Is Your Water Safe?
One thing I’ve always appreciated about restaurants in North America is the culture of offering free water to their customers. But unfortunately, it’s usually unfiltered tap water that is served, which is contaminated with a host of chemicals.
Coincidentally, while I was visiting the US recently, I received an email from the EWG (i.e. Environmental Working Group, a US non-profit organization that informs people on product safety), showing that many tap waters contain hexavalent chromium; the cancer-causing chemical made notorious by the 2000 film “Erin Brokovich” starring Julia...