| Do you ever wonder if the water that comes out of | | | | pros and cons. |
| your tap could possibly be making you ill? Well, this is | | | | For example, carbon filtration is excellent for most |
| not as far fetched as you may think! It's difficult to | | | | contaminants across the board, and leaves the water |
| tell with water, as most municipal water looks the | | | | tasting fresh and sweet. Unfortunately, this method |
| same, and unless you really delve further into what | | | | of filtration fails to remove fluoride and some smaller |
| may be lurking within that clear liquid, how would you | | | | viral contaminants. But for the most part, these are |
| really know? | | | | an excellent choice, as they are cheap, remove many |
| Well, in actual fact, it's not that difficult. All of the | | | | of the organic volatiles, and virtually take out all of |
| information is out there, and this piece of writing is | | | | the chlorine - so no smell! |
| nothing other than a brief summation of what is | | | | Reverse osmosis filtration is another buzz word of |
| freely available in the public sector. Did you know that | | | | late, and is a powerful method of water cleansing in |
| research scientists no longer classify our drinking | | | | its own right. The pros are that it removes almost all |
| water as "pure" water, but rather they will refer to it | | | | contaminants from your water - including the |
| as having either "Acceptable" or "Unacceptable" levels | | | | enormously elusive and ubiquitous fluorine. But alas, it |
| of contamination. | | | | is so effective at removing contaminants that |
| Do you know why? Well, it's because virtually all of | | | | beneficial alkaline minerals are removed. This can |
| our tap water is heavily contaminated with cesspool | | | | eventually lead to a depletion of important mineral |
| levels of nasty viruses, heavy metals, germs and | | | | salts. |
| even embalming fluid! Take a look below, as this is | | | | Distillation is another method that removes virtually all |
| what is found in most municipal drinking water | | | | contaminants, but again, the process works in much |
| supplies.o There are literally millions of kilos of | | | | the same way as reverse osmosis systems do. Don't |
| chemicals dumped into our drinking water supplies | | | | get me wrong - they work and work well, but in the |
| each year, and this is only counting the 650 chemicals | | | | long run, can also lead to mineral depletion. |
| registered by the EPA listed as being toxic and | | | | Then there are ionizing machines, and these are |
| deleterious to our health. This is not counting the | | | | excellent in many respects, doing almost everything |
| "safe chemicals" that are also dumped in there for | | | | that leads to good healthy water - apart from |
| good measure.o Heavy metals, such as lead, arsenic | | | | removing the dreaded fluoride! These units remove all |
| and even high levels of mercury are found in many | | | | acidic constituents, whilst delivering alkaline water |
| samples taken across the USA. Much of the time it | | | | deep within the body's tissues. A good choice, but |
| doesn't even matter if you by bottled water, as | | | | again, what are your preferences? |
| much of this is actually municipal water rebottled and | | | | Clean, healthy, pure drinking water comes down to a |
| then sold to us at a huge mark up!o Infectious | | | | compromise taking in a number of considerations - |
| diseases - A recent study has been published in the | | | | the best option at the end of the day is to install a |
| Journal of American Public Health estimates that 40% | | | | small tank and collect water directly from your roof, |
| of all the gastrointestinal diseases in homes are | | | | and then running it through a good quality alkalizing |
| picked up through the water delivered via their | | | | machine - or even a decent dual stage carbon filter |
| kitchen sink faucet! | | | | will suffice. |
| What to do, you may ask? | | | | At the end of the day, it's a personal preference - |
| Well, that's a good question. There are many | | | | but if you can keep the fluoride away from your |
| different methods of purifying water available in | | | | mouth, you are doing better than most! |
| these modern times, but many of them have both | | | | To better health! |