[Greenbuilding] Water Softener Filters
Clarke Olsen
colsen at fairpoint.net
Fri Jan 30 11:46:42 CST 2015
I don't think you should drink softened water.
Clarke Olsen
clarkeolsendesign.com
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at taconic.net
On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:44 AM, Lynelle Hamilton <lynelle at lahamilton.com> wrote:
> Health Canada has some cautions about both, but mostly for folks with specific health issues. This is the one on potassium: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/water-eau/potassium/index-eng.php But there are others on sodium.
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> On a personal note, I had a Kinetco potassium softener and loved it. I don't have any of the health issues Health Canada identified, and found the minor amount of potassium I took in (I didn't bypass the kitchen cold tap) actually reduced my age-related leg cramps!
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> Have bought a home closer to TO and will use potassium in the (current) sodium softener there. Manufacturer says no conversion is needed, just dump in the potassium.
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> Hope this helps!
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> Lynelle Hamilton
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> On 29/01/2015 6:38 PM, Antonioli Dan wrote:
>> Has anyone ever heard of water softeners using potassium chloride or sodium chloride having negative health effects?
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>> I have an application where I installed one on a well and everyone but one person thinks it’s great. I’ll explain the details in the next post but I wanted to start with a broad-stroke question to see what kind of replies the question would generate.
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>> Dan Antonioli
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