What Is a Distiller and What Is It Used For?

Is distilled water safe for daily consumption? Learn about the benefits, mineral considerations, and what health experts say about drinking distilled water every day.

Most Canadians turn on the tap without a second thought — but the reality is that clean, safe drinking water is not guaranteed everywhere. From the devastating Walkerton water crisis to recent reports of dangerously high lead levels in Ontario school drinking fountains, the history of water safety in our province is a sobering reminder…

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Not All Water Is Created Equal Walk into any grocery store and you’ll find shelves lined with bottled water options — distilled, spring, reverse osmosis, filtered, purified. They all look the same in the bottle, but the differences in how they’re made and what’s left in the water are significant. Distilled Water: The Purest Option…

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