Pesticides and Herbicides in our Drinking Water

Listed below are the pesticides and herbicides controlled by the EPA that might be found in drinking water and where they come from. Today, I'm going to highlight in red, just one word in this list of pollutants, everytime it appears; and that word is cancer.

My own father died from cancer. A very special girl friend of mine, and mother of two young children, is currently battling cancer. It is a horrible disease. Statistically, if you live to be 80 years old, you have a 1 in 3 chance of getting cancer. I strongly believe that we have to take every precaution we can against getting cancer. Removing these cancer causing chemicals from our water using home water filters is a simple and inexpensive step towards lowering our risk of getting cancer.

2,4-D - Kidney, liver, or adrenal gland problems. Runoff from herbicide used on row crops.

2,4,5-TP (Silvex) - Liver problems. Residue of banned herbicide.

Acrylamide - Nervous system or blood problems; increased risk of cancer. Added to water during sewage/wastewater treatment.

Alachlor - Eye, liver, kidney or spleen problems; anemia; increased risk of cancer. Runoff from herbicide used on row crops.

Atrazine - Cardiovascular system or reproductive problems. Runoff from herbicide used on row crops.

Benzoapyrene - Reproductive difficulties; increased risk of cancer. Leaching from linings of water storage tanks and distribution lines.

Carbofuran - Reproductive difficulties; increased risk of cancer. Leaching from linings of water storage tanks and distribution lines.

Chlordane - Liver or nervous system problems; increased risk of cancer. Residue of banned termiticide.

Dalapon - Minor kidney changes. Runoff from herbicide used on rights of way.

Di 2-ethylhexyl adipate - Weight loss, liver problems, or possible reproductive difficulties.
Discharge from chemical factories.

Di 2-ethylhexyl phthalate - Reproductive difficulties; liver problems; increased risk of cancer.
Discharge from rubber and chemical factories.

Dibromochloropropane - Reproductive difficulties; increased risk of cancer. Runoff/leaching from soil fumigant used on soybeans, cotton, pineapples, and orchards.

Dinoseb - Reproductive difficulties. Runoff from herbicide used on soybeans and vegetables.

Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) - Reproductive difficulties; increased risk of cancer. Emissions from waste incineration and other combustion; discharge from chemical factories.

Diquat - Cataracts. Runoff from herbicide use.

Endothall - Stomach and intestinal problems. Runoff from herbicide use.

Endrin - Liver problems. Residue of banned insecticide.

Epichlorohydrin - Increased cancer risk, and over a long period of time, stomach problems.
Discharge from industrial chemical factories; an impurity of some water treatment chemicals.

Ethylene dibromide - Problems with liver, stomach, reproductive system, or kidneys; increased risk of cancer. Discharge from petroleum refineries.

Glyphosate - Kidney problems; reproductive difficulties. Runoff from herbicide use.

Heptachlor - Liver damage; increased risk of cancer. Residue of banned termiticide.

Heptachlor epoxide - Liver damage; increased risk of cancer. Breakdown of heptachlor.

Hexachlorobenzene - Liver or kidney problems; reproductive difficulties; increased risk of cancer. Discharge from metal refineries and agricultural chemical factories.

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene - Kidney or stomach problems. Discharge from chemical factories.

Lindane - Liver or kidney problems. Runoff/leaching from insecticide used on cattle, lumber, gardens.

Methoxychlor - Reproductive difficulties. Runoff/leaching from insecticide used on fruits, vegetables, alfalfa, livestock.

Oxamyl [Vydate] - Slight nervous system effects. Runoff/leaching from insecticide used on apples, potatoes, and tomatoe.

PCBs [Polychlorinated biphenyls] - Skin changes; thymus gland problems; immune deficiencies; reproductive or nervous system difficulties; increased risk of cancer. Runoff from landfills; discharge of waste chemicals.

Pentachlorophenol - Liver or kidney problems; increased cancer risk. Discharge from wood preserving factories.

Picloram - Liver problems. Herbicide runoff.

Simazine - Problems with blood. Herbicide runoff.

Toxaphene - Kidney, liver, or thyroid problems; increased risk of cancer. Runoff/leaching from insecticide used on cotton and cattle.

If just one of these water pollutants can incease your risk of cancer, imagine what your cancer risk will be if you are drinking water contaminated with several or even a multitude of these chemicals every single day.

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