Water may be the single most important element for achieving and maintaining optimal health. Following are some facts about water.
DID YOU KNOW THAT...
900 deaths and 900,000 reported illnesses are attributed to tainted water annually.+
Aquafina uses the Detroit River as one of its main water sources.*
Water stored in plastic bottles leaches phthalates (esters of phthalic acid and are used as plasticizers - substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility. Phthalates are being phased out of many products in the United States and European Union over health concerns.) from the plastic which disrupts normal production of hormones.
Our government allows more than 25% untreated raw sewage to be "blended" with treated sewage and used as tap water.*
Tap water is a "soup" of enteric viruses and bacteria, chemical by-products of manufacturing, runoff from farming which includes synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbacides, pharmaceutical drugs and hormones, household cleaning residues, heavy metals from degrading plumbing, human and animal wastes, parasites, arsenic, radon, and much, much more.+
25% of all bottled water is simply untreated tap water.*
33% of bottled water tested contained such high levels of synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria and arsenic that they violated industry standards.*
The EPA has set "allowable levels" for 87 natural and synthetic contaminants, but thousands more go unregulated.+
Chemicals used to treat water react with decaying vegetation producing by-products that have been linked with bladder and rectal cancers.+
Your body is composed of roughly 70 trillion cells which range from 76% - 98% water, but most Americans are chronically dehydrated, leading to headaches, arthritis, lethargy, constipation, insomnia, "brain fog" and much, much more...
+American Journal of Nursing, Tainted Water on Tap, Nov. 2005
*NDRC, Swimming in Sewage, Feb. 2004
- Did you know that only 1% of the water in the entire world is safe to drink?
- Has convenience contributed to contamination?
- Why are certain bottled waters being banned from other countries?
- Why are researchers finding traces of prescribed drugs in bottled water and tap water?
- Why are parasites being found in bottled water and tap water?
- Years ago they used two chemicals to purify water.
- Today, they use 140 chemicals to purify water.