(Richard Casady) wrote in
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:35:54 +0000, Larry wrote:

Jere Lull wrote in news:2007091021343611272-
jerelull@maccom:

We have a filter and dedicated "drinking
water" tap at the kitchen sink.


What bothers me about "filters" is the same thing that bothers me
about RO. Whatever is filtered from the water backs up on whatever
filter media is used, whether it's a paper and carbon filter...or an
expensive RO membrane. In an undersink filter, with no backflush
capability, there it sets...for months...or YEARS....breaking down
under the water pressure and flow into SMALLER, less filterable, more
toxic things. Once it has broken down far enough, it passes THROUGH
the filter into the drinking supply...bacterial toxins that cause
Legionaires' Disease is a good example. Viruses are so small they
aren't filtered in the first place! The filters aren't molecular
level. There are NO viruses in distilled water....NOT EVEN DEAD ONES.
Distilled water is safe even if the CIA pours Anthrax into the water
to reduce Social Security costs or for false flag operations to keep
us under control, a real possibility lately.

Am I better off filtering or drinking the water straight? Noone I can
find in the filter business wants to talk about what happens on the
pressure side of the filter element "as-time-goes-by". I can't even
get a straight answer from the SC Dept of Health and Environmental
Control on this subject. This may be because every coffee pot in
every restaurant has this little metal filter in its water supply line
that is NEVER changed unless the whole machine changes. I'm sure glad
it's boiled before I drink it! The iced tea is NOT! Most of it is
just water poured in as the tea brews...filtered, of course.

You say that viruses are smaller than sodium or chloride ions? I got
A's in college chemistry, and I have trouble believing it.

You say an RO filter doesn't work at molecular level? Just what would
call it then?

Casady


I quoted it all so you can re-read it. I was referring to those nasty
water filters on all the water-based drinking equipment at any restaurant
on the coke machine, coffee pots, tea making equipment...

The filters fill up with crap the first week that sit against the filter
medium deteriorating into whatever pressure does to them.....LONG before
anyone ever changes them because they are totally clogged....yecch.

Case in point is the filter behind anyone's refridgerator that feeds the
ice machine. When was the last time it was changed? 1992??!!

At least SOME RO operators will flush out the big stuff...sometimes.

Larry
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The ultimate dirty bomb......

"Larry" wrote in message
...
I quoted it all so you can re-read it. I was referring to those nasty
water filters on all the water-based drinking equipment at any restaurant
on the coke machine, coffee pots, tea making equipment...

The filters fill up with crap the first week that sit against the filter
medium deteriorating into whatever pressure does to them.....LONG before
anyone ever changes them because they are totally clogged....yecch.

Case in point is the filter behind anyone's refridgerator that feeds the
ice machine. When was the last time it was changed? 1992??!!

At least SOME RO operators will flush out the big stuff...sometimes.

Larry
--
Search youtube for "Depleted Uranium"
The ultimate dirty bomb......

Larry, the metal filters in coffemakers can be cleaned (and should be, once
a month or so) with plain white distilled vinegar. Dunno if this also
applies to the other machines you mention.