The 5 Biggest Health Risks Found In Drinking Water

According to the Mayo Clinic the average person in made up of 60% water, and needs to consume 2 liters, or just over 8 glasses of water to stay healthy. Every system in your body is dependent on water - the problem is that most people are not nourishing their body with clean, safe drinking water. If you're not using a home water filtration system here's what could be lurking in your drinking water:

Human Feces
Chlorine
Rust & Sediment
Prescription Drugs
Chemicals / Farm Run Off / Corporate Waste

By comparison, drinking water laced with human feces is a small health risk compared to the more serious chemicals, and toxic substances found in your public water supplies listed below.

Chlorine
Chlorine is used by municipal water systems to remove microorganisms from water. There's only one problem, chlorine is poison! While it's safer than having pathogenic organisms in the water, it isn't truly a safe ingredient in your water. The National Cancer Institute believes that those of us who consume chlorinated water have a 93% increased risk of many cancers, in part because it combines naturally with organic matter in water to make trihalomethanes—molecules that contribute to the formation of cancer.

Rust & Sediment
Even if your local water treatment facility did manage to remove 100% of all contaminants from your drinking water (which is highly unlikely) you could still be at risk. If you were to go down into your basement, remove one of your water pipes, and look inside, you would likely find rust, lead, and other sediment built up on the inside of your water pipes. There's also the potential for contamination coming from the pipes that bring the water from it's source into your home, which you have no control over.

Prescription Drugs
Reported in the January 30, 2006 issue of the LA Times, there's a new threat facing every water supply in the developed regions of the world. Prescription Drugs are now being detected in our water supplies. After being ingested, excreted, and flushed down the drain these drugs are not being filtered out by water treatment facilities. What that means is you could be getting a small dose of 1000's of different drugs including, Prozac, Valium, and other uppers, downers, steroids, and all the other drugs you see stacked up behind the counter of your local pharmacy with every glass of water you drink. The thought if frightening. What's worse is that there are no government standards restricting any of these drugs from being in your drinking water!

Scary stuff! Unless you know the dangers and take precautions to protect yourself and your family!'

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