First of all if we are regularly eating a dark miso soup made of organic one to two year old barley or brown rice
miso, with
wakame sea vegetable and dried
shiitake mushroom plus a little finely chopped vegetables such as yellow onion, daikon and greens such as nappa cabbage or daikon greens, with our
whole grains,
beans/legumes, and temperate quality vegetables then one can easily discharge small amounts of chemicals one might be ingesting through the air (like smog and radiation) and from our water supplies!
Of course, when one is cooking with or drinking water that is untested and therefore suspect, then one needs to either consume water from pure sources like spring or artesian wells but since that is so difficult for so many of us (and anyone who is sensitive to chemicals should probably not be buying spring water that has been sitting in warehouses and store shelves encased in soft plastic!), one can consider a water purifier (filter) or in extreme cases, a water distiller.
Until we know exactly what chemicals are in the water and how much, we can't really determine what degree of purification by the consumer is needed.
The word is that though there are drugs and chemicals being processed by the wastewater plants that
ozone is being used to nullify the effects of most of those contaminants before leaving those plants to be sent to our water supplies.
Though simple GAC (loose fill,
granulated activated charcoal) and
solid block carbon, can remove some contaminants, it is carbon
units with KDF or copper-zinc (cu-zn), that remove much more of those contaminants.
Devices that do even a better job of removing or nullifying contaminants are those which include
reverse osmosis,
ultraviolet, and
ozone.
And of course, the units that remove everything but the H2O are the
distilling machines.
Our body processes sugars, salts, and flours that contain the vitamins and minerals that make them complete (and suffers when we eat those foods that are lacking those necessary ingredients!), and so it makes sense to me to drink water that contains some of the original minerals that comes with it, so except when doing chemistry work, doing
power window washing, or under dire circumstances, I prefer water filters that removes much of the unnecessary contaminants but includes much of the necessary minerals, and that usually include carbon and redox purification devices.
When I buy bottled water, I prefer the alkaline brand that among the dissolved solids it contains 85mg Silica, 17mg Calcium, and 13 mg per liter.
My experience of silica is that it makes the water taste good, easier to drink and seems to "benefit the hair, skin, bones, teeth, connective tissue and nails".
Silica is a bi-product of percolating water through quartz contained in the lava beds of past active volcanoes!
One filter system that integrates GAC, KDF, and volcanic sand with other useful technologies and "effectively reduces chlorine, chloramines, trihalomethanes, pesticides, heavy metals, and foreign tastes and odors below detectable levels, Adds trace alkaline minerals which stabilize the pH of water, Increases solubility & transmissibility, allowing for better hydration, Inhibits the growth of bacteria & fungus, Conditions hard water naturally, without salt or chemicals", is the
Wellness Water Filter being sold at Simply Natural the provider of our discussion site!
On a different discussion site, I am starting a compilation of most of the purification devices and water purification media.
Visit it if you need to know more about what's available than what you find at these sites!
Thank you, very much.
Bruce Paine