direstraits: Re: [AllAboutRVing] Alternative to RV water filters...

I did not say it was bad to drink. Evidently you have not researched enough. Read on. Water distillers claim to do what nature does. evaporate water, leaving behind all residues, then condense the vapor as 100% purified water. However, municipal water often contains hydrocarbons, which have a lower boiling point than water, and a "fractional" valve system must be used to let off the hydrocarbon gases that otherwise end up in the distilled water. If fractional valves aren't supplied, then the better units often run the distilled water through a final stage charcoal filter. Puritied water from distillers, chemically similar to what rain water used to be before pollution surrounded the Earth, will still not be pure. To improve it, leave the distilled water in an open glass container for a day or so, exposed to sunlight if possible. Activated charcoal-filtered water still contain its water-soluble minerals. If pure demineralized water (distilled) is not needed, and as long as
the original water does not contain water-soluable toxins such as sodium fluoride and nitrites, then charcoal-filtered is the best alternative to natural water from a pure source. If you need to know more just ask. I lived in NY all my life and will not drink it. It even smells bad. Dont believe everything you Gov. Tells you.

T Fam <theunpilot@cox.net> wrote: There is nothing wrong with drinking distilled water, NYC has the purest
water in America and a portion of it is distilled waste water from the Henry
Hudson distillation plant on the upper west side of Manhatten. More than
half the middle east and northern Africa utilize distillation of sea water
as their source of fresh water. The US military is moving away from chemical
purification to distillation. All this mumbo jumbo about leaching is bull,
it contains no heavy metals and is not toxic at all, the best argument you
can make against distilled water is that it doesnt have flouride or calcium
in it and if it is so bad maybe you should read what is in the IV bag that
gets pumped straight into your blood stream (hopefully not often, but for
some, more than I would like). You are right though, do your own reasearch,
but don't expect some quack with doctorate in holistic studies and wears the
title Phd like he was a real doctor to be the source of a good answer.

Tup

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