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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 corporations from poisoning our water or trust our government to safely filter and transport water to our household.
Trusting someone else with your families health or safety is a mistake. They will never care as much as you do.
Unfortunately the entire existence of society since humans were apes living in trees relies on this whole "trust" thing
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Trusting someone else with your families health or safety is a mistake. They will never care as much as you do.
Better 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
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
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Reverse osmosis water filter systems. They basically "squeeze" water through holes small enough for it but not other larger contaminants.
Looks like it also removes minerals from the water. Not sure if that’s a problem.
I installed a whole-house filter that was great when the EPA's recommended limit was 70 ppt, since mine drops it to < 10 ppt. Now that it's something on the order of ppq, I may have to add RO to at least the fridge, since that's where we get drinking water.
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Looks like it also removes minerals from the water. Not sure if that’s a problem.
it doesn't remove all minerals. Flouride isn't removed, unless the unit also has an alumina filter.
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Better 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
How'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…
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Better 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
How'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…
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
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How'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…
Why 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