You are what you drink.

Master Taran · #1 03-09-2008, 06:50 PM

Angakuk · #2 03-09-2008, 09:16 PM

We have our own well and we have a home distiller. I wonder if distilling the water removes pharmaceutical contaminents.

Master Taran · #3 03-09-2008, 09:26 PM

Not being a chemist, I wouldn't know. But I would think that it would change the substances in the water. :chin:

Dingfod · #4 03-09-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Angakuk

We have our own well and we have a home distiller. I wonder if distilling the water removes pharmaceutical contaminents.

Probably, but a carbon (charcoal) filter would do better.

godfry n. glad · #5 03-09-2008, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dingfod

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angakuk

We have our own well and we have a home distiller. I wonder if distilling the water removes pharmaceutical contaminents.

Probably, but a carbon (charcoal) filter would do better.

Ergo, run your distilled water through a carbon filter.

Or, better yet, stop distilling water and start distilling whiskey. :innocent:

Angakuk · #6 03-10-2008, 12:13 AM

We could always run it through a carbon filter and a reverse osmosis system, and then drink whiskey instead. Maybe with a water chaser.

Garnet · #7 03-10-2008, 12:31 AM

There ya go.

ChuckF · #8 03-10-2008, 12:40 AM

Harper's had a really interesting article a couple of months ago on waste reclamation technologies. One of the possible future applications they mentioned was reclaiming pharmaceuticals from waste water. Very neat stuff.

Garnet · #9 03-10-2008, 12:47 AM

OK, now I'm squicked.

godfry n. glad · #10 03-10-2008, 01:37 AM

What?! You wouldn't buy "pre-used" laxatives?

Garnet · #11 03-10-2008, 01:41 AM

More squicked.

Corona688 · #12 03-10-2008, 01:43 AM

Heh. It's not like all the water on earth isn't "pre-used".

Qingdai · #13 03-10-2008, 03:41 AM

Yeah, that's what I thought. You could be drinking Napoleon's pee right now!
I am a bit more concerned about caffeinated fish.