Hi John, On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:42:57 +1000, John Rigby <[email protected]> wrote:
>This article sort of confirms my unease at using distilled water for >anything except car radiatiors and irons. :-) > >http://www.mercola.com/2002/may/8/distilled_water.htm That's what it's supposed to do, create unease in you. That way you'll forget all about CS, minerals, vitamins, etc. and just go to your local HMO or MD when you get sick. >Distilled water leaches from any container - even glass - and years ago was >implicated in problems by leaching from "hi quality" glass, which has a >high lead content. Yes, water (distilled or not) leaches from just about everything. That's why it's called the "Universal Solvent." How long it takes to leach different materials is what has to be considered. Also, what your body does with this super-dangerous solvent must be considered, too. Your body isn't a passive rock when it comes to water (or anything else). The electro-chemistry of the body can readily deal with most water, especially distilled. Distilled water CANNOT leach anything out of the body, because all outgoing water must pass through the kidneys (most of the water, anyway) and the kidneys have full control of what goes out. If the kidneys "think" there's too much of a mineral/chemical in the body, they get rid of it. If there's too little, they don't. As far as incoming water is concerned, distilled water, pond water, tap water, etc. are all the same -- some just has more junk in it for the kidneys to process. MOST of the minerals, etc. we get are from the foods we eat, not from water. It's not that the minerals in water aren't processed, they're just not in the form to be easily assimilated. (That's even true with CS, that's why I take my CS with Willard Water or a Gatorade-type drink much of the time.) >At my local Supermarket, all the distilled water is in plastic! >My own research tends to show that there is NO safe level of >petroleum-plastics contamination. Depends on what you mean by "safe." There are safe levels of cyanide, cadmium, etc. It's just that they're very small. Safe levels of lead, mercury, etc. are a lot higher. Various petroleum products have very high safe levels, while others are fairly low. Certain kinds of petroleum have been used as remedies for millennia -- straight from the ground. It's also used commonly for salves (petroleum jelly). Some plastic containers aren't good for food or drinking water, because there is a higher level of plasticizers that can leach out of the plastic. Other types of plastic are very good, better than almost any other container material. The amount of impurities they produce is measured in the PPT (parts per trillion) range -- when it can be measured at all. Best of the common plastics is type-1, second best is type-2 (that's what most distilled water comes in). Type-1 plastic can leach less stuff into water than many types of glass. ><http://www.generic-co-op.com/silver.htm>http://www.generic-co-op.com/silver.htm Dr. Jon (or his cat) recently "discovered" colloidal silver. If he'd visited this list for a year or two prior to his discovery, he wouldn't make so many mistakes. (BTW, I have purchased some things from him to try out.) >This quote from the above Site refers to a Scientific Official Testing >Laboratory results and a discussion with the head of that facility: >QUOTE: He said the secret was the low voltage and the fish pump. He's a quarter right. But of course, low voltage with stirring isn't the only way to produce good CS, and improperly done, it could be a "bad" way. >1. The lower voltage question. ( I have 4 leftover converters all put out >either 12vDC or 30vDC Either is fine. The length of time is different. >2. The bubbling thing - a fishtank bubbler - good idea it seems. It helps, especially if the silver electrodes are fairly close together (one inch or so). >3. The H2O BIG question. I must say, I would prefer to use a "pure water" >but what the heck is THAT? Distilled water. Anything else has essentially unknown contaminants that could produce silver compounds -- that includes rainwater. -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
