Riverwind (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:44 pm Its great for cuts or turning your hair blond but I would not want to drink it.
River
A very common response to the idea of H2O2 therapies (it won't bleach your hair without a binder).
Many 'off-shore' bottled water companies use H2O2 to give their water a 'fresh, spring-like' taste, especially if their water supply comes from a municipal treatment facility (1-10 p/p/m).
Ever been outside after a lightning storm? What you are 'smelling' and 'feeling' is the electrified H2O2 particles in the air. It's natures way of purifying the atmosphere.
Hundreds of US bottled water providers simply bottle water from their municipal supply, especially the big ones (Coke & Pepsi). Look at the labels (source). How safe is another city's tap water?
The type of 'treatment' must also be listed on the label. Reverse osmosis and chemical treatment with chlorine or bromine is the most common water treatment. Even 'spring' water by law has to be treated in the USA (usually ozone treated).
H2O2 kills the living organisms and does not effect the original treatment or structure.
Chlorine is more 'caustic' than food-grade hydrogen peroxide, yet it is the most-often chemical choice, because of the expense involved. Chlorine is linked (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-ri ... posure.htm)to a host of illnesses, and cancers (http://www.relfe.com/A06/drinking_water ... orine.html). Bromine is even worse (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-si ... youknowout).
Food-grade H2O2 costs about $50/gl, where chlorine costs mere pennies/gl. Where money is involved, law follows.
There are people who because it "never effected them", who will never allow the thought of the 'danger of it' enter their mind. The government said it was OK, so it is.
While small quantities of most anything will not do permanent damage when consumed, it does depend upon how you are exposed to them.
35% food-grade hydrogen peroxide is a lot 'safer' than 3% chlorine, externally and internally. Chlorine will permanently shrink the esophagus with just a 'taste' of bottled laundry bleach. It can make an adult wish they were dead, and can kill children instantly.
The FASTEST Growing (retail) Use of 35% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide is for Baths, Pools and Spa simply because it does the same thing chlorine did and with no unpleasant odor or risk.
The USA is the only country where internal use of H2O2 is discouraged, or prohibited.