PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoResearchers identify previously unknown compound in drinking waterphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkResearchers identify previously unknown compound in drinking waterphys.orgPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoMight help to filter out the chemicals before drinking.
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoYou can’t really “filter” out these chemicals when they’re fully dissolved in the water. There’s always distillation, but that’s not practical at all on the scale of drinking water for cities.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYou can for this. See my comment: https://ponder.cat/post/752896/1007500
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAh, interesting. Didn’t think it would be caught by activated carbon. Good to know, thanks.
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWe have a home distiller and use it for all our drinking water. It’s very easy to use. Highly recommend.
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agohttps://www.megahomedistiller.com/collections/frontpage/products/megahome-mh943sbs-water-distiller Made in Taiwan, too
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoI had thought activated charcoal could remove the chemicals. No I don’t mean city scale. I meant after the water comes out of the tap but before you drink it. City water has to be treated to not harbor too many germs.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt does for this. See: https://ponder.cat/post/752896/1007500
minus-squareJackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDefinitely filter out that H2O chemical
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThere’s di-hydrogen monoxide in the water!
Might help to filter out the chemicals before drinking.
You can’t really “filter” out these chemicals when they’re fully dissolved in the water.
There’s always distillation, but that’s not practical at all on the scale of drinking water for cities.
You can for this. See my comment: https://ponder.cat/post/752896/1007500
Ah, interesting. Didn’t think it would be caught by activated carbon. Good to know, thanks.
We have a home distiller and use it for all our drinking water. It’s very easy to use. Highly recommend.
What brand or model?
https://www.megahomedistiller.com/collections/frontpage/products/megahome-mh943sbs-water-distiller
Made in Taiwan, too
I had thought activated charcoal could remove the chemicals. No I don’t mean city scale. I meant after the water comes out of the tap but before you drink it. City water has to be treated to not harbor too many germs.
It does for this. See: https://ponder.cat/post/752896/1007500
Definitely filter out that H2O chemical
There’s di-hydrogen monoxide in the water!