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[trigger_andy]

3 minutes ago, sime42 said:

One reason why beer began to be mass consumed was I believe because it was safer to drink than the water available at the time.

And you know why that is dont you? 

[GarethM]

There's wasn't chlorinated water available at the time tho. 

[sime42]

23 hours ago, Macpherson said:

 

In the Highlands several natural springs so just go and fill water cooler bottles whenever needed.. in town just bottled spring water at about £1 per gallon, which I don't mind just to get clean water except of course for the plastic containers.

 

The main thing for me is not to drink any of these bloody awful chemicals if I don't have to and the fact that they really don't want to reveal this info and that it took a FOI request speaks volumes..

I have next to zero trust in the motives of industrially fecking with things that we cannot do without and the long term effects of such.

 

Here in Scotland luckily the water isn't Fluoridated but much of the western world is the opposite and I really don't think it has anything to do with the dogmatic lie that it's good for your teeth... I have my own opinion on the reason for this..., enough to say that I don't think that any of the Halogens are any good for the intellect not to mention anything else.. essentially they are poisons👎

 

For many years now I've treated tap water as grey and don't even put it on my veggies... as for processed food I avoid it as much as possible although that gets harder every day, cheers.

 

 

 

 

Talking of Halogens. We'll be getting tasty chlorinated chicken from America soon. Thanks in part I think from good old Liz Truss.

 

I'm not sure that all halogens are bad for us; seaweed is meant to be very healthy because it contains lots of trace elements like Iodine. Maybe the "trace" is the pertinent bit, or perhaps because I is lower down the table, so less reactive.

[sime42]

11 minutes ago, GarethM said:

There's wasn't chlorinated water available at the time tho. 

Exactly. And no water infrastructure. Better to drink small beer rather than water that your neighbour had pissed or dumped in!

[GarethM]

These days we call than spring water!.

Full of healthy vigour 

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, sime42 said:

Exactly. And no water infrastructure. Better to drink small beer rather than water that your neighbour had pissed or dumped in!

And where do you think they got the water for the small beer? 

[GarethM]

It was boiled prior to use, whilst dirty ish it was atleast sterile 

[sime42]

11 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

And where do you think they got the water for the small beer? 

Never done any home brewing? It's fun, you ought to try it. Plus you can save a bit of money.

[sime42]

11 minutes ago, GarethM said:

It was boiled prior to use, whilst dirty ish it was atleast sterile 

I think at the time they didn't realise that they were actually sterilising the water, it was just a step in the process of making the beer, which they'd noticed didn't make them sick as often as drinking water.

[trigger_andy]

11 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Never done any home brewing? It's fun, you ought to try it. Plus you can save a bit of money.

I do a lot of home brewing. Which is why I find your comments comical.