| Do we really need a home water filter? Can't we just | | | | winds up in our water supplies. As the use of |
| assume the water that flows from our kitchen and | | | | synthetic organic chemicals increases, so does the |
| bathroom tap is sufficiently treated for contaminants | | | | toxicity of our water. The earth's natural filtration |
| by our municipal water facility? In order to answer | | | | process is not effective at removing these toxic |
| these questions, we need to obtain a little more | | | | synthetic organic chemicals. |
| background information. | | | | The human body is made up of over 70% water. |
| Next to air, water is the most important element for | | | | The proper function of each organ system, as well |
| our survival. | | | | as every healing process that happens inside our |
| Water is an integral part of our life and we use it for | | | | body, takes place with water. Optimal functioning is |
| many household tasks throughout the day, such as: | | | | only possible when water, our body's transport |
| drinking and brushing our teeth, steaming fish and | | | | medium is clean. Wastes form during the body's |
| vegetables, washing salad greens, face and hand | | | | metabolism and if these wastes are allowed to |
| washing, showering and bathing, feeding the pets and | | | | accumulate through insufficient water intake, fatigue |
| watering our plants. | | | | and even illness results. |
| Most of us take it for granted that our tap water is | | | | If we drink water that contains chlorine or other |
| safe to drink and use for common household tasks. | | | | organic and inorganic chemicals, we force our liver |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), | | | | and kidneys to act as a filter for these contaminants. |
| however, estimates that 45,000,000 people drink tap | | | | The liver purifies and detoxifies the blood of waste |
| water that is polluted with chemicals, lead, germs, | | | | products and toxins. In addition to regulating the |
| parasites and other impurities. | | | | body's water balance and maintaining optimal pH, the |
| A large majority of the major U.S. cities still employ | | | | kidney also removes metabolic waste products from |
| the same basic water treatment technologies that | | | | the bloodstream. |
| have been used since before World War I. In cities | | | | By providing the liver and kidneys with water, a |
| such as Atlanta, Boston and Washington, D.C. | | | | universal solvent and transport medium, they are |
| consumers are relying on pipes that are, on average, | | | | assisted in their role as a natural body filter. |
| over a century old. Many people don't realize that our | | | | Bombarding these organs with water that contains |
| municipal water treatment plants are not designed to | | | | traces of additional toxins only hinders the body |
| remove synthetic chemicals and as a result we find | | | | detoxification process and delays waste removal. |
| traces of health threatening contaminants in most of | | | | Water may not cure every ailment, but it is a |
| our public water supplies. | | | | primary ingredient that allows our body to dilute and |
| Situations arise when our tap water is polluted with | | | | eliminate toxins that have accumulated over time. |
| more than the usual amount of contaminants. | | | | What Can We Do To Provide Healthy Water For Our |
| Municipal treatment plants have breakdowns that | | | | Family? |
| take time to repair. Lead leaches into our drinking | | | | The simplest, most effective and also the most |
| water from old pipes and private wells. Smaller | | | | economical way to treat municipal tap water is a |
| water-supply sources can become contaminated | | | | home water filter. Multi-media water filters that |
| from agricultural and other environmental pollutants. | | | | combine activated carbon with iron exchange media |
| It is difficult to be sure of the exact amount of | | | | such as KDF are an excellent choice. |
| toxins in our water supply. The EPA has estimated | | | | Carbon and KDF work together to remove or reduce |
| that, in our modern society, we use in excess of | | | | traces of contaminants such as chlorine, lead, |
| 75,000 toxic chemicals and more than 1000 new | | | | Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts, synthetic |
| chemicals are developed each year. The Ralph Nader | | | | chemicals, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), MTBE, |
| Research Group, after reviewing thousands of pages | | | | pesticides (lindane, atrazine), chemicals linked to |
| of EPA documents acquired through the Freedom of | | | | cancer (benzene, TTHMs, toxaphene) and hundreds |
| Information Act, concluded that to date more than | | | | of other chemical contaminants that may be present |
| 2100 toxic chemicals have already been detected in | | | | causing bad taste and odors in your drinking water. |
| U.S. water supplies. | | | | The result is healthy, great-tasting water that still |
| Our planet earth reuses the same water over and | | | | contains natural trace minerals that are beneficial to |
| over again, which means there is no "new water". | | | | optimal wellbeing and health. |
| Every single chemical used in our society, eventually | | | | |