> 100% of them drink boiled tap water. But isn't this proving my point?
No, it's exactly disproving your point, or at least strong evidence against it. To be explicit: if 100% drink boiled tapwater then 100% feel pollution is present which strongly suggests pollution isn't localised.
As for introducting heavy metals, you're trying to fudge the issue: pollution may include, but is not limited to, heavy metals.
> I always come across as defending China or something
I take your point and will accept you're arguing in good faith, but a sloppy post like this simply undermines yourself.
We drink boiled water just because we like it warm. It's part of the culture. It's also one of the reasons why there are few epidemics when natural disaster strikes.
The tap water quality varies from place to place, but it's generally good enough, granted it is not as good as the first world countries such as the US or Japan or much of the Europe, but after all we are still a third world country.
We are a surveillance state and it's worth discussing and condemning in every aspect, but talking about tapped water just dilutes the topic.
No, it's exactly disproving your point, or at least strong evidence against it. To be explicit: if 100% drink boiled tapwater then 100% feel pollution is present which strongly suggests pollution isn't localised.
As for introducting heavy metals, you're trying to fudge the issue: pollution may include, but is not limited to, heavy metals.
> I always come across as defending China or something
I take your point and will accept you're arguing in good faith, but a sloppy post like this simply undermines yourself.