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Old 03-26-2011, 04:49 PM   #9715
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
How extraordinary. I can't imagine why the Anglian Water chap would say that.

Hard water is actually good for you*. It's not so good on heating appliances, as the Calcium ions come out as Calcium carbonate and coat the heating elements.

*well, it was good for me. Moving from a soft water area to a hard water area at age 5 fixed up some problems with teeth and nails.
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Tap water over here is a on borderline with undrinkable.
He was advocating drinking mineral water over tap water at the same time telling us that tap water is 100% safe. It was funny how BBC guys handled it on both occasions.

I don't remember what where the a,b and c ingredients they discussed though.


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