Your Tap Water Is Not Safe

Cities around the country are continuously trying to convince the residents that the water coming out of the faucet is perfectly safe for human consumption. But is it really? Should you be concerned about contamination by chemicals and organisms?

You may have heard that recently in Alamosa, Colorado over 300 (and rising) people have fallen severely ill from Salmonella poisoning. In such a small city of 8,500 residents that is a high number. The residents are being told that it could be three weeks before the water is “safe” to drink. Personally, I doubt that very many of those residents will be drinking that water any time soon. Who can blame them?

Last October in West Palm Beach, Florida E. Coli was found in the water supply.

In Dickson, Tennessee wells and springs have been declared unfit for consumption because of waste leeching into the water supply from a landfill.

Just last week dozens of pharmaceutical drugs were found in the water supply of 41 million Americans. These drugs included antibiotics, mood stabilizers and sex hormones. The worst part of all is that the FDA does not regulate the amounts of drugs that are allowed to be in your water.

These diluted amounts of drugs are being consumed on a daily basis by millions of people. Is there any effect from such small amounts? So far we have seen that fish around the entire globe are being feminized.

In laboratory tests it has been found that cancer cells have grown much more quickly with the drugs present. Disorders with the blood and kidneys have been found to be caused and worsened by trace amounts of many of these drugs.

So, what can the average person do? Contaminants have even been found in some bottled water.

Is there a safer alternative?

I highly recommend that you drink only water that has been purified. Here are a couple of things to look for when you are buying water at the store.

• Read the label and make sure the water has been distilled. If the label merely says “drinking water” or “bottled water” then chances are it is just tap water.
• The water should also have been filter by reverse osmosis. This is a very effective method for removing contaminants from water.
• Look for water in clear plastic containers if at all possible. The cloudy containers are much softer and leech large amounts of plastic chemicals into your water. You will notice a huge difference in the taste.

Follow this advice and you should be protected from the contaminants that are being found in water supplies.