lots of tablets, lots of results. I'm sure plenty of them aren't good for babies. As for boiling water, it doesn't sterilise that well anway so thats not great for babies anyway. I've only seen it suggested for partially contaminated water e.g. flood water in the mains. Where chlorine etc is already helping, I guess.
Certainly I've seen stuff grow in media after autoclaving which is something like 12-15 mins under pressure at 130 C. Which is considered sterile. But that only aims to removes bacteria not any toxins. Boiling in a kettle is nowhere near as efficient.
Since we have the option of bowsers for water, the risks are a lot lower using it from them. It's the best choice and I assume with the lowest risks, so why use anything else?
As for bottled water I did a quick pub med search and people here are just commenting on the sodium content for babies.
"For babies under 4 months of age, it is better to use bottled water with a low mineral content (nitrates less than 15 mg/l). " Is quoted, so I'm guessing it's not that simple.
To sides to the coin though another paper claims drinking mineral water with higher magnesium content would lower cot deaths:
"Some data support the hypothesis that magnesium deficiency contributes to SIDS [cot death]. "
Complex area of debate it would seem so the choice of giving simple advice wins out. I'm guessing nearly every salt in that water has a paper on it effects which could be hyped and modified to prove a point.
Also I don't remember water purification kits being that cheap.
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Certainly I've seen stuff grow in media after autoclaving which is something like 12-15 mins under pressure at 130 C. Which is considered sterile. But that only aims to removes bacteria not any toxins. Boiling in a kettle is nowhere near as efficient.
Since we have the option of bowsers for water, the risks are a lot lower using it from them. It's the best choice and I assume with the lowest risks, so why use anything else?
As for bottled water I did a quick pub med search and people here are just commenting on the sodium content for babies.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1662352&ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
"For babies under 4 months of age, it is better to use bottled water with a low mineral content (nitrates less than 15 mg/l). " Is quoted, so I'm guessing it's not that simple.
To sides to the coin though another paper claims drinking mineral water with higher magnesium content would lower cot deaths:
"Some data support the hypothesis that magnesium deficiency contributes to SIDS [cot death]. "
Complex area of debate it would seem so the choice of giving simple advice wins out. I'm guessing nearly every salt in that water has a paper on it effects which could be hyped and modified to prove a point.
Also I don't remember water purification kits being that cheap.