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What happens to water that sits overnight ? - via healthing_ca healthing health healthcare healthnews

And there’s the extras that your mouth adds. If you take a few swigs of water before you fall asleep, you are adding a bunch of tiny microorganisms to the water that will start to multiply quickly — no matter how well you brushed your teeth. And although most bottled and tap water has chlorine additives that will kill off those microorganisms, the chlorine will evaporate overnight if left in an open container — like a glass — leaving the microorganisms to multiply.

is a different story altogether, as algae can start to grow on the surface. Standing water outside also makes the perfect host for mosquito larvae, so, definitely don’t drink that.As the director of the Johns Hopkins University Water Institute, Dr. Kellogg Schwab, toldThere are things, however, that increase the likelihood of getting sick from the water that sits by your bed, like sharing your glass.

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