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Tap water hasn't always been available. I imagine beer may have been safer to drink than water
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It was safer to drink than water long ago in some places as the alcohol killed off bacteria. At higher percentages it is a preservative of other things including people, see Admiral Nelson.
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So the Irish wouldn't take over the world. Actually alcohol was probably discovered by accident but made an excellent preservative for drink making it much safer than water. In those days drinking the water would kill you due to organisms living therein.
what effect would adding water to a urine sample have on it for suspected drink driving
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I love soft drinksTwo ways are by adding another soft drink or by simply adding salt.1 more way by adding water to the soft drink. elmo
Water does not eliminate alcohol from your blood, time does.
The beer was safer to drink, because plain water was often contaminated with bacteria and other impurities.
The beer was safer to drink, because plain water was often contaminated with bacteria and other impurities.
mostly water and alcohol