Long story, but I have a friend that is dealing with some serious liver health issues, and one suspect is heavy metals in the water sourced from a well that flows through old galvanized pipes. Anyone here know of a good lab at a reasonable price? Just googling, prices are well over $100, and often triple that. And many (Texas A&M) say not for drinking water. I ordered those cheap strips on Amazon to have a trial against distilled as a control, but not hopeful. Any help is appreciated.
Drinking water lab testing
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Talk to these people first:
Texas DSHS. Chek out DSHS environmental water testing. They do a variety of testing for small fees.
Link:
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/laborato...onmental-sciences-laboratory/testing-services
Link on that page sends you to their fee schedule and how to send in sample.
Texas DSHS. Chek out DSHS environmental water testing. They do a variety of testing for small fees.
Link:
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/laborato...onmental-sciences-laboratory/testing-services
Link on that page sends you to their fee schedule and how to send in sample.
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Yeah here we have a quasi-government health department and they'll know. In a touch of sweet karma, the neighboring county dropped them the next time it came up for budget review as a result of Draconian policies in '20. My county, however, is infected with a mind virus
Just drink RO water, or purchase good water. Problem solved
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If I get it right RO water isn't good for drinking, neither is distilled water. They may be a better choice rather than poisoned water thou if those are the only choices.
Ya never drink ro or distilled water.
Water testing is not cheap anywhere.
$100-$200 actually sounds rather low, depending on the test.
The liver CAN be impacted by heavy metals, but typically there are other symptoms. Is that what his/her doc is saying?
Been drinking RO water for 40 years. Fine for me and the wife.
Nothing wrong with drinking pure water as long as you get your minerals from food/supplements. I have never relied on tap water for Mg, K, Ca, Na, etc
I was just shocked because my experience is in soil testing at $40 including the shipping. His health has been in decline for a while, but just recently became very serious. The doctor isn’t suggesting the drinking water, but his daughter mentioned it as a theory. I wanted to get the water tested to see if it is a genuine concern. He has stopped consuming it for now, but long term, he should probably do something like RO or at least a premium Brita. Depends on what we find.
That is what my thirty seconds of googling told me. It does away with the minerals. Does that mean RO = distilled for automotive use?
The two (car cooling and drinking water for animals) are not really equivalent, but seems like there is some real myths in both.
Yes you CAN get some few essential minerals from drinking water, but it's not required.
So this guy has a well? Has someone else in the close area had an analysis?
City water in most areas must/shall/can provide an analysis annually.
He is on a ranch with a well. Has been there for a very long time drinking the water, perhaps 30+ years. Worse than the well may be the old galvanized plumbing which might lead to heavy metal contamination.
Galvanized is zinc over iron alloy (steel) pipe. I am doubting that is a cause.
Was he a drinker? Used pesticides? Lots of sugar in diet?
I think at this point, they aren’t attributing it to alcohol. But there is much follow-up with specialists to come. No on the sugars, and hard to say about pesticide exposure. The land isn’t really that great for crops.
