Potassium can leach out of glass, which would change the ph. The only bottle I know of that should not affect the water is PTFE aka teflon.
Marshall "Jonathan B. Britten" wrote: > One comment on the below: I work (as a non-scientist) in a university > specializing in nutrition. One colleague told me not so long ago about > the difficulty of getting reliable distilled water; even from the best > suppliers, selling top-grade DW with elaborate labeling, in brown > glass bottles, the stuff changes over time. In particular, the pH at > the time of use is often different from the number on the label at time > of bottling. > > My colleague said that the water and the glass react, and implied that > this variation in PH is just accepted as a part of life in science. I > have no more details than this; it may be they send the water back to > the vendor for a fresher batch when this happens, or maybe they just > record the PH variation in their scientific papers. I did not press > for details at the time; I was just trying to get some DW for my own > needs. (I ended up ordering Springfield DW from an importer. It > works fine.) > > Bottom line: even PhD nutrition scientists have to deal with > variations in PH due to the interaction of water and the container. > > JBB > > On Thursday, Oct 2, 2003, at 03:42 Asia/Tokyo, Nenah Sylver wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Berger" <bober...@swbell.net> > > To: "Nenah Sylver" <ne...@bestweb.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:44 PM > > Subject: Re: CS>Ph of Distilled water? > > > > > >> Hi Nenah, > >> > >> With all due respects to your education, the fact is that what is > >> being sold > > as > >> distilled water does not have a pH of 7 !!! > >> > >> PURE water is very aggressive and is not called the universal solvent > >> without > >> reason. > >> > >> "Ole Bob" > > > > Bob, > > There is no argument between us. Please hear what I am saying. I think > > this is > > important enough to post to the list; I hope you don't mind (even > > though you > > courteously sent me this message privately). > > > > By definition, if something marketed as "distilled" water has a pH of > > either > > higher or lower than 7.0, it is no longer distilled, or pure -- that > > is, > > containing SOLELY hydrogen or oxygen. Any pH of higher or lower than > > 7.0 means > > that the water has *something else* in it. The moment water containing > > solely > > hydrogen and oxygen leaches something into it, it is no longer > > distilled. This > > is not something I am making up; it's simply the definition of > > distilled water. > > > > It is very easy for DW to lose its "distilled" status precisely > > *because* it > > does such a good job of leaching out things from its environment. If > > water is > > called the "universal solvent" (which I already know) -- and for a good > > reason -- consider how much of a solvent DISTILLED water can be. > > Distilled > > water, which does not exist in nature, can be an even more aggressive > > solvent: > > the moment DW touches something, it will dissolve something into > > itself -- in > > many instances even more aggressively than non-distilled water -- in > > an effort > > to balance itself by bringing dissolved sediments, minerals, etc. into > > itself. > > > > It is difficult to obtain genuine, pure distilled water precisely > > *because* the > > moment the DW touches something, it will begin to either interact with > > its > > container (leaching out plastic, for instance), or the air (leaching > > out carbon > > dioxide, thus making the water undesirably acidic if you're using it > > for > > drinking). > > > > It is fortunate indeed that water with a 5.5 pH (which is > > *incorrectly* marketed > > as "distilled," even though it may have been distilled *before* being > > poured > > into its plastic container) has been found by many people to be good > > for making > > colloidal silver. However, it is a problem for ME. I know how harmful > > it can be > > to drink acidic water. > > > > The drinking of acidic water will have to be balanced against the > > benefits of > > using colloidal silver. I am not at all making a case against CS -- I > > have seen > > the tremendous benefits of CS. What I am commenting on is the use of > > *excessively* acidic water to make CS. I did not drink my last batch > > of CS for a > > reason; and I think that reason was because my intuition was telling > > me that > > that particular batch of CS was too acidic for either me or my animals > > to drink. > > In other words, it is possible for the microbe-killing abilities of > > the CS to be > > outweighed by the ability of acidic water to harm the system. > > > > My education about distilled water is sound, and I stand behind it. > > For my > > research on distilled water that I included in my Rife Handbook, I > > enlisted the > > help of chemist Dr. Dick Wullaert, head of the Functional Water > > Society with > > years of experience in water, minerals, water electrolysis, and more. > > Dick has > > worked with top scientists all over the world developing various > > electrolyzed > > and so-called "clustered" waters. I trust Dick's experience and > > research. I do > > not make this post lightly and am not villifying anyone for using > > acidic water > > to make CS. Rather, I am stating my *own* preference to obtain > > distilled water > > in as pure state as possible, due to the numerous serious problems > > that arise > > when people drink acidic water. > > > > I encourage you or anyone else to read the excerpt on water and > > minerals from my > > Rife Handbook. To learn more about pH and the body, click the > > "Products" link, > > then "Inner Light," and then the article called "Why You Need To > > Detoxify Your > > System." > > > > I would still love to find a good source of distilled water that is as > > close to > > a pH or 7.0 as possible, as I miss not having colloidal silver to use > > against > > infections. I welcome all suggestions, especially about who sells the > > best > > distiller. > > > > Best regards, > > Nenah > > > > Nenah Sylver, Ph.D. > > Products, services, and information about health > > Author (under the name "Nina Silver") of > > *The Handbook of Rife Frequency Healing* > > Order the book and read excerpts at > > http://www.nenahsylver.com/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > > silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
