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UPDATE - What's Up With DISTILLED WATER ??
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Methanol is the added contaminant and it will kill you. Your liver handles it and turns it to formaldehyde, which damages anything it touches in your body.
But yeah, brew your own! There's "still" time for it.
But yeah, brew your own! There's "still" time for it.
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More critical than distilled water, is the Pepsi shortage we seem to be having in the Portland metro area. Pepsi product stock seems to be hit & miss now at the local convenience stores, has been for several weeks. I can't function without my Pepsi, almost as important as coffee.
The sweetness in Pepsi and most other sodas with calories is made from sugar and or high fructose corn syrup. Sugar is made
from sugar beets or sugar cane, both of which are grown with heavy application of glyphosate(Roundup). Sugar cane is treated
in the same way. Some of the glyphosate ends up in almost all sugar containing products in this country. While a little glyphosate
may not be particularly toxic to humans in the amounts in food, it is toxic to the microbiome one's intestinal tract. This causes a
shift in the type of bacteria in the gut and the result can be all sorts of gastrointestinal problems. Corn, wheat and soy beans are
all also heavily treated with glyphosate in this country so it's invasion into our diet is not just from sugar or high fructose corn syrup.
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glyphosate is arguably responsible for Hodgkin's Lymphoma... So good to avoid.. But how do you know..
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Speaking of Methanol... in West Africa a lot (I think over 20) young people died from Methanol poisoning at a bar... I think some idiot thought they could use Methanol as consumable / potable alcohol.
Are you sure?
When roundup gets into the plant it dies.
Yes, there are GMO plants immune to roundup so weeds can be managed.
Usually cotton possibly corn used from fuel.
Yes, a jury was convinced it causes cancer but the lab reports state otherwise.
A jury responds to how they are presented evidence, their choice is based on how the evidence is presented and limited to how they are instructed to decide.
Maybe if you drink it you could be harmed.
Properly used it is fine.
Still legal to buy in California so not harmful.
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I didn’t read the whole thread, but I’ll throw out a way to get “distilled water” that I learned in survival training.
Make a solar still.
Dig a hole, put a cup in the center and cover it with a clear plastic. Anchor the outer edges with rocks, gravel, logs, etc. then put a small rock in the center of the plastic over the cup.
The sun heats the area under the plastic, causing the water in the soil to evaporate. It hits the plastic covering and condenses. Once enough condenses, it runs down the plastic and drips into the cup.
It doesn’t produce a lot of water quickly, but its completely passive, costs nothing to run and if you go long enough you can collect as much distilled/pure water as you want. You can speed it up some by making your solar still as big as you can. More surface area, more condensate, more pure water per given time. You can also put vegetation or a cup/bucket of normal water in the hole to speed it up some.
Works deep in the forest or in the desert. All soil has water in it, its just a matter of how much water. Heck, theres even a solar still for ocean survival. You inflate it, splash some water in it an chuck it out of the raft to let the sun do its thing. Just have to remember to tie it to the raft first….lol!
Needs patience though. Thats not much of an inconvenience when you’re in a survival situation though…
Make a solar still.
Dig a hole, put a cup in the center and cover it with a clear plastic. Anchor the outer edges with rocks, gravel, logs, etc. then put a small rock in the center of the plastic over the cup.
The sun heats the area under the plastic, causing the water in the soil to evaporate. It hits the plastic covering and condenses. Once enough condenses, it runs down the plastic and drips into the cup.
It doesn’t produce a lot of water quickly, but its completely passive, costs nothing to run and if you go long enough you can collect as much distilled/pure water as you want. You can speed it up some by making your solar still as big as you can. More surface area, more condensate, more pure water per given time. You can also put vegetation or a cup/bucket of normal water in the hole to speed it up some.
Works deep in the forest or in the desert. All soil has water in it, its just a matter of how much water. Heck, theres even a solar still for ocean survival. You inflate it, splash some water in it an chuck it out of the raft to let the sun do its thing. Just have to remember to tie it to the raft first….lol!
Needs patience though. Thats not much of an inconvenience when you’re in a survival situation though…
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