And if you’re enjoying a fancier place, you may even be asked: sparkling or tap?
Consider: One in four Americans say they never drink their tap water at home, according to aJ.D.
So why do we think it’s any safer in a restaurant?
That’s why 42 percent of us use an at-home filtration system, per theNational Sanitation Foundation.
Nasty bugs such as E. coli can lurk in ice machines."
That’s likely because toilet bowls are cleaned more frequently.
Microbes are great travelers," says microbiologist Debra Huffman with the University of South Florida.
Do you even want to hear about the lemon wedge that often garnishes your glass in restaurants?
Whileadding lemon to your wateris a good idea at home, skip it when you’re out.
