History of drinking water

History of drinking water

A short history of drinking water-1Just don't drink water and if so, only boiled: since the beginning of civilization, this has been the clear message to everyone. To date, humanity has not yet managed to provide drinking water anywhere in the world that is harmless to health. Most infectious diseases are still transmitted through water.
Nowadays, even the once pure rainwater is no longer recommended as drinking water: toxic chemicals and other pollutants are floating through the air around the world, so that the contaminated and acidified rain is even endangering the world's oceans, eating away at coral reefs and causing forests to die.A short history of drinking water-2

In addition there was boiled water and tea Beer the first drinkwhich the leading advanced civilizations in Babylonia and Egypt decided on. Everyone drank it every day.
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The ancient Greeks discovered that you can drink water unboiled if you mix it with wine, as the wine disinfects it. Drinking pure wine, on the other hand, was considered barbaric.

The Romans also followed this custom. Beer and wine also dominated the Middle Ages and modern times.A coffee culture developed in the Orient and a tea culture in Asia.

It was only in the 19th century that drinking water as a cure came into fashion. The pharmacist Struve sold artificial medicinal water throughout Europe.

In the 20th century, modern technology made it possible to safely develop, treat and bottle drinking water.

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Culturally, drinking water is not yet 200 years old.

Excerpt from the book by Karl Heinz Asenbaum: “Electro-activated water – An invention with extraordinary potential. Water ionizers from A – Z”, www.euromultimedia.de

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