Escaping Contaminated Water And Hydration Needs

[Andrew Michaels]

Hey guys.

Hydration is hugely important for everyone. I wrote an article about your water needs here.

The other article is on what containments in tap water and how distilling water can give you perfectly pure liquid, or as close to perfect as you can find.

With so much of our bodies being water, it makes sense to not drink liquid laced with chemicals.

Hope you enjoy these.

[James81]

I think that rather than go to the hassle of distilling water, it's probably just easier to buy a water cooler and get the five gallon jugs.

I took a wastewater treatment class in college for my degree, and you'd be surprised at how clean the water is that comes out of your tap.

They do a lot more than just shoot your water full of chlorine.

[Barcs]

Tap water varies from place to place, but most city water contains flouride and chlorine and if you're a heavy water drinker, as I am, there's a good chance you will be putting your health at risk. There have also been multiple studies on tap water that have revealed small traces of other chemicals, homrones and other prescription drugs as well. I don't know about you, but I definitely do not want to be putting that garbage in my body, I don't care how small the amount is. Every little bit adds up. I stick with known good spring water. There are many deceptive bottled water corporations that sell water that is nothing more than purified tap water, so watch out for those, and to put it simply, do your research. Get your tap water tested, and do research on the various spring water companies. Since water is the most important thing for your body, you should be wary of what's in it.

[vmiller]

Instead of distilling water, you could use a reverse osmosis unit which is very convenient. In regard to storing water in jugs, you risk contamination from the plastic.

Chlorine is actually one of the biggest problems in regard to drinking water. Not the chlorine itself, but the byproducts it produces when it comes into contact with organic matter in the water. The EPA set the safety level for these byproducts to zero, but that's just a guideline because it's pretty much impossible for most water suppliers to achieve levels that low.

I wrote a couple of articles about water too.

The Deadly Dangers of Tap Water
Is Dehydration Causing You Disease and Pain?

[funchy]

Originally Posted by Andrew Michaels

Hey guys.

Hydration is hugely important for everyone. I wrote an article about your water needs here.

The other article is on what containments in tap water and how distilling water can give you perfectly pure liquid, or as close to perfect as you can find.

Thank you for taking the time to post footnotes for the facts in your article. Too often I read a health article and am left wondering where the information came from.

I'd also like to throw in the latest thing scientists have become aware of in our water supplies: drugs. Antibiotics, prescription and OTC drugs, and livestock pharmaceuticals are being found in freshwater lakes and streams. Because there are no life forms which evolved to break down pharmaceutical molecules naturally, these chemicals may hang around for quite some times. Nobody has studied what chronic low level doses do to us or the best way to remove these man-made drugs.

AP: Drugs found in drinking water - USATODAY.com
Meds lurk in drinking water - More health news- msnbc.com
How drugs can contaminate drinking water (graphic) - Science, News - The Independent

The other implication is that anything living or drinking this water made be suffering the effects of the drugs and/or have the drugs in the tissues. In other words, mercury & PCBs may not be the only reason freshwater fish are bad for you.

Originally Posted by james

it's probably just easier to buy a water cooler and get the five gallon jugs.

I don't like storing water in plastic due to chemicals leaching out of the bottle and into the water.
Plastic bottles leach chemicals into water: study
Plastic (Not) Fantastic: Food Containers Leach a Potentially Harmful Chemical: Scientific American

I personally don't like buying bottled water. Some of the biggest brands are simply just filtered tap water. If I had city water, it would be easier to filter it myself without wasting all the fossil fuels making plastic to hold it & fuel to haul it halfway cross country. Just my opinion.

[Herbivore]

In regard to storing water in jugs, you risk contamination from the plastic.

I've heard this too. But what are some better options?(for storing and getting)

[Mremedia]

Originally Posted by funchy

I personally don't like buying bottled water. Some of the biggest brands are simply just filtered tap water.

Not just filtered, but actually the water is processed by reverse osmosis. It doesnt get much cleaner than that!

I worked in municipal government for a few years, and let me tell you, I would prefer to drink the tap water in my town than bottled water anytime.

Other towns.. who knows.. but in my town, definitely.

[aelle]

Originally Posted by Herbivore

I've heard this too. But what are some better options?(for storing and getting)

Glass and other ceramic materials are the most inert materials, and also a good choice from an environmentalist perspective (reuse, recycle). Avoid regular use of aluminium canteens, it would leech into your water and has been shown to be related to Alzheimer's development.