| While consuming eight glasses of water is still highly | | | | experts are concerned that the level of harmful |
| recommended, where you get that water from is | | | | toxins in public drinking water is only rising. |
| crucial. Many are inclined to go to the faucet and | | | | Researchers found an average of 200 industrial |
| poor themselves a glass of tap water. Unfortunately, | | | | chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood |
| tap water simply is not safe to drink. While there are | | | | samples with 10 babies that were born in 2004. |
| countless toxins within tap water, many do not | | | | While there are several toxins that are dangerous |
| realize how many chemicals are in the water and | | | | that can be linked to tap water, one of the more |
| what kind of damage it can potentially cause. | | | | dangerous ones to look out for is Methyl Tertiary |
| Water contamination is one of America's number one | | | | Butyl Ether. This is a gasoline additive that gas |
| health problem because of the mere fact that 70% | | | | companies have been using since the 1980s. This has |
| of our body is water. We need it co cleanse our | | | | been a known water contaminant in over 1,800 |
| system and flush out all of the toxins. By pouring | | | | communities in the U.S. and at least 29 states. The |
| more toxins and chemicals into your body with tap | | | | EPA released a statement in 2005 linking this to |
| water, you are only doing more damage than good. | | | | leukemia and lymphoma. |
| According to the New York Times, violations of the | | | | Because of rapid industrialization in the United States |
| Clean Water Act and state anti-pollution statues have | | | | over the last century, numerous chemicals and |
| risen drastically across the nation in recent years. | | | | by-products have been released into the |
| With these violations has come an increase in the | | | | environment. As a result, this has contaminated a |
| levels of harmful chemicals that have been found in | | | | large amount of drinking water. The EPA is doing |
| drinking water. Possible illnesses that have been | | | | what it can to regulate known potential |
| sustained from drinking contaminated water include | | | | contaminants, but there is still a large amount of |
| leukemia, lung cancer, brain cancer, birth defects and | | | | pollution that goes on. While leukemia is a scary result |
| respiratory disorders. | | | | that can come from contaminated drinking water, |
| Researchers have found that an estimated 10% of | | | | this is just one of the many dangerous effects that |
| Americans have been exposed to water that has | | | | can occur. It is vital you stick to clean, fresh water |
| contained dangerous chemicals. The scary part is | | | | as it can potentially save your life. |