Ozone breaks down in a matter of minutes.  The possibility of any ozone still
being in the water once you buy it is virtually 0.  H2O2 is never added to
distilled water that I am aware of.

Marshall

Tony Moody wrote:

> Dear List,
> The way I understand it is that heating or boiling DW gets rid of some
> or most of the ozone or H2O2 which is added by law in your country to
> DW. Apparently the O3 or H2O2 causes oxidation of the silver during the
> CS production process. If so then heating DW before making CS makes
> sense to me.
> Regards
> Tony
>
> Robert Bartell wrote:
> >
> > Hi Nick,
> > Keep looking at the different brands of DW and their labels to find a better
> > one.
> > I am using "American Fare" DW from our local K-Mart Superstore and the label
> > reads as follows:
> >
> > "Processed by distillation, microfiltration and ozonation.  Water source:
> > Greenville Municipal Water Supply, Greenville, TN 377433"
> >
> > I get a total dissolved solids reading of 1 PPM on this DW, which I think is
> > reasonably acceptable. I'd rather it be zero, but .....
> >
> > If your DW says that boiling is required before oral consumption...... that
> > has got to be very poor quality DW. Dump it! Regards, Robert Bartell
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Nick Grant <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 5:41 PM
> > Subject: CS>DISTILLED WATER
> >
> > > Hi everyone
> > >
> > > I was wondering...Ivan you said that you do not boil your distilled water,
> > > but use it at room temperature.  It says on the bottle that I buy, that
> > the
> > > distilled water for oral use must be boiled then cooled.  Is it safe for
> > use
> > > if I don't boil it, or do you think I should.
> > >
> > > I figure if the colloidal silver we are making is good enough to kill all
> > > these bacteria etc, then it should purify the distilled water anyway.  But
> > > then I read of some CS being tested in a laboratory and they found
> > microbial
> > > somethings in the CS.  This is why I have asked.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Tracy. (alias Nick!)
> > >
> > >
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