Have you been drinking water with too many estrogene mimicing chemicals in it?
Could be, I took your advice & started drinking my river water, ............but I try not to ingest things I can't spell or pronounce.
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Have you been drinking water with too many estrogene mimicing chemicals in it?
Could be, I took your advice & started drinking my river water, ..............
I don't know what that means, but I'm sure it's rude......you're naughty.
It comes through the taps as well!
Think hes talking about this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage and maybe a small ineudno![]()
Well, anyway guys, I live near sellafield & I was wondering if I filtered & boiled the liquid run off, would it be o.k......it would be a Godsend as I wouldn't have to carry any heavy water with me when I go to play on the beach. I've also heard that by drinking it I wouldn't need a torch on the way back, should I stay paddling until sunset, which would be great as batteries are so heavy.......................I hope you give me the all clear, then in few years I can proudly quote that famous bushcrafting phrase; " I've been drinking it for years with no ill effects".............................oop's have to go, mummy's just come in...................
So ALL tap water is the same then Wattsy? regardless of district or company? Tap water has to be tested continuously, when was the last you heard of anyone in the UK contracting an illness from the water?
The water in the UK is not the best to drink, but its certainly safe, and can you please tell me what chemicals are essential in water? you have me intrigued.
All the water in east ,north & western europe is to some extent, radio-active, thanks in part to Tchernobyl (25th anniversary this year) & we can't do anything about it...........," I've been drinking tap water for years, with no ill effects"..................
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and to pull the thread back into it's course (pun on water there) apart from charcoal is there anything that can be done to clear water more effectively as a diy kind of thing ?......and how does one 'activate' charcoal ??
cheers,
Toddy
i wasn't saying tap water is bad for you you seem to have got completely the wrong end of the stick. chemicals essential in water include calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and copper to name a few all vital for our continued existence.
yeah granite is also radioactive yet people make kitchen counters out of it 'radioactivity' isn't necessarily dangerous it all depends on the type of radiation. alpha or gamma radiation is harmless to humans
From my experience Tofu is in itself toxic ...or at least makes me want to spit it out... or gag......CaCl2 or ZnCl2 aren't exactly problematical. The calcium chloride is a seawater component and is widely used to make tofu.
Seems pretty straightforward to make the activated charcoal in a kiln tbh.
However, considering the price of buying it is buttons......no contest.
cheers,
Toddy
Well, anyway guys, I live near sellafield & I was wondering if I filtered & boiled the liquid run off, would it be o.k......it would be a Godsend as I wouldn't have to carry any heavy water with me when I go to play on the beach. I've also heard that by drinking it I wouldn't need a torch on the way back, should I stay paddling until sunset, which would be great as batteries are so heavy.......................I hope you give me the all clear, then in few years I can proudly quote that famous bushcrafting phrase; " I've been drinking it for years with no ill effects".............................oop's have to go, mummy's just come in...................
From my experience Tofu is in itself toxic ...or at least makes me want to spit it out... or gag......
not the greatest advert for calcium chloride.....
From my experience Tofu is in itself toxic ...or at least makes me want to spit it out... or gag......
not the greatest advert for calcium chloride.....
You can find the guide lines for clean drinking water here-http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/fulltext.pdf
It is a publication by the World Health Organization (who) and includes all recommendations and considerations for chemical, radioactive particulate and microbiological contamination. If this is really going to take a simple question to the nth degree I suggest a few hours/days reading this instead of hearsay and opinions expressed as fact.
The poor OP must be more confused now than when he started!!
Unless anyone out there had done research on every river/watercourse in the UK then nobody can state what is or isn't safe-what we can do is advise as to what methods we use and try to inform using personal experiences. Macho posturing and poor science isn't going to help anyone come to an informed decision.