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polski wrote:

Bill , nobody questions water for protocols!We all know we need
Purified water or distilled for mms or dmso.
Jbnet questions drinking distilled water regularly .

Yes, I know what she is saying and I answered this already.

Flouride is causing serious problems in all life forms that drink it.

This is about avoiding Flouride in drinking water.

We can get minerals from other sources -- spring water may be a great source for good drinking water. BUT, not tap water so we are left with few choices and distilled water is our best choice. Just find the right additives to make it better but get rid of the flouride.

Someone who has fluoride in their water....
Could you please get some in a glass and put some MMS1 into it. Use a test strip for pH at the start - a 1/2 hour in and at the hour mark. See if MMS1 changes. If there is a'test' for fluoride please volunteer to do that test too. I live with well water or I would do it.
I just had a client whose varicose veins began to hurt real badly and one burst. I tested her on my device expecting to see she was being effected by Mercury and birth control pills. Imagine my surprise when it came up that her cause was fluoride! When questioned she said that the dentist said to add extra fluoride to her teeth brushing because she was now wearing braces!

cary7777 wrote:

Someone who has fluoride in their water....
Could you please get some in a glass and put some MMS1 into it. Use a test strip for pH at the start - a 1/2 hour in and at the hour mark. See if MMS1 changes. If there is a'test' for fluoride please volunteer to do that test too. I live with well water or I would do it.

I just had a client whose varicose veins began to hurt real badly and one burst. I tested her on my device expecting to see she was being effected by Mercury and birth control pills. Imagine my surprise when it came up that her cause was fluoride! When questioned she said that the dentist said to add extra fluoride to her teeth brushing because she was now wearing braces!

Watch the video I added, it is from a dentist. Let your client watch it as well.

Distilled Water – Use with Caution

Some health conscious people have been misled into believing that distilled water is healthy for them. As I've stated before, this is simply not true.

The problem with distilled water is that it is boiled and evaporated away from its dissolved minerals. The water then becomes acidic and seeks to balance itself by drawing minerals right out of your body. It will also draw out contaminants from the container it's stored in for this same reason.

What's worse, any contaminant in the water that vaporizes at a lower temperature than the water, such as volatile organic compounds, like disinfection byproducts that are thousands of times as toxic as chlorine, will be condensed and actually concentrated in the finished distilled water. So what you end up with is water that contains even more dangerous contaminants than what you started with!

I only recommend using distilled water for a short period of time and only for the purpose of detoxification, as this water can help pull toxins from your body. Drinking it long-term, however, will most likely invite health problems.

Distilled Water
January 31, 2011 by Mark Sircus
Date: 01/24/2011 By Jon Barron

Last September, Dr. Mercola published an article lambasting the use of alkaline drinking water. A few weeks later, I published a rebuttal. I thought that was the end of it. People could read both articles and make their own decision. Silly me! In mid-December, Dr. Mercola published a new article — this time blasting distilled water. And once again, I find his conclusions unsupportable — but this time, accompanied by a disturbing twist. So once again, I rebut!

Dr. Mercola’s concerns with distilled water
Instead of doing what I did on my last rebuttal, taking on each point one at a time, I’ll list all of Dr. Mercola’s main concerns about distilled water and quickly show why they don’t hold water — all puns intended. That will leave me time to explore some other related issues. With that said, let me begin by saying that I don’t necessarily disagree with any of Dr. Mercola’s assertion of facts — only with the conclusions he draws from those facts.
Dr. Mercola’s three primary concerns with distilled water are:
The process of distillation actually concentrates certain toxins so what you end up with is water that contains even more dangerous contaminants per glass of water than what you started with. Specifically, he says, “The process of distilling actually worsens the presence of these extremely toxic contaminants in your water because anything that vaporizes at a lower temperature than water, such as volatile organic compounds (VOC’s and trihalomethanes (THM’s), will also be boiled and condensed. Sure, the heavy metals are left behind. Lead, for example, will not vaporize. But chlorine will change into chloroform during the distillation process, and will be present in your distilled water.”
Distilled water is an active absorber, and when it makes contact with air, it quickly absorbs carbon dioxide and becomes acidic (carbon dioxide and water form carbonic acid) — too acidic for healthy drinking.
Because the water is acidic and demineralized, it will pull contaminants out of whatever container you put it in. Many distillers on the market are made of metal, which will actually add certain toxic metals like nickel back into the water. And if you use a distiller with a plastic bottle, you have a number of plastic chemicals to contend with — many of which we now know are extremely toxic.

