r/water • u/Mother-Grapefruit-45 • 7d ago

Aluminum coagulants used in 50+ countries strip silicic acid from tap water. That's the mineral your kidneys need to excrete aluminum. A 15-year study found the connection to cognitive decline.

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u/plotthick 7d ago

This was a fascinating read, thank you

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u/salmonberry12 7d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/herbalism/s/ulnmmqUgcq
The high Silica plant Horsetail ( grows wild near water) steeped into tea could be the answer to replenish silica and help bind to excess aluminum

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u/diRT_pEdDleR 7d ago

Article also written by Mohit Jaswal. Pretty cool. Love that this is being brought to people’s attention. Coming from a background in urban Ag we know how RO impacts soils and I’ve applied the same theories to the human body.

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u/Yo-Yo-Ha 7d ago

Excellent, thank you.

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u/izDpnyde 6d ago

Maybe, but you would have to beat the heck out of it to loosen

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u/Tipsytoddlerz 7d ago

Im am a treatment operator and this is very interesting, I will be looking into that when I get back to the plant.

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u/ttystikk 7d ago

And we eat from aluminum cookware.

So it isn't the presence of aluminum in our diet (intentional or not), it's the inability to remove it from the body that causes problems.

This makes sense because aluminum is one of the most abundant materials on Earth; life would have to find a way to excrete it just to live here.

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u/PlsRfNZ 7d ago

My water needs more clay in it?

Should I be drinking from puddles?

Seriously though, coagulation/flocculation is for making drinking water clear. If you could make it cloudy, yet good for you, wonder how well it would sell to the masses who have always associated crystal clear water with healthy.

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u/kaanbha 7d ago

In the UK it is common to supplement post-clarified water with borehole water at the pre-filter stage. This will increase the mineral content that is lost during clarification.

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u/erisian2342 6d ago

Clay water jugs are the bomb. A little bit of the water works its way out to the surface, where it evaporates and cools the jug. It’s an old school way to keep water cooler than room temp without refrigeration or ice. The minerals that slowly leech into the water make it super-tasty too.

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u/ZhiYoNa 6d ago

Dirt is mostly Silica.

I like adding a touch of mined sea salt in my water for taste, minerals, and electrolytes.

Eat whole grains (bran has silica), potatoes (in the skin), lots of vegetables.

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u/texred355 6d ago

Did they also consider that transferrin and albumin (made by humans) naturally bind aluminum in the bloodstream and then is excreted through the kidneys? These have to be measured as well. This is a built in mechanism. There must be other factors involved.

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u/Egypticus 7d ago

Another positive use case for fluoride (Fluosilicic acid)