Chicagoist: "I'll Have the Water With Estrogen, Please."

Shannon

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:40:29 -0600

leroy: you don't have to go as far as India.. even the water in Vegas sucks ass. bleargh.

fed up

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:54:19 -0600

Scooter Thanks for that image back to bottled water.Damn Daley and his taxes

peteypants

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:51:45 -0600

according to the wikipedia entry for chicago beaches, chicago boasts the cleanest urban waterfront in the US and 2nd in the world next to Stockholm....however, this fact suspiciously lacks a citation. i call bullcrap. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_beaches

Scooter Libbby

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:31:46 -0600

And a few million people piss in the lake while swimming every summer! And most of the chemicals & drugs come out that way, courtesy of your kidneys!

fed up

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:54:30 -0600

Milwaukee and other cities north of chicago dump there treated waste into lake michigan. So god only knows what your getting in your tap water.

jjjjjj

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:38:18 -0600

Um, this story was reported about a month ago by several other outlets. People love to focus on this sort of non-threat to the public health, meanwhile neglecting their health in more important areas such as diet and exercise. Really? Tap water's the big problem? Not that cheeseburger in your hand?

leroybrown

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:50:38 -0600

Once you've been to India, you can then truly appreciate the beauty of Chicago's safe, clean, drinking water. Of all the things you put in your body, tap water with trace amounts of estrogen or ibupropen should be the least of your concerns.

peteypants

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:37:30 -0600

i knew my boobs were getting bigger for a reason lately....gotta love the ST front page too. they should have had an atomic bomb go off in the background while they were at it.

mich

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:36:54 -0600

oh, and ive about had it with the Sun-Times front-page headlines. It always looks like a tabloid next to the Tribune.

jg

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:36:49 -0600

You don't mention the fact that our waste water doesn't go into our drinking supply. We're kind enough to send it to someone else via the Mississippi. The areas with the problem treat their waste water which is where the issue arises. This is not to say that we shouldn't be concerned about our water, it's just not likely that this particular issue is a problem for us.

mich

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:35:13 -0600

I'll say it... I love that this story comes out right after the city kicks off their "drink tap water" campaign with posters everywhere. As if anything we put in our bodies is safe anyway.

magilla gorilla

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:32:12 -0600

if the water dept. spokesman says our water is safe, it must be.