Water, What are you really drinking?

Part 1, Tap Water:

Most people believe that they’re kitchen tap water is clean, safe, healthy drinking water. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Natural occurring substances include radon, fluoride, arsenic, iron, lead, copper, and other heavy metals. Other contaminates, such as fertilizers asbestos, cyanides, herbicides, pesticides, and industrial chemicals, may leach into ground water through the soil, or into any tap water from pluming pipes still other substances, including chlorine, carbon, lime, phosphates, soda ash and aluminum sulfate, are intentionally added to the public water supplies . In addition water can contain biological contaminants, including virus, bacteria and parasites.

A study conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that 18,500 of a our nation’s water systems (serving some 45 million Americans) violated safe drinking water laws at some point during 1994/1995. The council’s report blamed contaminated water for some 900,000 illnesses each year, including 100 deaths!

More than half the cities in the US fluoridate their water supplies, although many ailments and disorders (including Down syndrome, mottled teeth, and cancer) have been link to fluoridated water. There are two ways to improve tap water. Heating the water to a rolling boil and keeping it there for 3 to 5 minutes will kill bacteria and parasites. The water must be refrigerated if is to be used for drinking.

Using water filters. To remove parasites such as cryptosporidium, the EPA and CDC, it is recommended purchasing a filter that has a National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) rating for parasite reduction and that has an absolute pore size of 1 micron or smaller.

For Bottle Water 1

For Bottle Water 2