleared up sometime yesterday. I was drinking a potentially contaminated soda a couple days back when the warning happened, but thankfully I'm still alive!
This was actually cleared up sometime yesterday. I was drinking a potentially contaminated soda a couple days back when the warning happened, but thankfully I'm still alive!
Life in Portland...Since Portland refuses to put fluoride in the water reservoir, bottled water should be fine (unless it's BPA and left in the sun). If they did put fluoride in the water, it would be best to boil the water, and use that for brushing your teeth.
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