| Using tap water to make baby formula was the | | | | speak, Dr David Ozonoff, one of the United States |
| dilemma for my friend as she was not sure what the | | | | leading experts on contaminated water, from Boston |
| best option was for her new son. She knew about | | | | University School of Public Health has said that the |
| my therapist background and so decided to ask me | | | | risk of disease associated with public drinking water |
| what my opinion was. | | | | has passed from the theoretical to the real. |
| I told her to stay away from using tap water as it | | | | This is a frightening thought when you think of all the |
| can be highly toxic, due to the number of pollutants, | | | | herbicides, and pesticides that can cause cancer. |
| especially for small infants whose immune systems | | | | Is bottled water any better for making baby |
| have not fully developed. | | | | formula? |
| The problems with tap water | | | | No! Because there are no standards required by |
| Over the years our rivers and reservoir systems | | | | government, that are in place, that ensure that |
| have become home to tens of thousands of | | | | bottled water is any safer or purer than tap water. |
| chemicals that our highly toxic and rather than | | | | Another reason worth considering is that some bottle |
| alleviating this condition through chlorine disinfection | | | | water that you buy is no more than tap water that |
| the problem has been compounded as a by product | | | | has had the bad chlorine smell filtered out. This still |
| of chlorination is also carcinogenic. | | | | means that although the water smells and tastes |
| Amongst the elements that can be found in our | | | | better it still contaminated with harmful chemicals and |
| reservoirs are the following. | | | | other pollutants. |
| -Parasites | | | | So what is the answer? |
| -Cysts | | | | Like I told my friend the best option by far is to |
| -Bacteria | | | | purchase a home water purification system making |
| It is not unheard of that thousands of children around | | | | sure that it contains the following elements to give |
| the world die from viruses contracted by drinking | | | | you all of the protective features to remove 99.99% |
| unsafe, unfiltered water and these figures are not | | | | of contaminants from your drinking water. |
| reserved for third world countries only. Industrialized | | | | -An activated carbon filter |
| nations like America fall within this category. | | | | -Ion exchange |
| You are probably saying but how can that be? | | | | -Micron filtration |
| The "Natural Resources Defense Council" has said | | | | You can buy a simple point of use unit for around |
| that the facilities that provide our water are out of | | | | $125 and the peace of mind that you have eliminated |
| date and old. This means that more and more | | | | all the dangers of using tap water to make baby |
| chemicals are able to make their way into our | | | | formula. |
| drinking water. And to nail the lid on the coffin, so to | | | | |