Common Misconceptions
- All greenhouse gases are bad
- Global Warming is not a problem
- Hard water is bad for our health
- Studies have shown that soft water can be harmful
- Water from a surface source is safer to drink than water from a groundwater source
- Surface water typically contains contaminants from rain or dumped directly to the surface
- Bottled water from underground springs is water in its purest form.
- Spring water contains dissolved minerals. Distilled water is water in its purest form
- A negative test for an ion in a water sample does not mean that the ion is not present.
- The ion being tested may be below the detection limit of the instruments being used to measure the ion - Some people think that the farther you move from urban or populated centres, the less polluted the surface water is, making it safer to drink
- The surface water in rural regions can be more harmful than urban surface water if measures are not taken to control fertilizer runoff