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Date Posted: 11:03:05 02/25/07 Sun
Author: S. Patterson
Author Host/IP: bas3-toronto63-1177641800.dsl.bell.ca / 70.49.99.72
Subject: Water sources for you flyer(s)
In reply to: Dennis 's message, "Re: Strange Info From Vet - Now What?" on 07:21:55 02/25/07 Sun

Excellent point/topic Dennis - something that needs discussion.

Any brand of drinking water for humans sold in North America is deemed "safe" to drink. Safe for a 150lb person, or a 45lb person, over a lifetime - not ALL of the bottled water craze is due to marketing and "cool factor" - its popularity is also because some tap water quality is truly awful in some jurisdictions (way to much chlorine, flouride for example) and passable at best in other jurisdictions.

Which begs the question: What are tap water's long-term effects with regard to an 80 gram mammals' organs?

Use distilled water (cheap and totally pure), Brita water (better than tap water), rain water. For bottled water, check the label. Some bottled "spring" water can contain high levels of sodium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, sulfates and "trace elements". Some contain high amounts of dissolved solids.
And, off course, Dasani bottled water is tap water that has gone through revers-osmosis and then minerals and salts are added. Note - About 1/4 of all bottled water produced in the world is tap water that has been processed and repackaged, according to industry estimates. Another little-known fact is bottled-water companies aren't required to disinfect or test for parasites such as Cryptosporidium or Giardia - a requirement for city tap water in the USA.

Another problem is large urns of bottle water contain endocrine disrupters, which leach from polycarbonate plastics.

I personally would reccommend distilled or reverse-osmosis water that has not been altered by adding minerals or dissolved solids, to be sure about what you are putting into your flyer(s).

Comments and discussion invited.

>What kind of water are you giving her? They should
>not get softened water and some city water has too
>many additives like chlorine. You can let chlorinated
>water set in an open picture to let the chlorine
>evaporate out. Or buy a filtered untreated bottled
>water.

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