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bigwheel

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Good point:) Just concentrate on keeping the membrane in tip top shape..replaced regular blah blah blah. It is only a notch or two below steam distillation when the membrane is fairly new. Used to drink coffee with one of the fellas who invented RO. Very smart feller.

Big Wheel


Picasso345 said:
Not all us yuppies in our condos have room under our sink for a big "Survior type" clean water steam distillation plant run that's run off solar power.
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mattman0217

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bigwheel said:
Good point:) Just concentrate on keeping the membrane in tip top shape..replaced regular blah blah blah. It is only a notch or two below steam distillation when the membrane is fairly new. Used to drink coffee with one of the fellas who invented RO. Very smart feller.

Big Wheel
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dude must be old as hell as RO has been around forever, put into practile use in the 40's.
 
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Damion5050

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Picasso345 said:
Not all us yuppies in our condos have room under our sink for a big "Survior type" clean water steam distillation plant run that's run off solar power.
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I am in the same boat as you, I am in a apartment complex, not alot of room lol, how hard are they to install..
 
email468

email468

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I don't think you should replace your drinking water with RO water. There are studies suggesting drinking RO water is not equivalent to drinking regular tap or drinking water.

A quick Google search will reveal some discussion so you can weigh the evidence yourself.
 
Picasso345

Picasso345

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email468 said:
I don't think you should replace your drinking water with RO water. There are studies suggesting drinking RO water is not equivalent to drinking regular tap or drinking water.

A quick Google search will reveal some discussion so you can weigh the evidence yourself.
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Oh c'mon. Which one of these common North American contaminates am I better off consuming than not? Please be specific. I should drink lead versus some vague claim about "pure" water being bad for me? I searched and the only sites I saw were mumbo-jumbo bullshit nonsense sites that just happened to all sell "better" filtration system. Do you have links to any real studies or scientific evidence type sites?

2,4,5-TP
2,4-D
Alachlor
Arsenic
Asbestos
Atrazine
Bacteria
Barium
Cadmium
Carbufuran
Chloramine
Chlordane
Chlorides
Chlorine
Chlorination By-Products
Chromium
Copper
Cryptosporidium
Cysts
Dibromochloropropane
Ethylene Dibromide
Fluoride
Hardness
Heptachlor Epoxide
Hydrogen Sulfide
Iron
Lead
Lindane
Mercury
Methoxychlor
MTBE
OpenDNS
Nitrate
Nitrite
Particulate Matter
PCB
Perchlorates
Radium
Radon
Selenium
Sodium
Sulfates
Styrene
Bad Taste and Odor
Toxaphene
Trichloroethylene (TCE)
Trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Turbidity
Uranium
Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs)
Xylenes
Zinc
 
email468

email468

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Sorry I wasn't clear - the safety concern wasn't over not filtering enough - it was filtering too much. While RO is great for filtering (i use it) it also filters good as well as bad and the site i had mind was recommending vitamin use to make up for the lack. Sorry i didn't bookmark it.

I'm sure it's nothing to be overly concerned with though - just thought i'd mention it in case someone knew more about it one way or the other.
 
Picasso345

Picasso345

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email468 said:
Sorry I wasn't clear - the safety concern wasn't over not filtering enough - it was filtering too much. While RO is great for filtering (i use it) it also filters good as well as bad and the site i had mind was recommending vitamin use to make up for the lack. Sorry i didn't bookmark it.

I'm sure it's nothing to be overly concerned with though - just thought i'd mention it in case someone knew more about it one way or the other.
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Oh no, I got what those sites were saying. That perfectly pure water was bad. It doesn't make any sense to me is all, lol.

What are my options? I drink shitty well water with Lord knows what in there, I continue buying purified RO water, I make my own RO water with nothing bad in it, or I buy one of these magical "water ionizers".

Achieving Great Health Starter Package

"Purified water is an active absorber and when it comes into contact with air, it absorbs carbon dioxide, making it acidic. The more purified water a person drinks, the higher the body acidity becomes. "Purified" water, being essentially mineral-free, is very aggressive, in that it tends to dissolve substances with which it is in contact. Notably, carbon dioxide from the air is rapidly absorbed, making the water acidic and even more aggressive. Many metals are dissolved by purified water."
 
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email468

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Picasso345 said:
Oh no, I got what those sites were saying. That perfectly pure water was bad. It doesn't make any sense to me is all, lol.

What are my options? I drink shitty well water with Lord knows what in there, I continue buying purified RO water, I make my own RO water with nothing bad in it, or I buy one of these magical "water ionizers".

Achieving Great Health Starter Package

"Purified water is an active absorber and when it comes into contact with air, it absorbs carbon dioxide, making it acidic. The more purified water a person drinks, the higher the body acidity becomes. "Purified" water, being essentially mineral-free, is very aggressive, in that it tends to dissolve substances with which it is in contact. Notably, carbon dioxide from the air is rapidly absorbed, making the water acidic and even more aggressive. Many metals are dissolved by purified water."
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I drink tap so probably should just keep my pie-hole shut about it :mrgreen:

but my girls get the RO! :joint:
 
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