밴쿠버에서 수돗물 바로 먹기 ? > 유학맘이야기

저역시 캐나다 이민 와서 문화적 충격이 수돗물 바로 컵에서 먹는 가정들을 본것인데요... 그래도 필터 사용 은 추천 사항 중에 하나 입니다.  생수 사용 인구가 늘긴 하지만 여전히 수돗물 그대로 먹는 밴쿠버 현지 분들을 종종 만나 봅니다.

7. Metro Vancouver says we have fantastic water. If it’s so great, why should I filter it?

Metro Vancouver’s SOURCE water is enviably good because it is supplied from mountain reservoirs located upstream from local industrial, agricultural and human effluent. Nature should get the credit for this. Our water treatment plants then process this ‘raw’ water to remove sediment and to make it ‘micro-biologically safe’. UV, ozone and chlorine are used to inactivate micro-organisms present in the source water that could be dangerous to human health. Chlorine is good at killing stuff. It does not distinguish between the bad organisms in water and the good organisms inside you. Chlorine also combines with organic substances to form chlorination by-products. Studies link chlorine and these by-products to various cancers.* For these reasons, filtering your tap water with a locally appropriate water filter is a really good idea.
* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20434775