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Re:EPA Says 'Forever Chemicals' Must Be Removed from Tap Water by arein3 on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:23AM (#40011764)
Isn't reverse osmosis also filtering out minerals?
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Re:EPA Says 'Forever Chemicals' Must Be Removed from Tap Water by infecto on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:27AM (#40011803)
Yes, and as another poster pointed out my thinking that the importance of those minerals might be incorrect. I always thought you needed to supplement on top of distilled water.

For RO, a lot of the systems include a mineral cartridge.

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Re:EPA Says 'Forever Chemicals' Must Be Removed from Tap Water by hyperbovine on Friday April 12, 2024 @12:01PM (#40014394)
It’s for taste. Distilled water tastes like crap. I don’t know the science behind it, but “good” water (eg coming from hetch hetchy) tastes amazing in comparison.
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