Taken out of context, all of these concerns are accurate — but given the context of real world application, not one of them is ultimately true, and anyone who knows anything about water distillation knows this. Very briefly:

Concentrated toxins

When talking about concentrating VOC’s, that’s only true if you’re talking about the most primitive types of distillation equipment such as might be found Gerry-rigged in a high school chemistry lab or a WWII prisoner of war movie. Any moderately priced distiller used for producing drinking water will make use of either a VOC venting system which allows volatile gases to “leave” the distiller before they are allowed to condense in the cooling coil or an activated charcoal filter (the same type used in any water filtration system) which captures any residual VOC’s after they have condensed but before they can make their way into the distiller’s holding tank from which drinking water is collected. In fact, most distillers use both systems to “double” capture VOCs. In other words, any reasonable distiller will actually provide water that is at least as pure, and in most cases significantly purer, than any produced by a countertop filtration system. (I will talk more about how distillers accomplish this in a moment.)

Active absorber

As for Dr. Mercola’s claim that distilled water is an active absorber and therefore absorbs carbon dioxide from the air, which turns into carbonic acid and makes the water highly acidic, that is again “potentially” true. In fact, pure distilled water is so “absorbent” that it is one of the two primary solvents we use, along with pure grain alcohol, in the manufacturing of herbal tinctures — to “draw out” the bioactives from the raw herbs. But that said, there are two points that make this relatively moot when it comes to drinking water. First, most people, after they distill drinking water, don’t pour the water onto broad-surfaced cookies sheets for storage with maximum air contact — letting it breathe in the parlance of wine connoisseurs. In fact, as any sensible person would do, it is bottled and covered, thus making exposure to carbon dioxide minimal. In addition, many water experts recommend that you add liquid trace minerals to distilled or reverse osmosis water as a matter of course. I know I have for nigh on a quarter of century. And curiously, Dr. Mercola mentions this option for R/O water in his newsletter. (“One way to ameliorate this is to re-introduce minerals to the water. I add about ¼ teaspoon of Himalayan salt per gallon of water to compensate for the minerals lost.”) But for some reason, he forgets to mention the same option for distilled water. (Note: some people like to bubble ozone through their distilled water, in effect dissolving it in the water. That too can indeed help increase the pH of water and improve its dissolved oxygen levels, thus countering any CO2 build up.)

Dr. Mercola also says, “Since it [distilled water] is free of dissolved minerals and other particles, it has the ability to absorb toxic substances from your body and eliminate them. However, although drinking distilled water may be helpful when detoxifying for a week or two, the longer you drink it, the more likely you’ll develop mineral deficiencies and an acidic state.” But that’s covered if you add trace minerals to the water. For countering the effect in R/O water, Dr. Mercola recommends Himalayan salt. But the same practice would be equally beneficial when used with distilled water. I prefer Catalyst Altered Trace Minerals (CATW) because of the higher magnesium and lower sodium levels — not to mention the added micelle catalyst. (And in the interests of full disclosure, CATW is my formula.) Incidentally, there’s one other reason for adding trace minerals to distilled water. Because distilled water is devoid of minerals (AKA electrolytes), it is bio-electrically dead. Adding trace minerals remedies that concern too.

And finally, as to Dr. Mercola’s assertion that distilled water is acidic and pulls contaminants from whatever bottle you put it in, that’s simply not accurate in the real world. Distilled water ideally consists of only hydrogen and oxygen, with a completely neutral pH of 7. And yes, in reality, it almost always is slightly acidic, but usually, only slightly — just under 7. Yes, in special circumstances it can go as low as 5.6 if aerated or stored with a huge surface area exposed to the air. (Remember, distilled water absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.) The reality, though, is that in any home distiller system, the water will be shielded from exposure to air in its holding tank and then again once bottled by the end user. Thus, in most cases, distilled water for home use will have a pH of about 6.75, which is a little more acidic than I like, but hits Dr. Mercola’s ideal sweet spot dead on the money. And of course, when it comes to storing your distilled water in bottles, you can always store the water in glass jars or polyurethane bottles, which are non reactive. And finally, if you add trace minerals to your water (which I absolutely recommend if you’re drinking distilled water) it raises the pH and dramatically inhibits its ability to absorb carbon dioxide, thus rendering all concerns expressed in this paragraph meaningless.
The bottom line is that in the real world not one of Dr. Mercola’s primary ”concerns” about distilled water stands up.

