Comments on: Why you can’t Drink the Water in Mexico

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:40:31 +0000

First off, we should probably acknowledge that the term “the environment” is overly-broad for this discussion. Your points are all well-taken, especially with reference to California and Kyoto, but I would argue that signing the agreement is of some value, if only symbolic. Also, outside of California, the US is only now beginning to put serious funding into renewable energy sources. Europe has about a decade head-start on us there. As for environmental regulations, they certainly vary, but the EPA has become a bit of a joke in the last few years…

By: Royce

Royce — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:32:48 +0000

Eric,
I don’t think the US is lagging behind Europe as far as the environment is concerned. The US may be behind some areas of Europe but is way ahead of most of Europe, especially central and eastern areas/countries. There is no doubt that all of Europe is lagging behind California….

If you are referring to the Kyoto agreement, we are only guilty of not lying to ourselves, Europe is not even close to meeting their comittments, they are failing miserably. It is one thing to sign the agreement and another to actually do it

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:43:43 +0000

That’s why I’m on straight up well water! Of course, there’s no telling how much pollution from uranium mining has seeped into the aquifer here…. Say what you want about our government, but our environmental regulations remain stricter than most developing countries, yet still lagging behind Europe.

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:31:50 +0000

I wonder how many chemicals are in the water we drink in the US. It might not be that much better.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:35:10 +0000

So basically you could be drinking sewage water from the faucet in Mexico! Yikes. This will convince me to be more careful when traveling. I wonder how many other countries have the same problem.

I don’t even know if I want to take a shower in Mexico City after reading this!