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I live in a residential township housing over 2000 people.
We have a common R.O plant for drinking water. There are many people
here coming up with vitamin b 12 deficiency, specially young people in
their 20s or 30s.

We are all vegetarians. The local doctor tells us that we vegetarians get
vit. B 12 only from dairy products. But we are facing something like an
epidemic with almost 5-10% people with vit. b 12 deficiency. So is there
any connection beween the R.O water and leaching of vit. B 12 in our
bodies, any research done on this subject?

  Thank you for writing, Parthiv

There is no question that R.O. water is caustic and will aggressively seek
to dissolve minerals and fill itself with dissolved ions - it's like a
sponge that way.  Whether or not it has the capacity to make any real
damage to the human body in the amounts drank, I don't know, but I have a
feeling that it does not.

I am not aware of any specific research done on this issue.  You may want
to contact the water plant and investigate a re-mineralization process.

I believe that any vitamin or mineral the body needs must come in fairly
regular supply.  There is also the possibility that you are just not
getting enough B12.

I would suggest a study of the willing.  Take some of the young people who
are suffering from a B12 deficiency and have them drink nothing but
bottled spring water or another mineralized source.  See if their
condition improves over time. If it does not then likely it is not the
R.O. water and just that you are not getting enough B12 in your diet.  I
would first talk to your doctor before performing any tests.

I hope that helps.

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