Oxygen Water

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Izzo
Not totally related, but maybe you Californians know about this water company...I saw a quick blurb about celebrity lifestyles on E! or something similar. They talked about the bottled water craze and how there was a water company that processed the water so that "the molecules were smaller for easier absorbtion into the body." They even had a company rep on the TV and she said the same thing about having smaller water molecules. Some actor even paid 800 bucks to overnight a case to england where he was shooting a film. I took a fair amount of chemistry courses, and I'm really eager to hear how they made the water molecules smaller. Maybe they were referring to the fact that there weren't any large impurities, making the average molecule size smaller? That's not what they said, but maybe that's what they meant?

BUllsh!t backup up by a fantastic bullsh!tist and eaten up by an idiot


(not you...I am reffering to the 'actor')

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: pecel
Hi all,

I spend my summer vacation going around South East Asia.
There's a trend here about oxygen water.
They claim that Oxygen water will help cure dissease, of coz with medicine and the Oxygen water.
Is it really true?

Do we really need oxygen water?
They said the best water treatment in the world is in Canada.
2nd is USA.

Do they really put O2/Oxygen on the water? or is it just for marketing purpose?


Thanks.

EDIT:
This is what I found in the label.
"Seven Stage Filtration Purified by Reverse Osmosis + Ozonation + Extra Oxygen"
From the Brand SITO

Sounds like hype to me.
Conpared to air is 20% oxygen, a lot less oxygen can be dissolved in water. You can increase oxygen partial pressure in water by lowering it's temperature.

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: WolverineGator
Don't fall for marketing bs. Water quality varies by region and depends on the water treatment facility. Your water utility publishes the quality of water for the region it serves. Look it up.

What he said. Canadian municipalities do not all treat their water the same way. Totally depends on the area and time of year. The actual process can even change drastically from city to city.

Heck, just a couple years back something like 20 people died in Walkerton, Ontario due to poorly treated water.

Marketing BS.