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Isn’t Lithium an anti-depressant? If it’s extracted from drinking water, won’t you end up with miserable people?
by redsummer 5y ago
Isn’t Lithium an anti-depressant? If it’s extracted from drinking water, won’t you end up with miserable people?
- beowulfey 5y agoOP you replied to was saying the remnant waste brine from desalination may contain valuable lithium.
- swader999 5y agoJust pirates and fisherman would be affected but they are salty to begin with.
- failwhaleshark 5y agoNo we're not, you bloody idiot! Returns to mending nets and counting seagulls.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoNo, lithium is a mood stabilizer. It is mainly used to treat manic episodes in bipolar disorders and is not a particularly effective treatment for major depression. I doubt drinking water contains anything close to therapeutic doses of lithium.