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Is it dangerous to boil water several times? Which water is healthier – boiled, filtered or infused with silver
27.07.2024 18:50
Many citizens are concerned about this question: is it safe to boil water several times?
They also want to know which water is healthier: boiled, filtered or infused with silver.
The Zen channel “Polytechnic Museum” provides answers with reference to experts.
Evil microbes
They say that neither boiling, nor filtration, nor disinfection with silver ions imparts additional beneficial properties to water.
The purpose of all the above processes is to remove various contaminants from water.
By the way, microbiological contamination is considered the most dangerous of these.
If cunning and evil pathogenic microbes enter the human body with water, they will cause such sabotage that it will be no small feat, and health may be seriously undermined.
Therefore, the destruction of these microbes is the first step in any water treatment process and, by the way, this is why municipal tap water is chlorinated.
Boiling and disinfection with silver
At home, the familiar process of boiling is used to solve this problem, which helps to get rid of most of the bacteria contained in the water.
As for the disinfection of water with silver ions, the process also has a pronounced antibacterial effect.
But there are some downsides. For example, if you put a silver spoon in a container of water, the amount of ions that will pass into the water will be insignificant.
The fact is that metallic silver does not dissolve well in water.
Even if you put silver electrodes in water and pass an electric current through it to achieve a high concentration of ions, it is unlikely that absolutely all types of microorganisms will be removed from the water.
Filtration
Another method is filtration. Insoluble particles suspended in water are retained mechanically.
Sorbents, such as activated carbon, remove organic matter and chlorine, thereby improving the taste of tap water.
And ion exchange resins remove ions of harmful heavy metals, such as calcium and magnesium, the high concentration of which makes water hard.
And lastly, the question of the amount of boiling. Experts say: boil as much as you want.
This will not make the water more harmful, no matter what various myths claim to the contrary.
