[permaculture] distilled water

negiliblek negiliblek at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 25 17:30:58 EDT 2008


 
> So I have a difficult time believing that removing trace amounts of minerals would 
> significantly increase water's ability to take away wastes.
 
scientifically beleive what you wish to however, I helped install all new computer workstations at a coal electrical generating plant where 99.9999% pure water is required for their coal burning process
 
The 99.999% water tank is labeled with a poisonous label label as required by OSHA's material data safety guidelines.  I asked why and was told that 99.9999% pure water will strip all the elecrolytes and minerals necessary for human physiology to function and will cause heart beat irregularities and muscle cramps ( Ca and Na decificieny being the first and most obvious items to be removed).  I asked how much would kill a person and was told by the technician "I wouldn't drink a quart and I wouldn't dare drink a gallon".
 
Your distiller probably doesn't provide you with 99.999% pure water so you wouldn't see such drastic effects.
 
Old timers in East Texas told me to put clam shells/oyster/other seashelss to the bottm of my rain water collection barrels to add minerals and calcium back into the rain water I collected  ..."keeps you healthy that way" I was told.


      


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