Originally Posted by
deniah
its just aeration
my POV is biased from having grown up in a developing country, but i sense there is an excessive germophobism in the modern western world
It depends on where you live. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the tap water is perfectly safe and drinkable. It is potable water as it is in Vancouver. ^
When visiting the US though, first thing I do is go to the nearest CVS pharmacy store and buy some gallons of bottled water. During my first visit to LA, I drank water from the faucet at the hotel (the Andaz Weho in 2009) and it tasted weird
. I don't know about hotels' sanitation system. I am not really a germophobe, never use a napkin to open any door, I don't wipe down the sink faucet handles nor the TV remote.