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Following the successful first edition of this book on drinking
water quality and health, this new edition puts more focus on the
importance of minerals in drinking water. It includes new
scientific material and presents additional studies on the negative
health effects of reverse osmosis water. The various safety
organizations working on drinking water all warn about unhealthy
constituents, as well as elements that can cause corrosion or
scaling on pipes and installations. However, drinking water may
also provide a substantial portion of the daily mineral intake,
especially for the elderly and children, or those at risk of
deficiencies due to unhealthy eating habits or starvation. Thus, a
holistic approach to drinking water is presented in this book and
the scope is extended from standards for undesirable substances to
the basic mineral composition of water, examining 22 nutrient
elements and ions and 21 toxic substances. The function of the
nutrients in the body, symptoms of deficiency and overload, and
advantages of the minerals from drinking water are presented, as
well as symptoms of toxic elements from drinking water. The authors
also suggest healthy ranges of minerals and mineral ratios for
drinking water. The book offers a valuable resource for the health
evaluation of drinking waters, for private well owners, public
water producers and safety organizations alike.
Following the successful first edition of this book on drinking
water quality and health, this new edition puts more focus on the
importance of minerals in drinking water. It includes new
scientific material and presents additional studies on the negative
health effects of reverse osmosis water. The various safety
organizations working on drinking water all warn about unhealthy
constituents, as well as elements that can cause corrosion or
scaling on pipes and installations. However, drinking water may
also provide a substantial portion of the daily mineral intake,
especially for the elderly and children, or those at risk of
deficiencies due to unhealthy eating habits or starvation. Thus, a
holistic approach to drinking water is presented in this book and
the scope is extended from standards for undesirable substances to
the basic mineral composition of water, examining 22 nutrient
elements and ions and 21 toxic substances. The function of the
nutrients in the body, symptoms of deficiency and overload, and
advantages of the minerals from drinking water are presented, as
well as symptoms of toxic elements from drinking water. The authors
also suggest healthy ranges of minerals and mineral ratios for
drinking water. The book offers a valuable resource for the health
evaluation of drinking waters, for private well owners, public
water producers and safety organizations alike.
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