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Your Drinking Water and Your Health
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Water constitutes about two thirds of your body,
but you lose some of it every day due to elimination, sweating,
and breathing. Replenishing that lost water is crucial to
your health, but the safety of your drinking water is equally
important.
Your tap water and your health
If you believe your tap water is pristine, think
again. With a private well, you
might be dealing with bacteria, heavy metals, and toxins from
artificial fertilizers, pesticides, and other agricultural
pollutants. With municipal water,
you have industrial contaminants and chlorine to deal with.
All of these substances can be harmful to your health.
Chlorine is the biggest paradox here. It can
neutralize some of the other contaminants in your drinking
water, but at what cost? Scientists believe that chlorine
contributes to the destruction of the ozone layer. What harm
can it do to you and your loved ones?
By destroying vitamin E, chlorine potentially
contributes to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and many other
conditions. Chlorine also destroys the intestinal flora, thus
interfering with your body’s absorption of nutrients.
“Cancer
risk among people using chlorinated water
is as much as 93 percent higher
than among those whose water does
not contain chlorine.”
~ U.S.
Council of Environmental Quality |
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All that risk for an imperfect solution. Regulations
require periodic testing of America’s public water systems
for about 90 toxins, while thousands of toxic chemicals have
been detected in our public drinking waters.
Is bottled water an option?
Surprisingly, bottled water often contains even
more contaminants than tap water. In addition, the plastic
bottles can leach harmful chemicals when not stored properly.
Also, it can become an expensive proposition, unless you buy
it wholesale.
On top of that, bottled water production and
consumption contribute to environmental pollution and global
warming. Only about 10% bottles get recycled, while the amount
of oil needed to produce the annual supply of bottled water
in the U.S. alone would provide heat and hot water to more
than 100,000 U.S. homes for a year.
What kind of water is safe to drink?
It does not matter if you drink from a well,
a city tap, or on the go. If you don’t
use a water filter, YOU are one!
At home, install a water filter in your kitchen
and at any other tap from which you drink often. If you don’t
know what problems your water has, have it tested at a local
lab. Then choose a water filtration system that handles the
contaminants present in your water, and eliminates as close
to 100% of them as possible. Realistically, you can expect
a reliable filter to offer 98% or better efficiency.
If you spend a lot of time away from home, equip
yourself with a filtered bottle. You will be able to keep
refilling it throughout the day anywhere you are when you
run out, knowing that you are safe. Be sure the bottle is
made from a material that won’t leach toxins into your
water.
Learn how the Pure
H2O Water Filtration System could keep your drinking
water clean and safe, at home or on the go.
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