What's
in your drinking water? Many
prominent scientists are alarmed by the content of some
drinking water and actively seek to change the processes
involved. The
practice of making water safe to drink actually involves
adding large amounts of extremely poisonous chemicals to
it. Key
scientists are now providing evidence that long-term ingestion
of small amounts of chemicals like these could be the cause
of some major health problems.
Here
is a list of just a few of the chemicals routinely added
to our water supply:
- Liquified
chlorine
- Fluorosilicic
acid
- Aluminium
sulphate
- Calcium
hydroxide
- Sodium
silicofluoride
Even
if the water leaves the source in a relatively clean
state, don't forget that your water travels through pipes,
which may have been underground since Victorian times.
It is almost impossible for the water not to become contaminated
by something undesirable.
Contaminants
in Tap Water
Tap
water is treated with a large number of chemicals in order
to kill bacteria and other microorganisms. In addition,
it may contain other undesirable contaminants like toxic
metal salts, hormones and pesticides, or it may become
contaminated by chemicals or microbes within pipes (e.g.
lead, bacteria, protozoa).
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Typical
Tap Water Content:
- Chlorine
- Fluorine
compounds
- Trihalomethanes
(THMs)
- Salts
of:
- arsenic
- radium
- aluminium
- copper
- lead
- mercury
- cadmium
- barium
- Hormones
- Nitrates
- Pesticides
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Testing
Your Own Water
You
can assess the quality of your water by testing for Total
Dissolved Solids (TDS) with a TDS meter which reads the
TDS instantly and gives a read-out in parts per million
(ppm) TDS. Generally, water with a TDS of 500 ppm or
more is regarded as unfit for consumption. Most tap water
ranges from 150 to 420 ppm TDS. A Reverse Osmosis system
typically produces water with a TDS of 90 - 95% of the
incoming water.
If you would like to purchase your own
TDS meter (£15.00 + p&p £1.99),
please contact us.
Fluoride
in water
Another
very important health hazard is fluoride, which is added
by some water authorities in the UK, and is also present
in many toothpastes and mouthwashes. Around 10% of the
UK’s water supply is fluoridated, despite a huge and
ever-growing body of evidence that the science behind this
mass medication programme is questionable to say the least.
Fluoridation of water is banned in all other European countries. (see the Flouride
Action Network - Statements from European Health Authorities).
For
still more information on the dangers of fluoride, visit
these links:
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| Prominent
researcher apologises for pushing fluoride |
Click HERE to
read a news article about Dr. Hardy Limeback,
Head of the Department of Preventative Dentistry
for the University of Toronto and President
of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.
Dr. Limeback is Canada’s leading fluoride
authority and, until recently, the country’s
primary promoter of the controversial additive.
As stated by UK health researcher and author,
Phillip Day, fluoridation of the public water
system is a case of mass medication without
consent. |
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