Continued ...

How is water distilled?

Let’s take a look at how a home water distiller is put together and how it works.

The basic water distiller works very much like the alcohol stills you’ve seen in movies such as The Great Escape — through evaporation and condensation. A heating element boils water in a tank. The resulting steam leaves the tank and enters a stainless steel cooling coil. In the cooling coil, the steam condenses to form distilled water. Some distillers use air to cool the steam. Others use incoming water circulating around the coil for cooling the outgoing steam. The purified water then drips out of the cooling coil and into a storage container.
Water distillers can remove most minerals, metals, organic chemicals, and micro-organisms from water. A clean, well-maintained distiller will remove over 95 percent of the minerals, including sodium, sulfate, nitrate, and arsenic. In addition, biological contaminants such as bacteria, viruses, and cysts are destroyed during distillation. This is actually a major advantage over R/O and filtration systems which allow biofilms to build up over time on membranes and filtration components inside their units and thus need to be regularly cleaned and maintained. The primary maintenance for distillers is the regular removal of mineral scale from the boiling chamber due to hard water. Incidentally, Dr. Mercola says that distillers do not remove fluoride. That is simply not true. Steam distillers do indeed remove a high percentage of fluoride. How does that work?

Mottling of the teeth from fluoride in the drinking water

First of all, you never find pure fluorine in water. The compounds used in water fluoridation are primarily Fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6), an inexpensive liquid by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacture, and to a lesser degree, Sodium fluorosilicate (Na2SiF6). The old standby, Sodium fluoride (NaF), is not used much anymore except by a handful of smaller water utilities and in toothpaste. Without belaboring the point, they all readily dissociate into sodium ions and hexafluorosilicate ions and then to hydrogen gas, hydrated silica, and fluoride ions — most commonly Hydrogen fluoride (HF). At the pH of drinking water (6.5-8.5) and at the concentration usually used for fluoridation (1 mg fluoride/L), the degree of hydrolysis is essentially 100%. And here’s the key to understanding how distillers get rid of fluoride: the boiling point of HF (the primary form of fluoride left in the water) is 67 degrees Fahrenheit — way, way below the 212 degree boiling point of water. That means that long before the water in your still has turned to vapor, the HF has turned into a gas, and been largely vented off through the VOC vent long before it ever reaches the water reservoir. The bottom line is that a good distiller can significantly reduce fluoride levels in your drinking water. But don’t take my word for it; numerous university studies confirm it.
Incidentally, virtually any good reverse osmosis unit will also provide fluoride reduction of 95% or better. Filtration systems, on the other hand, have a harder time with fluoride. A filtration system will only remove a very small amount of the fluoride unless it contains an activated alumina element, which some do. In fact, if you use a water filter, you absolutely want to make sure it contains anactivated alumina element since it not only removes significant amounts of fluoride, but also arsenic, inorganic selenium (the kind you don’t want), and other heavy metals such as lead.
So how pure is distilled water versus filtered water? Let’s use a little common sense here. Every scientific lab in the world that requires the purest water available will use distilled water over filtered water every single time. End of story.

A concern about Dr. Mercola’s analysis of water systems

On December 16th, Dr. Mercola announced that he is now selling his own water filtration systems. Coincidentally, this is two days before he published his recent article explaining why buying a water distiller is not the way to go — the article we’ve analyzed in this newsletter.
Now let me be absolutely clear here. I have no problem with Dr. Mercola promoting his own water filters. And I have no problem with him explaining why he believes his system is superior to other options. All of the major voices in alternative health do the same thing. I do it. Mike Adams at Natural News does it (or more accurately he promotes other people’s products that he markets on his site). That’s not a problem as long as you’re clean about it and let people know when you may have a personal agenda and when you’re strictly reporting.
My concern with Dr. Mercola’s recommendations on water is that back on September 11th when he took on alkaline water, he categorically said that he had no agenda. To quote: “Please understand I have no ax to grind here, and I am not selling any competing products. The sole purpose of this report is as a public health message to warn people that alkaline water is not all it is hyped up to be.”
Understanding how long it takes to put the pieces together to bring a product to market, it is inconceivable that Dr. Mercola was not already planning to market a water filter when he made that statement. In addition, he begins that article with a video interview with Houston Tomasz whose company designs and markets water filtration systems — systems remarkably like the ones Dr. Mercola announced for sale on his site just 60 days later.
The bottom line is that for Dr. Mercola to preface his discussions of water by saying he has “no ax to grind” is, for lack of a better term…not clean. Unfortunately, what it means is that everything Dr. Mercola says about water from that point on must be taken with a grain of salt (Himalayan, preferably). Again, I have no problem with his selling water filter systems; just be clean about it. In the same way that a doctor gets paid for performing in his area of expertise, we all (Dr. Mercola included) have the right to make a living from our skills and knowledge. In fact, would you want it any other way? Would you rather take the advice of people who have no expertise, functional idiots as it were?

