What are the dangers of drinking limescale water?

Drinking limescale is not very harmful, because the composition of limescale does not cause much damage to the human body.

Scale is actually a mineral salt precipitation, and the main components are calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate and other water-insoluble compounds. It is related to water quality, and in hard water quality areas, as long as the saturation index in the water is not exceeded, there will be no scale. If it is below the saturation index or just at the critical point of saturation, there will be no limescale formation.

However, if the saturation index is exceeded, even soft water will produce limescale. Whereas, the saturation index is determined by the pH of the water.

The lower the pH value, the stronger the acidity in the water, the higher the saturation index, and the more mineral components can be dissolved; The higher the pH, the more alkaline the water, the lower the saturation index, and the less mineral content can be dissolved. As the pH rises, the water's ability to dissolve minerals decreases, and these minerals (calcium carbonate) precipitate, forming scale.

In other words, the presence of scale in the water indicates that it is alkaline water, and the water contains a lot of minerals, and these minerals are not harmful to the human body, so the water with limescale does not hinder drinking.

It is best to drink some pure water, try to avoid some water with limescale quality, so it is easy to cause effects on the body, and liver function tests can also be done at the appropriate time.

Can you get sick by drinking limescale water?

It can cause calculous lesions to form in the body.

Boiled water with limescale is drinkable.

1. Scale is harmless to the human body, but it is the natural enemy of boilers and other equipment, which not only increases the cost of boiling water, but also increases the risk of boiler equipment bursting. In life, there are two ways to get rid of scale: one or two drops of white vinegar every time you boil water, there is no sour taste when you drink it, and it will not scale; Or throw a piece of gauze when boiling water, and the scale will be deposited on the gauze, and there will be no scale in the water.

2. Scale is harmless, and scale is not related to stone disease, the generation of scale is a physical phenomenon after water boiling, and stone disease is a physiological phenomenon of the human body, and there is no inevitable relationship between the two.

3. From another point of view, there is scale in the water, indicating that the water quality is hard. The presence of limescale can also indicate that it is natural water, and the water contains mineral nutrients, indicating that it is alkaline water. If there is no scale, it is very likely to be pure water, acidic water, and "bone scraping water" that will take away the body's bone calcium and blood calcium.

Three ways to remove limescale:

1. Boil the potato in the kettle to remove the scale.

In the new kettle, put more than half a kettle of yams, fill with water, cook the yams, and then boil the water later, so that there will be no limescale. However, it should be noted that after boiling the potato, the inner wall should not be scrubbed, otherwise it will lose its descaling effect. For the old kettle that has been full of limescale, after boiling it once or twice with the above method, not only the original scale will gradually fall off, but also can play a role in preventing the accumulation of scale.

2. Vinegar to remove scale.

This method is the simplest and most practical method, the main component of scale is calcium carbonate and other carbonates, and the acetic acid in vinegar will react with it to produce water-soluble substances such as minerals and carbon dioxide gas.

Generally, white vinegar can be bought in supermarkets, put in 10% of the scale of the kettle white vinegar, then fill it with water, boil it for about an hour, and then brush it, and the aged vinegar can also be, but the effect of the aged vinegar is not as good as the white vinegar.

3. Boiled eggs to remove scale.

General household electric kettle, after a long time of hard and hard to remove, such as boiling eggs twice with it, will receive the ideal effect, the two egg shells are slightly broken, put into the bottle, and then fill half a pot of water, stir with a blender or spoon, and then boil, leave for about half an hour, pour out the eggshell, and then wash twice with water.

It doesn't take long for the kettle and thermos at home to be deposited on the wall with a layer of white substance, which is limescale.

Limescale is a nuisance, not only does it consume more fuel when boiling water, but it also seriously affects people's health. Tartar and periodontitis are often caused by limescale. Some harmful heavy metal elements hidden in the scale are directly harmful to human health.

Medical practice has proved that many heavy metal elements have the potential to cause cancer. Experts conducted a chemical analysis of boiling water scale stored in a 5-pound thermos for 98 days and found that it contained a variety of harmful metal elements: milligrams of cadmium, milligrams of aluminum, 24 milligrams of iron, milligrams of arsenic, milligrams of mercury.

This shows that even if the drinking water meets the hygienic standards, after being stored in a thermos, trace metal elements can precipitate and accumulate in the water, which is harmful to human health. The potential health hazards are even more serious if it is drinking water that does not meet sanitary standards.

Therefore, limescale must be removed regularly. Currently, limescale removers are available on the market that allow people to easily remove limescale.

