Silicon Valley’s Next Big Idea: Untreated Drinking Water

[notadoc]

"After his widely-maligned startup Juicero shut down in September, founder Doug Evans immediately hopped on a much more obscure health trend. While at Burning Man, he went on a 10 day cleanse drinking only “raw” water – that is, water that is unfiltered and untreated in any way."

 

Job security for MDs.

 

http://fortune.com/2017/12/31/raw-water-live-water-juicero/

[pulmdoc]

It seems highly appropriate that there is a new movie about PT Barnum in the theaters now

[Kamban]

I can dig a well in my back yard and get raw water for free. I don't have to pay $22 per gallon for it.

[Ryan]

From their site--

Blasting water with ozone changes it's molecular structure. Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation uses synthetic ultraviolet light, different from our natural environment UV, to kill or inactivate micro-organisms by destroying nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA. A hard fact to swallow, but your drinking water might be considered a genetically modified organism. GMO seeds and GMO water don't have the capacity to reproduce life. Perhaps this could influence human's capacities also.

https://livespringwater.com/pages/the-difference

[wideopenspaces]

I'm torn between thinking this is a genuis business idea ( because I know there is a market for this) and thinking this is the worst business idea ( as the company will inevitably get sued for making consumers sick).

Why don't these folks just move to third world countries? Then they can"fast" and drink all the"raw" water they want.

[SValleyMD]

Since my brother works at google and since he nor any of his friends work or do anything worthwhile other than post ridiculous things and commentary on Facebook, I get the unique and often super annoying opportunity to get a daily look into the minds of those Silicon Valley giants.

[Zaphod]

Ryan wrote:

From their site–

Blasting water with ozone changes it’s molecular structure. Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation uses synthetic ultraviolet light, different from our natural environment UV, to kill or inactivate micro-organisms by destroying nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA. A hard fact to swallow, but your drinking water might be considered a genetically modified organism. GMO seeds and GMO water don’t have the capacity to reproduce life. Perhaps this could influence human’s capacities also.

https://livespringwater.com/pages/the-difference

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Wow. Lot to unpack there.

[notadoc]

Another article

Unfiltered fervor: The rush to get water off the grid

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/02/unfiltered-fervor-the-rush-to-get-water-off-the-grid.html