Evaluation of Dr. Mercola’s filters

Which brings us to the final issue of the day: how do Dr. Mercola’s filters stack up in the world of water? In general, they seem like fine middle of the road filters, but they would not be my first choice for two reasons.
His filters claim an absolute filter size of 0.5 microns. This is not bad, and it will filter out cysts such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium. But it will also allow a plethora of health-threatening bacteria and viruses to get through.
But the bigger problem is that there is no element in the filter to remove any significant degree of fluoride and arsenic — both major health issues in drinking water.


My recommendations

As I said in Lessons from the Miracle Doctors, my recommendations are:

The best option is to get a high-end filtering system for the entire house that treats the water where it enters your house. It needs to remove all contaminants (bacteria, heavy metals, fluoride, etc.), not just chlorine. This is obviously the most expensive way to answer the problem ($1,500-$2,500, on average), but if you actually get a good system that removes all of the toxins from every single water outlet in your house (toilets included), it’s the best way to go.
A good water distiller is actually a fine option and will provide the “cleanest” water you can get, but you need to be sure it incorporates a venting system and a charcoal filter. And, if you drink distilled water, you will absolutely want to add quality liquid trace minerals to your water before you drink it.
And as for reverse osmosis (R/O) units, I am in total agreement with Dr. Mercola. R/O systems produce a good quality drinking water, but they waste a huge amount of water — many gallons of waste for each usable gallon. I’m not really sure that’s justifiable nowadays with the looming water shortage the world faces (recent Biblical flooding aside).
For most people, though, a good water filter can do the job, but keep in mind that I said “good”. It will require several stages and several different kinds of media to remove chlorine, biochemicals, drug residues, fluoride, heavy metals, and ultra-small pathogens such as Cryptosporidia. And no, the self-contained filters that mount on your faucet and the ever popular filter/pitcher combinations won’t do the trick. They just don’t offer enough contact time for water and the filtering medium. They may improve the taste of the water, but they won’t protect your health. My recommendation is The Aquarius Triple Plus Counter Top Water Filter with AQUATOMIC. As its name implies, it has three filters.
A charcoal based cartridge cleans up the chlorine and VOCs.
The fluoride reduction cartridge significantly reduces fluoride and arsenic levels, not to mention a number of other heavy metals.
And a ceramic cartridge, rated at 0.2 micron (60% smaller than found in Dr. Mercola’s filter) takes care of a high percentage of ultra-small pathogens.
As a bonus, it also contains a “Magnetic Hydrating Device”, which interestingly enough is based on an idea I proposed in a newsletter many years ago.

Keep in mind, that if you use a point of use filter like the Aquarius, you will need to use a filter on your shower and bath outlets. You breathe in and absorb more chlorine through your skin in a 15 minute shower than you do drinking 8 glasses of that same water throughout the day. Which is why the better choice, if you can afford it, is The Polaris IV-F (with Fluoride reduction) whole house filtration system.

Which brings me to my final point.

When it comes to recommending these filters, unlike Dr. Mercola, I truly have no ax to grind. I make no money from their sale. I recommend them because I believe they are the “best in class.” In fact, when I first started recommending them, the President of Aquaspace, Michael Pedersen, contacted me and offered me his standard 20% distributor commission for any filters bought through my recommendation. I asked him if he would instead pass that discount along to any of my readers who bought his filters. He loved the idea and set up the “Jon Barron Discount” at Aquaspace for anyone who used my name when ordering. He has kept that discount going for 12 years now. I still make nothing from the filters sold; all of the discount goes to you. Oh, and Michael and I have become good friends over the years.
That’s my “no ax to grind” story. The only money I make is from my formulas, which are sold throughBaseline Nutritionals, my consulting work, and my private label formulary. Outside of Baseline Nutritionals, I make no “overrides” on any other products I recommend onsite. If I recommend it, it’s because I like it. Further, nothing is sold through the Baseline of Health Foundation. The Foundation is purely a free alternative health information resource.

