On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Nikhil Mehra <nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com> wrote:
Minerals. I believe the issue was that there were more than enough minerals > in the water. Anyway, bit of an off the cuff email. Let me round up the > material I collected at the time and write a more detailed email to you. > So, anyone want to comment on the health effects (good and bad) of long term use of RO treated water? The scientific consensus at this point seems to be that it is overall a good thing. Most of the folks saying it is a bad thing tend to quote this study [1] but that is a suspect one [2]. WHO itself seems to contradict it in this paper [3]. Udhay [1] http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap12.pdf [2] https://www.wqa.org/Portals/0/Technical/Technical%20Fact%20Sheets/1993_ConsumptionOfLowTDSWater.pdf [3] http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43836/1/9789241563550_eng.pdf -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
