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Toothpaste and tap water may cause kid's lower IQ (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
posted 1 year ago by Conspirologist on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +38Score on mirror )
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ScienceGuyWontComply on scored.co
1 year ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
Having a deep well and using charcoal fluoride free toothpaste never felt so good.
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PraiseBeToScience on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
Well water is notoriously polluted including with shit you won't find in treated tap water like radioactive contamination from natural uranium deposits (do you know why radon is a problem in the Midwest?). Farming has polluted aquifers permanently with decades of fertilizer, pesticide, and herbicide runoff that slowly works through the soil.

Fluorine is also naturally occurring and depending on the geology can be found far in excess of any treatment.

Arsenic is also a very common natural pollutant found in well water.
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ScienceGuyWontComply on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
You are not wrong. When my spouse initially got into biotech about 10 years ago, she was offered a minor in brewing beer believe it or not. This sparked quite a few rounds of water testing at my home, since the purity of the water used in brewing can have many different effects on the process and the final product. Even though we soften our water using a traditional salt system, she was not happy with our water until we installed a carbon filter system between the softener and the house.

We get about 4 months out of our carbon filter, at $60 bucks a pop, but the water quality is well above local tap water, it's not even close and noticeably different in taste.

I dig the cut of your username as well fren.
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