I was enraged after reading about this.According to an article in the ONearth Online Literary Journal, traces of eighty two different contaminants were found in surface water all across the country. Different types of prescription drugs such as hormones, narcotics, and high blood pressure medication were found as well as fertilizers and other chemicals. These tests were conducted using highly sensitive testing equipment.
My frustration prompted me to perform a little more research regarding chemicals, hormones, pharmaceuticals, and other harmful chemicals that we may potentially be drinking and bathing in every day. The research found prompts us to strongly consider the absolute need for purifying the water we drink and use in our homes and well as consider the environmental impact of the chemicals and pharmaceuticals we use daily.
The documented research on the net points to the free-flowing of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, pesticides and other contaminates points to questions that we must answer. Questions such as, what environmental impacts will this have today and in the future?
Already growing evidence that cannot be ignored displays abnormalities in fish and amphibians that inhabit our water shed. These creatures represent the canaries of our environment and the effects these chemicals and drugs have on their biological development could point to something far worse for us humans who not just drink this water, but also consume animals and plants who absorb these chemicals form the water.
We have used many of these chemicals and prescriptions for a lot of years, so why are we just hearing about it now? Simple because in earlier days they did not have the technology they have today to detect most of these toxins. Groups from Europe, the United States, and university students were involved in making the media and certain officials aware of this issue.
Lower levels of the following chemicals were found in the water; hormones, birth control, antibiotics, mood stabilizers, calcium blockers and other prescription drugs, pain killers, and over the counter drugs.
While some of these are absorbed by our body and metabolized, a large portion of them get flushed right into our municipal water supply as feces and urine or unused medications that are flushed down the toilet. The contaminates are not limited to just these, other contaminate such as heavy metals, mercury, arsenic, PCB's, DDT, and DES also make the list as well as 100's of new ones each year.
Believe it or not all of these can be removed with the technology we have. This is not getting done due to lack of concern or lack of money to fund the process it would require to do it. Our water, which already has toxins and chemicals in it is having more chemicals put into it to remove bacteria after it goes from our toilet to the treatment plant. The solid wastes are filtered out leaving the toxins such as DDT and mercury in, and adding even more chemicals to make it "safe" to drink.
The water is then, either pumped into the environment where we draw it up form water sheds in wells and farms, or it is piped back to us at the municipal water supply. This water is piped into our homes or to water bottling plants where little, if any further filtration is done before it is bottled back up and sent to us to drink.
We all need to try to find other ways to dispose of our unused medicine and also do all we can to get our water fit for us to drink and use. We will need to filter our own water that we use to keep us safe from the hazards that may be present in the water we drink.
Several water filtration systems are on the market today filter out 99% or more of the contaminants in our water. These water filtration systems can be installed in whole home systems and at the source such as shower heads, drinking water faucets, and other inlets.
The water filtration systems recommended that remove the most contaminate include reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, activated carbon, and home distillation followed by membrane filters. However, to be effective, the filters on these must be installed properly and replaced according to the manufacturers directions. All too often the filters are installed improperly or used past their lifespan, which renders them ineffective.
The only way to be sure is to purchase home water testing kits or take your tap water to a certified testing facility to find out what is in it. A task that should be preformed regularly to make sure your home water filters are doing their job. - 15252
My frustration prompted me to perform a little more research regarding chemicals, hormones, pharmaceuticals, and other harmful chemicals that we may potentially be drinking and bathing in every day. The research found prompts us to strongly consider the absolute need for purifying the water we drink and use in our homes and well as consider the environmental impact of the chemicals and pharmaceuticals we use daily.
The documented research on the net points to the free-flowing of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, pesticides and other contaminates points to questions that we must answer. Questions such as, what environmental impacts will this have today and in the future?
Already growing evidence that cannot be ignored displays abnormalities in fish and amphibians that inhabit our water shed. These creatures represent the canaries of our environment and the effects these chemicals and drugs have on their biological development could point to something far worse for us humans who not just drink this water, but also consume animals and plants who absorb these chemicals form the water.
We have used many of these chemicals and prescriptions for a lot of years, so why are we just hearing about it now? Simple because in earlier days they did not have the technology they have today to detect most of these toxins. Groups from Europe, the United States, and university students were involved in making the media and certain officials aware of this issue.
Lower levels of the following chemicals were found in the water; hormones, birth control, antibiotics, mood stabilizers, calcium blockers and other prescription drugs, pain killers, and over the counter drugs.
While some of these are absorbed by our body and metabolized, a large portion of them get flushed right into our municipal water supply as feces and urine or unused medications that are flushed down the toilet. The contaminates are not limited to just these, other contaminate such as heavy metals, mercury, arsenic, PCB's, DDT, and DES also make the list as well as 100's of new ones each year.
Believe it or not all of these can be removed with the technology we have. This is not getting done due to lack of concern or lack of money to fund the process it would require to do it. Our water, which already has toxins and chemicals in it is having more chemicals put into it to remove bacteria after it goes from our toilet to the treatment plant. The solid wastes are filtered out leaving the toxins such as DDT and mercury in, and adding even more chemicals to make it "safe" to drink.
The water is then, either pumped into the environment where we draw it up form water sheds in wells and farms, or it is piped back to us at the municipal water supply. This water is piped into our homes or to water bottling plants where little, if any further filtration is done before it is bottled back up and sent to us to drink.
We all need to try to find other ways to dispose of our unused medicine and also do all we can to get our water fit for us to drink and use. We will need to filter our own water that we use to keep us safe from the hazards that may be present in the water we drink.
Several water filtration systems are on the market today filter out 99% or more of the contaminants in our water. These water filtration systems can be installed in whole home systems and at the source such as shower heads, drinking water faucets, and other inlets.
The water filtration systems recommended that remove the most contaminate include reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, activated carbon, and home distillation followed by membrane filters. However, to be effective, the filters on these must be installed properly and replaced according to the manufacturers directions. All too often the filters are installed improperly or used past their lifespan, which renders them ineffective.
The only way to be sure is to purchase home water testing kits or take your tap water to a certified testing facility to find out what is in it. A task that should be preformed regularly to make sure your home water filters are doing their job. - 15252
About the Author:
Kevin Scott is a passionate advocate of living a healthy lifestyle and a investigator of water purification systems. See his site now at http://www.best-clear-water-site.com to discover which water filtration systems Kevin recommends after numerous comparisons.
