Martin wrote:

    > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:54:32 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Martin writes:
    >>>Why shouldn't it be?
    >>Not all "distilled" water is the same. Water can be "purified" in
    >>various ways, some suitable for human consumption, some less so.
    >
    >
    > Under which category does distilled water for batteries and steam
    > irons come?


Distilled water can be bad for your heart.

Ingeborg Denner wrote:

    >
    > "Charles Hawtrey" <[email protected]> schrieb :
    >
    >> In article <[email protected]. com>,
    >> [email protected] says...
    >>> i just remember my
    >>> friend telling me that in some countries they bottle tap water like
    >>> martin pointed out about greece.
    >> When traveling in places where the local water supply is iffy (not
    >> Europe) I always buy sparkling water. Not that I prefer sparkling
    >> water, but it's very unlikely to be refilled from the tap.
    >
    >
    > Around here, devices with which you make your own sparkling water
    > from tab water are very popular...
    >
    > inge
    >


If you really want to make clean water it is complicated. First you
need something to wipe out the small biologicals. Either sustained
iodine treatment or the UV mentioned will do that. Then you need to
move the stuff thru a good multistage filter system. Note this will
need some pressure not the simple charcoal cleaner.

Sparkling water will make sure that it is not from the tap. It would
help if I could stand the stuff. I'd rather drink cola or wine.

Frank F. Matthews writes:

    > Distilled water can be bad for your heart.

Drinking pure water has no effect on your heart.

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:15:04 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Martin wrote:
    >> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:54:32 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
    >> wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Martin writes:
    >>>>Why shouldn't it be?
    >>>Not all "distilled" water is the same. Water can be "purified" in
    >>>various ways, some suitable for human consumption, some less so.
    >>
    >>
    >> Under which category does distilled water for batteries and steam
    >> irons come?
    >Distilled water can be bad for your heart.

Only if it's diluted with Heineken.
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:59:22 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Frank F. Matthews writes:
    >> Distilled water can be bad for your heart.
    >Drinking pure water has no effect on your heart.

Try drinking a swimming pool full of it.
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Mxsmanic wrote:

    > Frank F. Matthews writes:
    >
    >
    >>Distilled water can be bad for your heart.
    >
    >
    > Drinking pure water has no effect on your heart.
    >
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I am reaching way back into a memory but as I remember it has to do with
the ion levels usual in distilled water. It may depend on the manner of
distillation.

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > AFAIR it's shown being used like that on their website. What does the
    > UV it emits do to your eyes?

From what I understand the plastics involved don't pass UV-C, only UV-A. I
think the water also absorbs a lot of the UV.

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Martin wrote:

    >
    > because USAsians see people in European restaurants drinking bottled
    > water, and teenagers wondering around with bottles of water,

But so do a great many USAians - especially the younger and
more athletic ones. (That's part of what I meant when I
spoke of "designer" water.)

Jens Arne Maennig wrote:

    > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Good point, Mixi - can one buy "distilled" water in Europe?
    >
    >
    > In any DYI store and many supermarkets - beside the places already
    > mentioned.
    >
    > Many people actually are generating it themselves by using a tumble
    > drier condensing unit.

I was once told by my doctor that drinking distilled water
exclusively is not terribly good for one - he said something
about it lacking electrolytes? But certainly if one is
sensitive to changes in the water when traveling, it's a
viable alternative until you get home again.
    >
    > Jens

Tim Challenger wrote:

    > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 06:50:43 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
    >
    >
    >>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:
    >>>Good point, Mixi - can one buy "distilled" water in Europe?
    >>Yes, but it's hard to find.
    >
    >
    > And most supermarkets and drug stores around here.

That's true in the U.S., too - I've never looked for it in
Europe, because I have no problems with tapwater, anywhere
I've been. (Most of it is better than what I get here in
the San Fernando Valley.)

    > It's easy to get.
    >

Martin wrote:

    > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:54:32 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Martin writes:
    >>>Why shouldn't it be?
    >>Not all "distilled" water is the same. Water can be "purified" in
    >>various ways, some suitable for human consumption, some less so.
    >
    >
    > Under which category does distilled water for batteries and steam
    > irons come?

"Distilled" is "distilled", SFAIK - although I might have
some reservations about buying it from a garage, simply
because they might not keep it in very sanitary receptacles.
I think a supermarket is the better way to buy it for
drinking, but I wasn't sure little souvenir/convenience
stores adjacent to hotels would carry it.

Frank F. Matthews wrote:

    >
    >
    > Mxsmanic wrote:
    >
    >> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:
    >>> Good point, Mixi - can one buy "distilled" water in Europe?
    >> Yes, but it's hard to find.
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    >
    >
    >
    > And it can be bad for your health.

Yes, if you drink it exclusively, but drinking it while
traveling, to prevent stomach upsets from changes of water
from place to place, shouldn't be a problem.

Martin wrote:

    > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:59:22 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Frank F. Matthews writes:
    >>>Distilled water can be bad for your heart.
    >>Drinking pure water has no effect on your heart.
    >
    >
    > Try drinking a swimming pool full of it.

I don't think that qualifies as "pure water" - not only is
it heavly chlorinated, but it may have other "additives",
too (especially if children and pets swim in it).

Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Martin writes:
    >
    > > Why shouldn't it be?
    >
    > Not all "distilled" water is the same. Water can be "purified" in
    > various ways, some suitable for human consumption, some less so.

Distilled means what it means. Distilled water is not recommended for
human consumption. There is also permuted water (ater is flew through
resinas) which you can drink.

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Ingeborg Denner <[email protected]> wrote:

    > "Stanislas de Kertanguy" <[email protected]> schrieb :
    > >
    > >
    > > Yes. It's sometimes funny to watch in France people preferring Volvic
    > > over tap water under the assumption that tap water is 'hard'... given
    > > the
    > > mineralisation of Volvic!!!
    >
    > Volvic, going by the numbers on the bottles has very low calcium,
    > which makes it first choice for brewing teas with little tolerance
    > for "hard" water. (I was in a place where the tab water had so much
    > calcium that it encruseted a pot after *one* boiling. Tea made from
    > it was disgusting. I tried half the mineral waters the local grocery
    > store offered, and best-of-ten was Volvic.)

Maybe I got confused with Vittel then? Anyway, I very rarely drink
bottled water, I find Paris water very good!
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