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I gotta believe that drinking tap water is really low on the list of reasons people get kidney stones. I'd think drinking virtually anything OTHER than water is
by rconti 9y ago
I gotta believe that drinking tap water is really low on the list of reasons people get kidney stones. I'd think drinking virtually anything OTHER than water is a more likely cause..
I still drink tap water regularly although I lean towards the fridge water dispenser and the cooler at work because I like cold water.
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- SEJeff 9y agoKentucky's bluegrass area (where my mother is) is entirely lime stone. Lime stone happens to dissolve trivially in water along with anything held in it. This was literally what the doctor told her and isn't hard to believe[1]. From that article, """Median values of TDS were found below the SMCL of 500 mg/L, but outliers were common, especially in the Bluegrass (Figure 34).""" She has to get one of the Zero filters[2] which removes virtually all TDS[3] and measures it using a little TDS meter. Parts of the bluegrass are super high (> 500 TDS) and they happen to be in that part. I believe it is very low in most the united states for sure, but not where my family is from (I live in Chicago currently) :) [1] http://water.ky.gov/groundwater/Documents/BMU2_NPS_report3.pdf http://water.ky.gov/groundwater/Documents/BMU2_NPS_report3.p... [2] https://www.zerowater.com/ https://www.zerowater.com/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_dissolved_solids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_dissolved_solids