www.jonbarron.org/natural-health/nl110124/distilled-water-mercola-newsletter

If you really want to do something about fluoride in tap water,
Join anti fluoride activists in your area,write letters to City Councelors
,Mayor....Google Fluoride Action Network.
Region of Halton in Ontario , Canada voted recently on fluoridation
Unfortunately we lost 11-9 in votes of Councilors.
This is a list of communities which successfully ended water fluoridation since 1990:


Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada February 7, 2012
Bolivar, MO February 7, 2012
Myerstown, PA   January 13, 2012
Hartland Township, MI December 20, 2011
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada December 19, 2011
Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada December 12, 2011
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada November 19, 2011
Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada November 19, 2011
Amesbury, MA November 8, 2011
Lawrenceburg, TN October 18, 2011
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada October 16, 2011
New Plymouth, New Zealand October 13, 2011
Spencer, IN October 13, 2011
Pinellas County, Florida October 4, 2011
College Station, TX September 22, 2011
Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada September 12, 2011
Hohenwald, TN September 6, 2011
Pottstown, PA  August 16, 2011
Spring Hill, TN  August 15, 2011
Philomath, OR August 8, 2011
Taber, Alberta, Canada  July 20, 2011
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada  July 4, 2011
Taumarunui, New Zealand  June 30, 2011
Fairbanks, Alaska  June 6, 2011
Mount Clemens, Michigan  May 16, 2011
Lago Vista, Texas   April 21, 2011
Marcellus, MI  March 17, 2011
Independence, Virginia  February 16, 2011
Calgary, Alberta, Canada February 8, 2011
Yellow Springs, Ohio February 7, 2011
Verchères, Québec, Canada February 7, 2011
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania First announced Feb 4, 2010) January 19, 2011
Sparta, North Carolina November 15, 2010
Tellico, Tennessee November 4, 2010
Waterloo, St. Jacobs and Elmira, Ontario, Canada October 25, 2010
Red Bay, Alabama September 15, 2010
Napa, California August 17, 2010
Sandpoint, Idaho July 24, 2010
Kaikohe, New Zealand May 17, 2010
Kaitaia, New Zealand May 17, 2010
Crete, Nebraska May 11, 2010
Dakota City, Nebraska May 11, 2010
Franklin County, Nebraska May 11, 2010
Norfolk, Nebraska May 11, 2010
Wahoo, Nebraska May 11, 2010
Gatineau, Québec, Canada May 5, 2010
Schuylkill Haven Borough, Pennsylvania February 4, 2010
Xenia, Ohio December 16, 2009
Beacon, New York December 7, 2009
Amery, Wisconsin November 30, 2009
Wisner, Nebraska November 10, 2009
Yutan, Nebraska November 10, 2009
Humboldt, Kansas September 22, 2009
Wakefield, Nebraska September 15, 2009
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada July 21, 2009
Poynette, Wisconsin (voted to remove fluoride) April 13, 2009
Plainfield, Vermont (voted to remove fluoride) March 3, 2009
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (for the 2nd time) February 17, 2009
Skagit County, Washington February 10, 2009
Big Canoe, Georgia January 8, 2009
Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, Canada January 1, 2009
Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada December 31, 2008
Test Valley Borough Council (UK) November 13, 2008
Jackman, Maine November 4, 2008
Moose River, Maine November 4, 2008
Corning, New York November 4, 2008
Ainsworth, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Aurora, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Battle Creek, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Bayard, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Beatrice, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Bridgeport, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Broken Bow, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Cambridge, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Central City, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Chadron, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Cozad, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Crawford, Nebraska November 4, 2008
David City, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Eagle, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Friend, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Geneva, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Gothenburg, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Grand Island, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Grant, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Hastings, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Hebron, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Imperial, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Kimball, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Lexington, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Madison, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Milford, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Mitchell, Nebraska November 4, 2008
North Platte, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Ord, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Pawnee City, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Pierce, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Plainview, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Ravenna, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Schuyler, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Scottsbluff, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Shelton, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Sidney, Nebraska November 4, 2008
St. Paul, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Stanton, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Stromsburg, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Sutherland, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Sutton, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Tekamah, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Valentine, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Weeping Water, Nebraska

