It is now known that the water supply contains over 2,000 cancer and other disease causing chemicals at various concentration levels. Although most all are found at trace levels, one should consider buying a good water filter to reduce their cumulative exposure to these chemicals. Have you ever wondered why cancer rates have skyrocketed in the last 50 years since most of these were introduced? In 1950, 1 in 50 Americans were expected to get cancer - now its one in three.
Some of these chemicals include:
Chlorine: cancer, heart disease, stroke
Anti-Androgens: feminizes males, low sperm count, testicular cancer, man-boobs, genital deformities
Fluoride: cancer, alzheimers, cognitive defects, reproductive problems, thyroid disorders, kidney disease, fluorosis
Arsenic: cancer
Asbestos: cancer
Aluminum: alzheimers
Benzene: cancer, anemia
Mercury: nervous system disorders, kidney disease
Toluene: cancer
Herbicides/Pesticides: cancer, liver disease, heart disease, kidney disease, respiratory problems
Pharmaceutical drugs: long term effects unknown
Here's a closer look at a few of these chemicals.
Chlorine
Chlorine, Cancer and Heart Disease
http://www.waterwarning.com/chlorinefact.php
Health Effects of Chlorine in Drinking Water
http://www.pure-earth.com/chlorine.html
Cancer on Tap: The Risks of Chlorinated Drinking Water
http://www.greensense.com/Features/Action/cancer_on_tap.htm
Poisoning by Chlorinated Water
http://www.heart-disease-bypass-surgery.com/data/articles/62.htm
Anti-Androgens
Gender Bending Chemicals in Rivers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1121283/Gender-bending-chemicals-rivers-grow-potent.html
Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/23water.html?_r=3
Transsexual Frogs
http://discovermagazine.com/2003/feb/featfrogs
Hormone or Endocrine Disruptors: fish changing from male to female
http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=297
Gender Bending Chemicals in Minnesota Waters
http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/12/08/gender-bending-chemicals-in-minnesota-waters/
EPA Looking at Gender Bending Chemicals
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/epa-looking-at-gender-bender-chemicals-in-water.php
Feminize Fish, Who's Next?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/_canada_has_a_l.php
Pollution Linked to Male Infertility
http://toxicology.suite101.com/article.cfm/pollution_linked_to_male_infertility
Fluoride
The Hidden Agenda: The Fluoride Deception
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7984669833566646476&ei
10 Facts about Fluoride
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS108377+02-Jan-2008+PRN20080102
Fluoride is Poison, Says Dartmouth Doctor
http://www.americanfreepress.net/Alternative_Health/17_02%20HS%20Fluoride%20Is%20Poison,%20Sa.htm
An Efficient Rat Poison
http://writerspiece.blogspot.com/2007/08/fluoride-efficient-rat-poison.html
Second Thoughts about Fluoride (Scientific American): teeth, bone, brain, and thyroid disorders
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS108377+02-Jan-2008+PRN20080102
Fluoride conference reveals fraudulent science behind mass fluoridation
http://www.naturalnews.com/001807_fluoride_water_fluoridation.html
50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation
http://www.fluoridealert.org/50-reasons.htm
Fluoride Stupidity and Population Control
http://www.preferrednetwork.com/FLUORIDE_STUPIDITY.htm
Fluoride Warning for Infants
http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/infant/
The Absurdities of Water Fluoridation
http://www.fluoridealert.org/absurdity.htm
Why EPA Scientists Oppose Fluoridation
http://www.fluoridation.com/epa2.htm
What Pharmaceuticals use Fluoride?
http://www.just-think-it.com/f-drugs.htm
Fluosilic acid (one of the compounds used to fluoridate water)
(1) http://www.fluoridealert.org/pesticides/fluosilicic.acid-page.htm
(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorosilicic_acid
Sodium Fluoride (another compound used to fluoridate water)
(1) http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Sodium_silicofluoride-9925037
(2) http://www.fluoride-history.de/chemicals.htm
Manufacturers of sodium fluoride
(1) http://www.kcindustries.com/sf.htm
(2) http://www.sodiumsilicofluoride.com/
Nazi's used Sodium Fluoride
http://wearechangemelbourne.org/newsupdates/49-fluoridation/465-nazis-used-sodium-fluoride.html
Fluoride-based Drugs
http://poisonfluoride.com/pfpc/html/malaysia.html
Fluoride is an active ingredient in Prozac and Paxil
http://poisonfluoride.com/pfpc/html/prozac.html
Professionals' Statement To End Fluoridation
http://www.fluoridealert.org/statement.august.2007.html
Is Fluoride in your bottled water brand?
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?noframes;read=117872
Fluoride Content in Mineral Water by Brand
http://web.archive.org/web/20021012111812/www.pmgeiser.ch/cgi-bin/mineral?sort=f
The Fluoridation Fiasco
http://rense.com/health/fluoride1.htm
Pharmaceutical Drugs
Medication Pollution Spreads
http://www.naturalnews.com/z022809.html
Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water (CBS)http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/10/health/main3920454.shtml
Drugs found in drinking Water (USATODAY)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-10-drugs-tap-water_N.htm
EPA Dropped Ball on Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1011
Drugs Are in the Water. Does it Matter?http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/earth/03water.html?_r=1&ref=science
Other Carcinogens
EPA to Study Tap Water Carcinogens
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3959641
What may be added or leaked into the water supply?
Lithium: to prevent suicide
Japanese Researcher suggests putting lithium into drinking water
http://www.infowars.com/japanese-researchers-suggest-putting-lithium-in-drinking-water/
US to Add Lithium to Water Supply?
http://www.kfwb.com/US-to-Add-Lithium-to-Water-Supply-/5918658
Statins: to prevent heart attacks
Statin-fortified Drinking Water
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3931157.stm
CNBC Host Recommends Statins be Put in the Water Supply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmBnaJIQdUw
Stirilants: to prevent more of you
Obama Science Czar Plan to Sterilize Population Through Water Supply
http://www.infowars.com/obama-science-czars-plan-to-sterilize-population-through-water-supply-already-happening/
Given all of the research above and literally thousands of articles and papers available online that explain the many adverse health effects of drinking tap water (and some bottled water), does it make sense to invest in a good water filter to at least reduce your repeated exposure to these toxins? Most are probably not harmful in single doses at the current concentration levels, but it is unknown how repeated exposure to some of these chemicals will impact your health in the long run as they accumulate in your body. Would you be willing to expose yourself to a harmless x-ray every day of your life? One x-ray is not that harmful, but what about 100 in 100 days or 1000 in 1000 days? Think about it! Protect yourself and your family. I'm not here to sell water filters, so I will leave it up to you to determine which filter is best.
