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One of the reasons for this is that Americans pride themselves
in having very high quality water from every tap and assume
that all water is the same. A thorough study of water in America
and the world in general tells a different story. A few well-placed
hours on the Internet show that the world is in an unprecedented
water quality crisis as well as water shortage. Depending
on what part of the country one lives in, it is easy to find
trace amounts of chlorination byproducts, organics, nitrates, pesticides, heavy metals, radioactive
compounds, petrochemicals and parasites coming from the local
municipal water supply. If you get your water from a private
well, all of these contaminants except for the chlorination
byproducts can be present.
Toxins
The toxins and free radicals in these waters are made significantly
more toxic to humans by the addition of chlorine -- a compound
mandated by the public health department. The Environmental
Protection Agency now reports that individuals who drink and
bath in chlorinated surface waters (i.e., water from lakes,
rivers and shallow wells) have a 50% greater likelihood of
getting cancer in their lifetime.[1] [2]
Even if you think you are safe because you drink bottled
water, you may be surprised to learn that one can absorb
up to 600% more contaminants in your body in a ten-minute
shower than in all the water consumed in a day.[3]
MTBE
In January 2000, Sixty Minutes, the investigative TV program,
reported that as many as 100 million Americans were drinking
water contaminated with MTBE, a gasoline additive that has
been leaching into our water supplies since 1992. MTBE is
believed to cause cancer in concentrations as low as 10 parts
per billion and unfortunately local water companies are helpless
to remove it. Because of such contaminants, two out of every
five households now have a water filter or drink bottled water,
as will be discussed later, with no assurance of safety. The
problem is that the average consumer and even most medical
professionals do not know what is the best way to treat water
or the best source of water to drink.
To better understand the importance of
water in maintaining optimum health and what the best source
of water for your family's health is, read
The Forgotten Secret
of Health.
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[1] “Cancer Incidence and Trihalomethane
Concentrations in the Public Drinking Water System”,
George L. Carlo. American Journal of Public health, Vol. 74,
No. 5, 1984, pp. 479-484.
[2] “Organic Chemical Contaminants in
Drinking Water and Cancer”, American Journal of Epidemiology,
Vo. 110, 1979, p.420.
[3] “Showers Pose a Risk to Health”,
Ian Anderson, New Scientist, 9/18/86.
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