November 4, 2008
Wilber, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Wood River, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Wymore, Nebraska November 4, 2008
York, Nebraska November 4, 2008
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin November 4, 2008
Hyndburn, Lancashire, England September 23, 2008
Pendle, Lancashire, England September 18, 2008
Alamo Heights, Texas September 8, 2008
Alexandra and Earnslceugh/Manuheriki, New Zealand September 8, 2008
Cromwell, New Zealand August 18, 2008
Isle of Man June 12, 2008
Elba, New York June 4, 2008
Littleton, Massachusetts May 10, 2008
Yarmouth, Massachusetts May 6, 2008
Dryden, Ontario, Canada April 2008
Quebec City, Canada (after 36 years of fluoridation) April 1, 2008
Welland, Pelham, and parts of Thorold, Ontario, Canada February 2008
Poughkeepsie, New York February 2008
Manila, Humboldt County, Calfornia February 2008
Elgin City Council, Texas November 2007
Waitaki District Council, New Zealand October 2007
Juneau, Alaska October 2007
O'Connor UD, Sparta, White County, Georgia
August 8, 2008

Quebeck Walling UD, Sparta, White County, Georgia August 3, 2008
Cobleskill Village, Schoharie County, New York August 2007
Marshall County BUP#1, Lewisburg, Marshall County, Georgia July 27, 2008
Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK June 2007
Conewango Township, Pennsylvania May 2008
Glade Township, Pennsylvania May 2008
Mead Township, Pennsylvania May 2008
Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania May 2008
Big Creek Utility District, Grundy County, Georgia May 7, 2008
Cagle-Fredonia Utility District, Big Creek, Sequatchie, Georgia May 7, 2008
Altoona, Pennsylvania May 2007
Beach Haven, New Jersey April 2007
Sulphur Rock, Arkansas April 2007
LaGuardo UD, Lebanon, Wilson County, Georgia

