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MacScot Feb 26th 2011 11:55 pm

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Originally Posted by Ethos83 (Post 9204955)
Isn't Australia directly under the ozone hole? Which means the sun rays are stronger down under than in Dubai?

Nope, still confined to Antarctica...

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOT...040&src=imgrss

Meow Feb 27th 2011 12:19 am

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Originally Posted by Kim67 (Post 9204825)
No, we don't have the sunscreen patrol on the beach :)- but all schools adhere to the sunsmart policy and children are not allowed to play without hats or do swimming lessons without sunshirts etc.


Do they still have 'slip, slap, slop'? :)

Norm_uk Feb 27th 2011 5:44 pm

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Penn & Teller sum up buying bottle water in countries with drinkable tap water...


Meow Feb 27th 2011 6:15 pm

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Good link Norm

If anyone hasn't see it I recommend a BBC documentary The Food that Made Billions, specifically the programme on the bottled water industry.

Shipping bottled water across the world is utter madness. Estimates indicate that nearly a billion people do not have access to a source of safe drinking water and it is known that consumption of unclean or contaminated water is a major cause of children's death in the less developed countries. Fixing ths should be people's priority.

I tend to drink locally bottled water, but also drink it from the tap, use that for ice, cooking and in the kettle. It is perfectly fine.

Bahtatboy Feb 27th 2011 8:30 pm

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Bottled water for everything. And ewe's milk for my bath, but I'm considering changing to breast milk.

Bijilo123 Feb 28th 2011 5:58 am

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I think you'll find that's how it gets out of a ewe.

Bahtatboy Feb 28th 2011 4:48 pm

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Originally Posted by Bijilo123 (Post 9208351)
I think you'll find that's how it gets out of a ewe.

Ewe know what I mean.


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