On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Mary Yugo <maryyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> My wife has a kidney disorder and is not allowed tap water. So, we > >> drink purified water. > > > > That sounds strange. Is it from her nephrologist/internist or is it from > > some nurse practitioner, physician assistant or "holistic" source? > > Endocrinologist, Dr David H Jacobson, best in town. Treating a > genetic disorder, polycystic kidney. > I suggest following the doctor's orders to the letter. Having said that, I'd ask him a bit more about it. I did the following search: "polycystic kidney" chlorine drinking water in Google scholar and got only 5 pages of returns, none of which was relevant. I did the same for "kidney failure" chlorine drinking water and got 900+ returns. However, most have to do with eliminating microorganisms from water *using* chlorine. So I dunno. There may be a reason but I sure can't find it. If you find out the reason to avoid chlorinated (or chloramine-ated) tap water, let me/us know. Maybe it's a prohibition against tap water and not chlorine? I never heard it before.
