| Are you consuming contaminated drinking water? | | | | Defense Council (NRDC) reveals that bottled drinking |
| Some water supplies that were once considered pure | | | | water sold in the United States is not always pure |
| are now found to have contaminants. Drinking water | | | | and not necessarily cleaner or safer than most tap |
| impacts many human body functions. Considering that | | | | water. |
| our bodies are almost two-thirds water, eliminating | | | | The NRDC's study included testing of more than |
| contaminated drinking water can be vital to your | | | | 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of bottled water. While |
| health. | | | | most of the tested waters were found to be of high |
| Contamination in your drinking water, even small | | | | quality, some brands were significantly contaminated. |
| amounts of a chemical, can cause chronic health | | | | About one-third of the waters tested contained |
| problems. Examples of potential health issues that can | | | | various levels of unhealthy elements. |
| be caused by drinking contaminated water include | | | | The best all around option to protect yourself against |
| cancer; liver and kidney damage; disorders of the | | | | contaminated drinking water could be to purify your |
| nervous system; damage to the immune system; | | | | own tap water. A wide range of water filters, |
| and birth defects. It has been reported that our | | | | purifiers, and methods of water purification is |
| drinking water today may contain more than 2,100 | | | | available on the market today. In reality, there is no |
| toxic chemicals. Neither earth's natural filtration | | | | single filter or treatment that will eliminate 100% of |
| process nor municipal water treatment is effective at | | | | every contaminant from your water. Many |
| removing these poisons. | | | | technologies target only a specific type of |
| The causes of tap water pollution are many, ranging | | | | contaminant and may be completely ineffective |
| from chlorine to pesticides, herbicides, and everything | | | | against others. |
| in between. In our contemporary society more than | | | | Typically, most higher-end water purification systems |
| 80,000 synthetic chemicals bring added convenience | | | | use a combination of filter technologies to achieve |
| and productivity to our daily lives, but at a very high | | | | the best results. However, it is important to choose a |
| price-drastic increases in risk of degenerative disease. | | | | system that specifically targets the known or |
| The tragic health effects of consuming these highly | | | | potential contaminants in your personal water supply. |
| toxic chemicals can be magnified many times over | | | | Testing your water is the first step in determining |
| for small children because their systems are more | | | | the best form of water purification for your particular |
| sensitive and still developing. The National Academy | | | | needs. This will ensure that the filtration system you |
| of Sciences issued a report in 1993 on this subject | | | | choose has the capability to filter the toxins in your |
| and stated, "children are not little adults; their bodies | | | | water. |
| are less developed and simply incapable of | | | | Take charge of your health and begin now to ensure |
| detoxifying certain harmful compounds." So what is | | | | the water you're drinking is safe. Then join others in |
| the answer to protecting yourself against drinking | | | | recognizing the importance of eliminating |
| contaminated water? | | | | contaminated drinking water each year on March |
| Is it wise to entrust your health to bottled drinking | | | | 22-World Water Day. |
| water? A four-year study by the Natural Resources | | | | |