Healthy Water Is Essential To Life
- Date: 2007-04-30 - Word Count: 469
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The human body is mostly water. Brain = 75% Heart = 75% Lungs = 86%. Human survival depends on water. People can only survive 3 to 4 days without water. Doctors recommend drinking at least 8 glasses of water per day to stay healthy and properly hydrated.
This essential element of life can be one of the most common conduits for harmful contaminants to enter the body. On a daily basis, reports of drinking water contamination appear in magazines, newspapers, and news programs on television.
Drinking water pollution is on the rise. The problem is so large, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acknowledged that the National Water Program has not met its 2006 goal of 90.9 percent of people receiving tap water that meets all health based standards. Tap water is provided to over 200 million people in 42 states.
There are 82,000 chemicals being used in the United States today. 240 of these chemicals have been identified in our water supplies. According to the new standards developed by the EPA, municipal water suppliers are required to test for 114 of these contaminants. Five other contaminants recognized by the EPA have no enforceable regulations. This leaves 141 contaminants with no safety standards at all.
Drinking water contaminants are known to cause a wide range of illnesses. Cancer, damage to the kidneys, liver, nervous system, heart, birth defects, and reproductive disorders to name a few.
According to the Environmental Working Group, who did a study on the nations tap water, 52 of the 141 unregulated contaminants found in tap water are linked to cancer, 41 to reproductive problems, 36 to developmental toxicity, and 16 to immune system damage. These chemicals are not regulated by the EPA despite the known health risks.
The gasoline additive MTBE; the rocket fuel component perchlorate; at least 15 chemical by-products of water disinfection; four industrial plasticizers called phthalates linked to birth defects and reproductive toxicity; 78 chemicals used in industrial and consumer products; and 20 chemical pollutants from gasoline, coal, and other fuel related chemicals contribute to the problem..
Recent surveys conclude 64 percent of Americans are concerned about their drinking water. Many are looking for alternatives to tap water.
Bottled water is not a very good alternative because regulations are lacking. Bottled water is governed by the Food and Drug Association, not the EPA. Bottled water standards are very lax especially if the water is sold in the same state in which it is bottled. This is the case with most bottled water.
Today, many doctors recommend point of use water filters to combat this problem. High quality water filters can effectively reduce chemical contamination to safe levels.
For more information regarding our drinking water:
See the water today page at http://www.supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
http://www.ewg.org
http://www.nrdc.org
http://www.epa.gov
http://www.cdc.gov
Patti Wilson
Water Filtration Consultant
St Augustine Florida
904 522 0524
email: patti@supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
contact page @ http://www.supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
This essential element of life can be one of the most common conduits for harmful contaminants to enter the body. On a daily basis, reports of drinking water contamination appear in magazines, newspapers, and news programs on television.
Drinking water pollution is on the rise. The problem is so large, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acknowledged that the National Water Program has not met its 2006 goal of 90.9 percent of people receiving tap water that meets all health based standards. Tap water is provided to over 200 million people in 42 states.
There are 82,000 chemicals being used in the United States today. 240 of these chemicals have been identified in our water supplies. According to the new standards developed by the EPA, municipal water suppliers are required to test for 114 of these contaminants. Five other contaminants recognized by the EPA have no enforceable regulations. This leaves 141 contaminants with no safety standards at all.
Drinking water contaminants are known to cause a wide range of illnesses. Cancer, damage to the kidneys, liver, nervous system, heart, birth defects, and reproductive disorders to name a few.
According to the Environmental Working Group, who did a study on the nations tap water, 52 of the 141 unregulated contaminants found in tap water are linked to cancer, 41 to reproductive problems, 36 to developmental toxicity, and 16 to immune system damage. These chemicals are not regulated by the EPA despite the known health risks.
The gasoline additive MTBE; the rocket fuel component perchlorate; at least 15 chemical by-products of water disinfection; four industrial plasticizers called phthalates linked to birth defects and reproductive toxicity; 78 chemicals used in industrial and consumer products; and 20 chemical pollutants from gasoline, coal, and other fuel related chemicals contribute to the problem..
Recent surveys conclude 64 percent of Americans are concerned about their drinking water. Many are looking for alternatives to tap water.
Bottled water is not a very good alternative because regulations are lacking. Bottled water is governed by the Food and Drug Association, not the EPA. Bottled water standards are very lax especially if the water is sold in the same state in which it is bottled. This is the case with most bottled water.
Today, many doctors recommend point of use water filters to combat this problem. High quality water filters can effectively reduce chemical contamination to safe levels.
For more information regarding our drinking water:
See the water today page at http://www.supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
http://www.ewg.org
http://www.nrdc.org
http://www.epa.gov
http://www.cdc.gov
Patti Wilson
Water Filtration Consultant
St Augustine Florida
904 522 0524
email: patti@supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
contact page @ http://www.supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
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