"Dangerous Minerals"
#16
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
Ok this is one thing that's caught me out a few times here. I've just been stopped from filling the kettle up with water from the tap as i should apparently be using water from the cooler. When pressed as to why the tap water was unsafe even after boiling, I was given a strange look and just told "dangerous minerals"! Is it just my office being random?
#17
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Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
If the tap water has the same mineral content then the difference is irrelevant.
Some mineral waters have less minerals than others but no need to go there.
#18
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
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#19
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
I think there are a lot of soft people in this country. It will be the same band of people that constantly cover their faces in the sun, wear jumpers during the summer, believe that when you start up your car you should hold your breath because the air in the vents give you cancer and all this other mumbo jumbo you read on the emails.
I use tap water in the kettle and also for boiling stuff. There's no flaky scales in my kettle and i'm never ill (unless its self inflicted).
I believe that a bit of bad stuff can help your immune system which is why i think all this is a load of old tosh.
Oh, and as for the bottled 'spring water' you get? I'd hazard a guess that a lot of that stuff is largely the same as the stuff in your taps - only processed better. Masafi is the only one i'd trust to be actual spring water.
I use tap water in the kettle and also for boiling stuff. There's no flaky scales in my kettle and i'm never ill (unless its self inflicted).
I believe that a bit of bad stuff can help your immune system which is why i think all this is a load of old tosh.
Oh, and as for the bottled 'spring water' you get? I'd hazard a guess that a lot of that stuff is largely the same as the stuff in your taps - only processed better. Masafi is the only one i'd trust to be actual spring water.
#20
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
It was the dentist that told me you couldn't get them in the UAE, should have gone and checked the garage to see what she was driving!
#21
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
I think there are a lot of soft people in this country. It will be the same band of people that constantly cover their faces in the sun, wear jumpers during the summer, believe that when you start up your car you should hold your breath because the air in the vents give you cancer and all this other mumbo jumbo you read on the emails.
I use tap water in the kettle and also for boiling stuff. There's no flaky scales in my kettle and i'm never ill (unless its self inflicted).
I believe that a bit of bad stuff can help your immune system which is why i think all this is a load of old tosh.
Oh, and as for the bottled 'spring water' you get? I'd hazard a guess that a lot of that stuff is largely the same as the stuff in your taps - only processed better. Masafi is the only one i'd trust to be actual spring water.
I use tap water in the kettle and also for boiling stuff. There's no flaky scales in my kettle and i'm never ill (unless its self inflicted).
I believe that a bit of bad stuff can help your immune system which is why i think all this is a load of old tosh.
Oh, and as for the bottled 'spring water' you get? I'd hazard a guess that a lot of that stuff is largely the same as the stuff in your taps - only processed better. Masafi is the only one i'd trust to be actual spring water.
#22
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
Nothing soft about covering your face in the sun. I'm in my early 40's and have already seen people my age long in the grave from melanoma cancer. A lot of those people covering their faces in the sun are probably just from countries that are a little more educated about the risks of sun exposure than some other expats.
#23
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
Educated....paranoid....its a fine line.
I'm not stupid enough to ignore the risks but its the ones that step outside for a matter of 3 minutes that gets me. Having said that, i'm also referring to those nationalities that wear whitening make-up so maybe that has something to do with it.
I'm a sun lover so maybe i just don't get it.
I'm not stupid enough to ignore the risks but its the ones that step outside for a matter of 3 minutes that gets me. Having said that, i'm also referring to those nationalities that wear whitening make-up so maybe that has something to do with it.
I'm a sun lover so maybe i just don't get it.
#24
Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
Educated....paranoid....its a fine line.
I'm not stupid enough to ignore the risks but its the ones that step outside for a matter of 3 minutes that gets me. Having said that, i'm also referring to those nationalities that wear whitening make-up so maybe that has something to do with it.
I'm a sun lover so maybe i just don't get it.
I'm not stupid enough to ignore the risks but its the ones that step outside for a matter of 3 minutes that gets me. Having said that, i'm also referring to those nationalities that wear whitening make-up so maybe that has something to do with it.
I'm a sun lover so maybe i just don't get it.
#30
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Joined: Oct 2008
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Re: "Dangerous Minerals"
Isn't Australia directly under the ozone hole? Which means the sun rays are stronger down under than in Dubai?