Do you ever wonder if the water that comes out of your tap could possibly be making you ill? Well, this is not as far fetched as you may think! It's difficult to tell with water, as most municipal water looks the same, and unless you really delve further into what may be lurking within that clear liquid, how would you really know?
It's really not that difficult to find out what's in your tap water. The information is freely available to the public and this article is merely a brief summary of this information. Research scientists no longer use the term "pure" when classifying drinking water. They classify the levels of contamination as either "acceptable" or unacceptable".
Do you know why they use these terms? The reason for this is nearly all tap water is very contaminated with cesspool levels of heavy metals, nasty viruses, germs, and embalming fluid. Check out the list below to see what is commonly found in the majority of municipal drinking water.
There are literally millions of kilos of chemicals dumped into our drinking water supplies each year, and this is only counting the 650 chemicals registered by the EPA listed as being toxic and deleterious to our health. This is not counting the "safe chemicals" that are also dumped in there for good measure.
Heavy metals, such as arsenic, lead, and high levels of mercury are found in many samples taken form municipal water supplies across the USA. Most of the time it doesn't matter if you purchase bottled water, since much of the bottle water is actually municipal water that is rebottled and sold to consumers at a huge mark up!
Infectious diseases - A study that was recently published in the Journal of American Public Health estimated that 40% of the gastrointestinal diseases in homes are picked up via the water that is delivered from the faucet at the kitchen sink.
What to do, you may ask?
That is definitely a valid question. There are a variety of methods that can be used to purify water today. Many of these methods have a variety of pros and cons.
For example, carbon filtration is excellent for most contaminants across the board, and leaves the water tasting fresh and sweet. Unfortunately, this method of filtration fails to remove fluoride and some smaller viral contaminants. But for the most part, these are an excellent choice, as they are cheap, remove many of the organic volatiles, and virtually take out all of the chlorine - so no smell!
Another method that is growing in popularity is reverse osmosis filtration. This is a very powerful method of water purification. While it effectively removes nearly all contaminants from the water, including fluoride, it also removes some of the beneficial alkaline minerals. This can result in a depletion of mineral salts which are very important.
Another method that effectively removes nearly every contaminant is distillation. The distillation process works a lot like reverse osmosis systems do. These system work and the work very well,, but may lead to mineral depletion in the long run.
Then there are ionizing machines, and these are excellent in many respects, doing almost everything that leads to good healthy water - apart from removing the dreaded fluoride! These units remove all acidic constituents, whilst delivering alkaline water deep within the body's tissues. A good choice, but again, what are your preferences?
It often comes down to a compromise of a number of variables to have healthy, clean, and pure drinking water. By far the best option would be to install a small tank to collect water from the roof of your house and the run it through a quality alkalizing machine. Even a good dual stage carbon filter would work.
In the end, it winds up being a matter of personal preference. Keep in mind though that if you are able to keep the fluoride away from your mouth, you are better off than many others.
To good health
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