Is drinking water from a straight drinking fountain harmful to your health for a long time?

Direct drinking machine built-in RO membrane for filtration. Reverse osmosis membrane has a long service life. If it is not replaced in time, it will cause secondary pollution. The bucket is used for a long time, which is easy to breed bacteria and harmful to the body.

The water source of the direct drinking machine is tap water. Although reverse osmosis membrane can filter many bacteria, impurities and chemical components, about 90% trace elements beneficial to health are also filtered out.

The filtered water is called "soft water", and the content of minerals such as calcium and magnesium is very low. Long-term drinking may increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, waste of resources is also a problem. The filtration ratio of the direct drinking machine is 1 (purified water): 3 (raw water), that is, 3 tons of tap water can be filtered into 1 ton of purified water, and the rest can be discharged into the sewer.

The introduction of direct drinking fountains is an agreement and cooperation between production enterprises and communities. Safety and health depend entirely on the enterprise's consciousness, so it is urgent for the government to strengthen supervision. For example, set up a third-party supervision department to record direct drinking machines and sample water regularly; Relevant departments should punish violations such as using unqualified equipment and having no business license; Advocate the installation of tail water recovery facilities.

Residential property should also take responsibility, assign special personnel to clean and maintain equipment, and try to put the direct drinking machine indoors. She also suggested that residents should not drink direct drinking water for a long time, but drink it with bottled water and tap water, or drink tap water filtered by activated carbon filter to maximize the retention of minerals in water and maintain their health.

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Drinking taboo

Taboo 1. There is no fully boiled water.

Although the drinking tap water has been disinfected, many toxic substances can still be separated from the treated tap water, and even some carcinogens exist. So when boiling water, wait until the water temperature reaches 100℃ before drinking. Without fully boiled water, harmful substances will not completely evaporate, which will affect health after drinking.

Taboo 2. Drinking raw water

No matter what kind of raw water, you can't drink it, because it may contain all kinds of bacteria and viruses or parasites harmful to human body, so drinking raw water can easily lead to somatization, acute gastroenteritis and viral hepatitis, and you may also suffer from parasitic infection and dysentery.

Taboo three. Water storage time is too long.

Drinking water stored for a long time will affect our physical development, and the elderly will accelerate human aging after drinking it, especially cancers such as esophageal cancer and gastric cancer, which are also related to this drinking method. Studies have found that water stored for too long contains highly toxic substances, and with the increase of storage time, toxic substances will increase.

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