Water as a Filter

[poody]

So these days I'm becoming more health conscious and I'm curious to know if filtering the smoke through water actually cleans the smoke ( i know it cools it).
I did some research online and couldn't find any solid evidence supporting this theory
(every site said something like " It is conceivable that some of the water soluble smoke ingredients remain in the water. The contaminant measurements available up to now for the smoke of water pipes tend rather to indicate that the filter function of water is over-estimated." )



I think it takes out some harmful substances because the water gets "dirty"

Any help would be appreciated and i know that a vape or edibles is the way to go but some times you just gotta light up

[smokeyT]

yeah it filters in gets rid of majority of the bad shit. Wouldnt be too worried about your health lung-wise anyways unless u smoke like 10 doobies a day cos the damage is done in the brain anyways believe me. Jus buy a nice size bong man and get it ripping. Good luck.

[poody]

Thank you for your help
I actually made a nice homemade
its a double perculated bong with an inline ashcatcher and an ice catcher (its like a foot and a half high too)
i tried to filter the smoke as much as possible and believe i have
im entering the homemade contest as soon as i get a camera (monday ish?)
does anyone actually know with facts to back it up (possibly a website) ?
sorry for all the questions

[Bottle11]

The water traps some heavier particles and water-soluble molecules.

[Rebeltoker86]

a water filter may remove some tar and heavy particulates, but if you are truly health conscious, stop smoking and vaporize. Vaporization= no smoke, no tar, no polyaromatic hydrocarbons, etc. it is truly the healthiest way to inhale cannabis and it smells great!

[Iluvatar]

Water filtration doesnt even remove most of the tar. Vaporizing is the best way

[GreyMatterTripp]

Vaping yields you 95% THC and cannabinoids while smoke only yields about 12% and the rest is garbage. Just look.

“The new study used a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS) to examine the gas components of the vapor. .The analysis showed that the Volcano® vapor was remarkably clean, consisting 95% of THC with traces of cannabinol (CBN), another cannabinoid. The remaining 5% consisted of small amounts of three other components: one suspected cannabinoid relative, one suspected PAH, and caryophyllene, a fragrant oil in cannabis and other plants. In contrast over 111 different components appeared in the gas of the combusted smoke, including a half dozen known PAHs. Non-cannabinoids accounted for as much as 88% of the total gas content of the smoke.”
Source: http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/vaporizerstudy2.html

[potpotpot22]

I need to get me a vape.

[poody]

thanks for the help everyone
im definetly investing in a vape sometime soon

[smokeyT]

If you dont have the money to buy a propper vapr also u can buy a handheld one which looks like a lightbulb but with a toking tube and thicker glass with a rubber stopper which comes off. Just hold a lighter to it snd it vapes the weed and also makes it last MUCH longer. Peace.

[Ezav420]

Originally Posted by smokeyT

yeah it filters in gets rid of majority of the bad shit. Wouldnt be too worried about your health lung-wise anyways unless u smoke like 10 doobies a day cos the damage is done in the brain anyways believe me. Jus buy a nice size bong man and get it ripping. Good luck.

id like to see something to prove this point..

[guitargasm]

Yea im with the post above. I have a lot of friends that are in ivy league schools (hopefully me soon) and they smoke pot all the time. But i also know a few people that drool when i ask them how theve been. I would like to see a non-biased report on neuron damage due to cannabis smoking. A non-biased is me dreaming, id rather see one from an intelligent pot head than a 80 year old government official who thinks refermaddness had a liberal agenda.

[Pine]

Just look at the water in your bong after you smoke. See all the ash floating around? That's what isn't going into your lungs.

[pinball wizard]

Originally Posted by smokeyT

yeah it filters in gets rid of majority of the bad shit. Wouldnt be too worried about your health lung-wise anyways unless u smoke like 10 doobies a day cos the damage is done in the brain anyways believe me. Jus buy a nice size bong man and get it ripping. Good luck.

GTFO. kthx.

There is NO brain damage associated with weed. at all. Do you feel cool cause you think you're damaging your health? go try meth, it will make you waaaay cooler than weed will.

Yes, the water does some filtering and a lot of cooling.

[Heavy_nutz]

yea water filters it. if you dont change the water for a while it goes straight black and gets thicker