The kettle will form a layer of scale after being used for a long time, we only think that this kind of water is not good to drink, in fact, scale will also harm people's health. Natural water contains various minerals, so there are metal ions in natural water, which are limited by the national drinking water hygiene standards, and will not be harmful to the human body within these limits, while carbon dioxide in the air is easily soluble in water, thus forming calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate precipitation, which will adsorb trace heavy metal ions in the water during the precipitation process, thus forming scale. Scale is insoluble in water is only relative, after the water is heated, some of the precipitate will be dissolved, which will form the precipitation of heavy metal ions into the water again, so that the content of heavy metal ions in the water exceeds the requirements of health standards, endangering human health, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate in the human body a large number of deposits are easy to form stones.

Mercury can cause fetal malformations. Limescale also affects the heat conduction of the kettle, thus wasting energy. People try to get rid of limescale, some heat an empty pot on the stove, and then put it in cold water to cool it to break the scale, and some boil it with vinegar.

Scale is not only calcium carbonate, but also contains more harmful metal elements such as cadmium, mercury, arsenic, aluminum, etc., which can not only cause a variety of stone diseases, but also cause diseases of digestion, nerves, urology, hematopoiesis, circulation and other systems and cause aging. Therefore, the limescale in drinking boiled water must be removed.

To remove scale in boiling water, in **Shop: Taishan Tiangong, there is a set of 10 yuan patented product scale filter, which can easily remove scale, rust and other sediments and suspended solids in boiling water.

This will bring the precipitated heavy metal ions back into the water, so that the content of heavy metal ions in the water exceeds the requirements of health standards, endangering human health, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate in the human body a large number of deposits are easy to form stones. Mercury can cause fetal malformations. Limescale also affects the heat conduction of the kettle, thus wasting energy. **）

Drinking limescale water for a long time usually does not bring great harm to the human body. Water is divided into soft water and hard water, soft water refers to water with no or less calcium and magnesium ions, and hard water refers to water with more calcium and magnesium ions.

Limescale is generally hard water when boiling, in which calcium and magnesium ions will become insoluble in water calcium carbonate, magnesium sulfate and other substances, which will adhere to the inner surface of the kettle and deposit to form scale. The presence of limescale in the water indicates that there is a high mineral content in the water. The calcium and magnesium ions contained in limescale are essential macroelements for the human body.

In addition, after the carbonic acid in limescale enters the human body, some of them can be broken down by gastric acid, and the part that cannot be decomposed can be excreted with the waste products in the body, which usually does not have a special effect.

However, after the scale is generated, it will affect the heat conduction of the kettle wall, and at the same time shorten the service life of the kettle, so it is necessary to regularly remove the scale on the lower pot wall. In addition, you can also choose to drink other water in moderation, such as purified water, but note that long-term drinking of purified water will lead to problems such as lack of trace elements in the human body.

Limescale is harmful to the body. The main components of scale are calcium carbonate and some heavy metal elements, if the scale is not removed in time, a part of the harmful substances may be absorbed by the human body, and there will be no obvious discomfort in a short time, and some diseases will appear after a long time, such as kidney stones or gallstones. Limescale will interact with gastric acid, causing stomach problems, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, and in severe cases, it will also affect the circulatory system, causing symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, and palpitations.

The kettle and thermos at home do not last long, and a white precipitated substance, that is, limescale, will appear in them. If you regularly take water that contains limescale, it will affect your health, such as periodontitis, tartar is often caused by limescale.

Limescale is harmless.

Its main components are carbonates, such as magnesium carbonate and calcium carbonate, which are "mineral salt precipitates" formed after high temperature heating.

When limescale enters the human body, stomach acid will dissolve the magnesium carbonate and calcium carbonate in the limescale, and the parts that cannot be decomposed will be excreted with the feces. It does not have a particular effect on the body.

If you do like purified water and feel that it has no limescale after boiling, you can also drink it for a long time, but it will not bring any positive effects to the human body. People who drink pure water for a long time can also supplement minerals through diet and other aspects to meet the needs of the human body.

Drinking some high water for a long time is really not good for the body, and it is easy to get stones. So drink water with healthy water that has seen filtration.

Drinking limescale water for a long time is particularly harmful to the body, and may cause kidney stones, urinary stones, etc., which is seriously harmful to health.

Drinking limescale water for a long time is harmful to the body. It can get you gallstones. That's when you get stomach problems, and so on.

It is easy to form stones, because that scale is an impurity in the water and tends to settle in the body.

In fact, it's okay, the previous water had scale, and the human body could discharge it on its own.

There is no major harm. Scale is calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. The nature of the stone. But some people say that it is easy to get stones, and there is no basis for it.