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On Sep 15, 2:48 pm, Larry wrote:
... I didn't attack RO, by the way. I only pointed out what I had read of
the bacteria trapped on the high pressure side of the membrane breaking
down, then releasing their toxic load into the feedwater, which WAS small
enough to pass through the membrame into the drinking water on the other
side. It's a serious problem for many drinkers if it's not corrected. ...


Is it a genuine "serious problem" or a theoretically possibly "serious
problem"? How many is "many"? I've never heard of a single case of a
cruiser getting sick or even suspecting that they got sick from their
RO water. It seems to me you've gotten pretty worked-up without any
disinterested evidence at all. It would be nice to know if there is
any evidence from anyone not selling a competing product that the
problem exists and if if does exist is would be nice to know how
dangerous it is. Are we talking about the mild flue like stuff that
we all get from our food and water as a part of living in a complex
world or need we be worried about something more deadly?

-- Tom.