Netti Pot Newbie Question Help!! lol

[xox2010]

:O Wow... thanks for the warning

[cliff]

As someone already mentioned DONT USE TAP WATER! I just read an article about how two people have died because they used tap water and something to do with the brain.

So be careful, I think it would be safer to use nasal spray (but you never know everything comes up n the bad list once in a while)

[recessionisnotfun]

yes thank you cliff Don't think I will use mine.

[kris10]

wow.crazy. i would never use tap water in my body...itleast not without boiling it first if i am that desperate and run out of the big jugs.

[Pinkypie]

I just want to add that I've used a neti pot over like 500 times in the last 5 years and I have only ever used tap water....

[Ciel]

Thanks for alerting us to the water issues and also to the need to clean and dry those little plastic containers. Imagine what can grow in damp containers if they are kept in damp bathrooms...

[MrsSunshine]

without a doubt you wash it with hot water etc.. however. whats the difference between drinking the water. where it leads to alot more places that can become infected etc.. then slowly allowing it to drip through your nose. 'not shooting it'... not sure how they were using it... but seems to me the water would do the same amount of damage no matter where it went in your body if that were the case..

[juniperjune]

This sounds iffy. I would assume drinking the water would cause harm. If the water is safe to drink, I could rinse my nostrils out.

[mimi-]

yikes! when i had a netipot, i was cleaning it with tap water.

[Miss_April]

Everything either gives you cancer or kills you these days LOL

[PinkLincoln]

That was proven to be a hoax, it was all over Facebook

If it was true, people would be dying from getting bath, shower, pool, lake, ocean, hot tub, water up their nose all over the world.

[Marlene_the_bean]

Sorry if it's fake, this is the website I got the info from...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011...-warning?sc=tw

[abbasgirl]

That was proven to be a hoax, it was all over Facebook

If it was true, people would be dying from getting bath, shower, pool, lake, ocean, hot tub, water up their nose all over the world.

That's exactly what I was thinking!
Besides, they do advise you to boil the water first, so that would kill anything that might be in the water.

[maggiespice]

That was proven to be a hoax, it was all over Facebook

If it was true, people would be dying from getting bath, shower, pool, lake, ocean, hot tub, water up their nose all over the world.

Thank you PinkLincoln for clearing that up!!!!

[kris10]

i'd assume consuming water would be bad because it is going into your body,not on it. I could see how washing with it could possibly be harmful but ingesting it is like 10 x more likely for something to happen.