Is Your Drinking Water Making You Ill?

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?

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 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.

In samples taken from water supplies across the United States, heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury are commonly found. Many times the water is taken from the municipal water supply to be bottled and sold to consumers 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!

What can be done, you might ask?

Well, that’s a good question. There are many different methods of purifying water available in these modern times, but many of them have both pros and cons.

As an example, the use of carbon filtration is excellent for many contaminants across the board and leaves water tasting sweet and fresh. However, this filtration method does not remove fluoride and some of the smaller viral contaminants. For the most part this method is an excellent choice since the systems are inexpensive, successfully remove most of the organic volatiles, and remove virtually every bit of chlorine and leaves no smell.

Reverse osmosis filtration is another buzz word of late, and is a powerful method of water cleansing in its own right. The pros are that it removes almost all contaminants from your water – including the enormously elusive and ubiquitous fluorine. But alas, it is so effective at removing contaminants that beneficial alkaline minerals are removed. This can eventually lead to a depletion of important mineral salts.

Distillation is another method that removes virtually all contaminants, but again, the process works in much the same way as reverse osmosis systems do. Don’t get me wrong – they work and work well, but in the long run, can also 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.

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.

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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