Many people with chemical sensitivity find that they can tolerate bottled water better than tapwater. But some bottled waters can upset people, even with minute levels of contamination of chemicals. Particular brands of bottled water are consistently better tolerated by chemically sensitive people and, if you are thinking of switching to bottled water, it is a good idea to try these ones first. The well-tolerated brands are Malvern, Buxton and Evian. Carbonation – adding carbon dioxide to water to make it fizzy -has no effect on people’s tolerance of bottled water.

If you are very sensitive to plastic, try to obtain bottled water in glass bottles. Evian is not generally available in glass; it is worth trying in plastic since even very sensitive people are often unaffected by it.

If you or your family and friends drink a lot of bottled water, it may be worth buying wholesale. Suma, wholefood wholesalers, stock a number of brands. Natural Foods deliver bottled waters in the London Area. Malvern is sold by wholesalers supplying the pub trade, and Buxton and Evian are sold by wholesalers and cash and carry merchants supplying grocers, confectioners and newsagents. Look for these in Yellow Pages.

If you react even to these brands, or to reverse osmosis water, you can try rotating waters. Set up a four-day rotation for waters, allocating one type or brand of water to each day, Brand One to Pay One and so on. Use just that water for drinking and cooking on that day, and change waters on each of the four days.

Neutralisation, a form of de-sensitisation, can sometimes be effective with bottled water. It can help if you are desperate.

Another method that sometimes helps is to pass bottled water through a jug filter. Again it is worth a try if you feel desperate.

If you are sensitive to tapwater, your symptoms should be clear or improve after four days. You may feel worse with withdrawal symptoms initially if you are extremely sensitive to water, but these will clear fast.

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