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It’s really a shame how bad water has gotten in my lifetime. I only trust protecting my family with a RO because I no longer trust our government preventing cor
by syntaxing 4y ago
It’s really a shame how bad water has gotten in my lifetime. I only trust protecting my family with a RO because I no longer trust our government preventing corporations from poisoning our water or trust our government to safely filter and transport water to our household.
- lijogdfljk 4y agoWhat is an RO?
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoReverse Osmosis
- Nasrudith 4y agoReverse osmosis water filter systems. They basically "squeeze" water through holes small enough for it but not other larger contaminants.
- Gigachad 4y agoLooks like it also removes minerals from the water. Not sure if that’s a problem.
- forum_ghost 4y agoit doesn't remove all minerals. Flouride isn't removed, unless the unit also has an alumina filter.
- reducesuffering 4y agoSource? All I see say RO does remove fluoride, like https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA0110001 https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA0110001 at the bottom.
- oceanplexian 4y agoThe good ones actually have an additional filter that remineralizes the water. Which is great, IMO because this also keeps the taste of the water consistent and you don’t have any funky flavors from the mineral content of your area.
- dolni 4y agoThere is some literature out there about pure RO water not being great for you. My anecdote: I have been purchasing RO water from the local grocery store for quite some time because I dislike the taste of my tap water after softening. For a long while I drank the RO water as-is. When I started adding mineral drops to the water, I felt a lot better.
- willcipriano 4y agoTrusting someone else with your families health or safety is a mistake. They will never care as much as you do.
- IntelMiner 4y agoBetter haul out into the woods then, Ted Unfortunately the entire existence of society since humans were apes living in trees relies on this whole "trust" thing
- willcipriano 4y agoHow's that working out for the people in Flint? They still don't have clean water. Is it like the fairy in Peter Pan where if you believe hard enough the people in charge will magically become competent? Obviously there are limits but having your water tested from time to time isn't bad advice. Another thing I do is test my kids toys for lead, and it comes up positive roughly 1 out of 15 times. I could trust that the government and the big box store makes sure that never happens, maybe you do, but I do science so I can know instead. Knowing > Trusting
- picsao 4y ago
- IntelMiner 4y agoWhy do you trust those tests made by other people to be accurate? Or the science of it being a problem (or not) to be accurate? The flaw in your reasoning is that you implicitly assume trust anywhere
- willcipriano 4y agoThis isn't a binary between complete blind trust and "living in the woods", my point is if you want your kids to have clean drinking water the best way to do that is test it yourself. If you trust the US government to provide it for you, you'll end up here crying about how they abused your trust for the ten thousandth time and be somehow, inexplicably, surprised.