These days everywhere we are drinking RO (reverse osmosis) water. Much news is frequently received about its harmful effects for long run use. I am interested to know, is it really harmful for our health.
Your views are highly appreciable and solicited.
Human being needs clean drinking water with necessary minerals which are good for health.The drinking water cleaning process need to take care of that.
Dear Mahesh,
I am finalising my PhD research on the topic of removal of organic contaminants by RO directly applied to natural waters to produce drinking water.
Harmfulness should be defined... is it genotoxicity? mutangenicity?
Much news: can you report some link?
I feel confident saying that an absolute barrier against drinking water contaminants is not yet available. Whether a water type can be considered safe for human consumption depends of course on the chemicals occurring in that water, which you can assess by non-target screening (if you are interested in the identities) or bioassays (if you are interested in the effects only). However the chemicals that end up in drinking water will vary depending on source water pollution and treatment effectiveness. My personal view is that RO produces water of comparable or higher quality than other advanced treatments.
I recommend to look for relevant literature as some data are already available, e.g. Article Evaluation of Contaminant Removal of Reverse Osmosis and Adv...
Good luck,
Vittorio
Dear Dr. Mahesh Kumar,
Please have a look at these useful PDF attachments.
Good luck!
Please also have a look at this useful ResearchGate link.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_medical_effects_on_RO_water_on_human_health#post-comment-editor
Human being needs clean drinking water with necessary minerals which are good for health.The drinking water cleaning process need to take care of that.
In RO process, the good & bad minerals are both out and one ends up drinking bland water. It is not good for health.
RO is not the same as Deionization (Demineralization). RO is safe.
RO water and Distilled water typically have around the same amount of impurities on a TDS scale. Anywhere from 5–40ppm (parts per million)
Deionization however is anywhere from 0–1ppm. This stuff is completely pure water. It literally takes out all ions except water. That is why it is used in labs, in order to eliminate the chance that a water impurity messed up an experiment.
Should you drink completely pure water? Well… not large amounts.
(NOTE: this is a very controversial topic in the water world, that is why the question pops up on here like 50 times a day.)
From this video you will hear it from a water scientist and see a guy try it out.
Water naturally bonds to pretty much everything, pure water REALLY bonds to pretty much everything. So when that enters your body it will bond to the minerals in your body and flush you of minerals.
Would I drink a whole gallon? No.
Would I drink a small cup? Sure.
The other side of the coin.
So why do some people say its harmeless? Well, 95% of minerals we take in are from food, a very small portion of minerals our bodies need is from water, therefore water with no minerals shouldn't hurt you, at least in small doses.
But, is RO Bad For You?
RO is a better option than having mercury, lead, arsenic and disease-causing microbes in your water, therefore, RO is the better option.
Is it the best option?
So in my case I just say: “Why risk it? Why take the chance of depleting my bodies minerals?” And I drink RO water with some basic minerals infused to ensure that the water has been completely bonded before drinking it.
That is what we know to be the best way to get pure water.
The RO technology may be better or may be inferior to normal filtration systems.
But it is not an environment friendly technology.
It causes loss of HUGE amount of water during purification.
For this reason only, I did not purchase it for my family use.
Thanks.
Dear Dr Mahesh
A Report from the World Health Organization - W.H.O - stated
THAT R.O. WATER IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH UNLESS IT IS REMINERALIZED.
please see this link
www.waterfyi.com/featured/w-h-o-ya-gonna-believe/
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