*I did think about the aluminum in fluoride filters but haven't removed them as yet. *
That is alumina (not aluminum) in the water filters. Alumina is aluminum oxide. It is crystalline hard like sand and does not put aluminum into the water you filter with it...to get out fluorides of course Clays often have aluminum compounds in them that do not poison people Aluminum cooking pots? No way g On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Hanneke <bloss...@internode.on.net> wrote: > Yes, the Prill beads are in the bottom of the big jar. I decant some of > it into a 2 liter bottle which bottle I use for filling my glass, with rest > of the jar I fill the kettle , use it for cooking and refill the big jar > with filtered water from the Berkey. Apparently, leaving the water with > prill beads for too long might charge the water too strongly. > Sounds all laborious but has become a bit of a routine. > I did think about the aluminum in fluoride filters but haven't removed them > as yet. > In Summer, I have a water generator (Aquovator) which produces plenty of > drinking water with the right conditions. Right now, it being Winter, the > relative humidity is high enough but the temps outside too low for the water > generator to produce. > > I'll do anything to avoid having to consume tap or bottled water. > > > > At 11:58 AM 7/22/2010, you wrote: > > Hey Hanneke, > Do you leave the prill beads in the water and drink from there? > I run my tap water through a 3-stage Pur filter and then through the Berkey > before the water gets to the Prill beads. > I threw the Berkey fluoride filters out because of the aluminum. > >
