| It was during an informal discussion about healthy | | | | because our water comes from so many different |
| living that one friend remarked, is tap water good for | | | | places and sources these days that it's inevitable that |
| you? Looking a bit fazed by such a question I | | | | these contaminants infiltrate our supplies. |
| thought, sure what is there in water anyway? Well, | | | | While it's hard to talk about the quality of water in |
| he replied, I now use tap water purifiers at home. | | | | your own area, a little bit of due diligence will enable |
| More on those a bit later. | | | | anyone to unearth their local suppliers water quality |
| I mean if you pour it into a glass it look pretty clean. | | | | report, which many have a legal obligation to |
| So it seems but it got me thinking maybe I should | | | | undertake and publish into the public domain. If |
| devote a little bit of time into finding out more. The | | | | anything, we just need to be reassured that |
| water we drink is good for us in one vital way | | | | whatever methods and techniques are used to treat |
| because we need it to live, no living thing can survive | | | | our water are effective and consistent. |
| for too long without it. But I also discovered that our | | | | One way in which it is means using the chemical |
| tap water has a host of unwelcome ingredients or | | | | Chlorine, which disinfects water, killing any harmful |
| better called contaminants. | | | | bacteria before it reaches our homes. But, some |
| It's a word which conjures up all sorts of weird | | | | evidence suggests that residual amounts of this toxic |
| thoughts and it's not a small list either. I was | | | | chemical still shows up in our drinking water, and is |
| saddened to read that it's a rather long list that | | | | rumoured to be a potential cause of some cancers. |
| includes pesticides, bacteria and even medicines that | | | | So then, is tap water good for you? Yes, when you |
| for various reasons pose a health threat. It may be | | | | use tap water purifiers. |