Have you ever given any thought to the water that comes from your faucet? Do you think it might be making you sick? That idea is not really far fetched at all. It’s rather difficult to tell just by looking at the water since most municipal water looks identical. It would be necessary to do some investigation in order to find what might be lurking in the water you drink.
In reality, it’s not that hard to find out what’s in the water supply. All of the information is available to the public and this article is a summary of this information. Research scientists now use the terms “acceptable” or “unacceptable” to classify the level of contamination in the municipal water supply. In the past the term “pure” was used to classify drinking water.
Do you know why the terminology has changed? It’s because virtually ever bit of the tap water is heavily contaminated and contains cesspool levels of germs, nasty viruses, heavy metals, and embalming fluid. Below you will find a breakdown of the contaminants that are commonly found in municipal water supplies.
There are millions of kilos of harmful chemicals dumped into public water supplies every year, and this is only includes the 650 chemicals that are registered by the EPA and listed as being toxic and deleterious to a persons health. This figure does not inclue the “safe chemicals” that are dumped in the water supply for good measure.
Heavy metals, such as lead, arsenic and even high levels of mercury are found in many samples taken across the USA. Much of the time it doesn’t even matter if you by bottled water, as much of this is actually municipal water rebottled and then sold to us at a huge mark up!
Infectious diseases - A recent study has been published in the Journal of American Public Health estimates that 40% of all the gastrointestinal diseases in homes are picked up through the water delivered via their kitchen sink faucet!
You may wonder what can be done.
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.
Distillation, another cleansing method that cleans virtually every contaminant, works in almost the same way as the reverse osmosis systems do. These systems work and work well, but in the long run, can lead to mineral depletion.
Ionizing machines are excellent in many respects. They do nearly everything that will lead to good clean water, with the exception of removing fluoride. These systems effectively remove all of the acidic constituents while delivering alkaline water deep into the tissues of the body. This is a good choice depending on your preferences.
Clean, healthy, pure drinking water comes down to a compromise taking in a number of considerations - the best option at the end of the day is to install a small tank and collect water directly from your roof, and then running it through a good quality alkalizing machine - or even a decent dual stage carbon filter will suffice.
At the end of the day, it’s a personal preference - but if you can keep the fluoride away from your mouth, you are doing better than most!
To good health
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