May 20, 2008
Lebanon Water System, Wilson County, Georgia May 20, 2008
Mt Desert Water District, Maine March 5, 2007
Martin County, Florida December 19, 2006
Juneau, Alaska December 11, 2006
Ashland, Oregon November 21, 2006
Central Bridge Water District, New York November 21, 2006
Lenapah, Oklahoma November 21, 2006
Page, Arizona November 7, 2006
Lincoln, Maine November 7, 2006
Rockford, Iowa January 12, 2006
Golden, British Columbia, Canada November 19, 2005
Lafayette, Tennessee November 9, 2005
Bellingham, Washington State November 8, 2005
Springfield, Ohio November 8, 2005
Xenia, Ohio November 8, 2005
Tooele, Utah November 8, 2005
Mammoth Lakes, California November 8, 2005
Homer, New York November 1, 2005
Hood River, Oregon May 2005
Neosho, Missouri April 5, 2005
Pagosa Springs, Colorado March 2005
Snohomish, Washington State January 2005
Lancaster, Ohio November 2, 2004
Hutchinson, Kansas November 2, 2004
Clarksdale, Mississippi October 25, 2004
Milton, Washington State September 20, 2004
Telluride, Colorado September 2004
Sumner, Washington State August 2, 2004
South Blount Water District, Tennessee June 2004
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin April 2004
Honolulu, Hawaii January 28, 2004
Lancaster, Ohio January 12, 2004
Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada June 25, 2003
Dutton-Dunwich, Ontario, Canada June 2003
West Elgin, Ontario, Canada June 2003
Sequim, Washington State May 7, 2003
York, Nebraska May 6, 2003
Columbiana, Alabama May 2003
Canton, New York February 18, 2003
Shaler, Pennsylvania February 11, 2003
Billings, Montana November 5, 2002
Kalispell, Montana November 5, 2002
Washoe County, Nevada November 5, 2002
Methuen, Massachusetts November 5, 2002
Redding, California November 5, 2002
Watsonville, California November 5, 2002
Texarkana, Arkansas November 5, 2002
Ashdown, Arkansas November 5, 2002
Oneida, New York August 6, 2002
Franklin, North Carolina May 2002
Plainville, Massachusetts April 1, 2002
Monroe, Louisiana February 26, 2002
Colorado Springs, Colorado January16, 2002
Kennewick, Washington January 15, 2002
Benninton, Vermont January 8, 2002
Lanai, Hawaii January 2002
Cobalt, Ontario, Canada December 11, 2001
Erie, Colorado November 2001
Modesto, California November 7, 2001
Worcester, Massachusetts November 7, 2001
Flagstaff, Arizona November 7, 2001
Sutherlin, Oregon November 7, 2001
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada October 13, 2001
White Salmon, Washington September 2001
Goldendale, Washington September 2001
Bishopville, South Carolina June 2001
Harper, Kansas May 31, 2001
Brewster, Massachusetts May 15, 2001
McPherson, Kansas April 3, 2001
Norridgewock, Maine May 5, 2001
Blue River, Wisconsin February 2001
Willamina, Oregon January 2001
Ithaca, New York November 7, 2000
Spokane, Washington November 7, 2000
Brattleboro, Vermont November 7, 2000
Wenatchee, Washington November 7, 2000
Shawano, Wisconsin November 7, 2000
Nibly City, Utah November 7, 2000
Hyrum City, Utah November 7, 2000
Providence City, Utah November 7, 2000
Smithfield City, Utah November 7, 2000
Logan City, Utah November 7, 2000
River Heights, Utah November 7, 2000
Pequannock, New Jersey November 7, 2000
Ozark, Missouri November 7, 2000
Wooster, Ohio November 7, 2000
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada October 16, 2000
Woodside, California September 2000
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri August 8, 2000
Winfield, Kansas March 6, 2000
Wilmington, Massachusetts February 15, 2000
Santa Barbara, California November 23, 1999
Johnstown, New York November 19, 1999
Wichita, Kansas October 26, 1999
Boca Raton, Florida October 25, 1999
El Carjon, California April 27, 1999
Helix Water District, California April 7, 1999
Lakeside Water District, California April 6, 1999
Hutchinson, Kansas March 30, 1999
Riverview Water District, California March 24, 1999
La Mesa, California March 9, 1999
Santa Cruz, California March 4, 1999 ...banned
Bremerton, Washington February 2, 1999
Olympia, Washington December 15, 1999
Seward, Nebraska November 3, 1998
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada July 28, 1998... quit after 30 years
Grand Island, Nebraska May 13, 1998... quit
Norfolk, Nebraksa May 13, 1998
North Platte, Nebraska May 13, 1998
Washington, Missouri April 7, 1998
Kitmat, British Columbia, Canada, Canada March 1998... quit
Hot Springs, Arkansas February 1998
Ridgefield, Oregon December 22, 1997
Largo, Florida July 15, 1997
Clearwater, Florida July 15, 1997
North Redington Beach, Florida July 15, 1997
Amsterdam, New York May 21, 1997
Suisun City, California May 1, 1997
Yardly, Pennsylvannia April 16, 1997
Village of Orfordville, Wisconsin December 9, 1996
Western Nassau County, New York November 21, 1996... quit after 23 years
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada November 16, 1996... quit after 42 years
Gothenberg, Nebraska December 1996
Bloomer, Wisconsin November 6, 1996
Kodiak, Alaska July 12, 1996
Carle Place, New York February 1, 1996... quit
Winter Springs, Florida January 10, 1996
Pasco, Florida December 14, 1995
York, Pennsylvannia July 29, 1995
Thurmont, Maryland February 3, 1994
Albany, New York December 8, 1994
Middletown, Maryland November 1993... quit
Barnstable, (Cape Cod) Massachusetts November 4, 1993
Wagoner, Oklahoma June 17, 1993
Redwood Valley, California February 6, 1993
Los Altos Hills (Purissima) California 1993
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada April 1993... quit after 33 years
Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada November 1993... quit after 19 years
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada November 1993... quit after 20 years
Fort Smith, Arkansas November 3, 1992
Milltown, Wisconsin October 17, 1992
Bellingham, Washington May 19, 1992
Comox/Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada February 1992
Palm Beach County, Florida October 22, 1991
Ketchikan, Alaska October 2, 1991
Suffolk County, New York August 15, 1991
Davis, California December 14, 1990... 5th rejection
Morgan Hill, California March 7, 1990... quit
   

allow nature to distill your water and it will capture some essential minerals before getting into your water bud. It is the cheapest and safest water to drink and it is not soiled by fluoride

If as you say:....Thus, in most cases, distilled water for home use will have a pH of about 6.75
How can Dr Ron raise PH to 5.2 by adding baking soda. Or am I missing some thing.
Unless the ph of sodium clorite drops activated with citric acid and then added distilled water is under 5.2 at that time. Hmmm...that seems logical now I have written this, but I will post it anyway as this may have friggered other peoples thoughts.