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Do You Really Need a
Filtration System for Your Home
Do you really need a
water filtering system? Can't you assume that the tap water in your
kitchen and bathrooms is treated sufficiently for contaminants by the
municipal water facility?
Next to air, we need water to survive.
Not only do we drink it, we use it for bathing and brushing our teeth,
washing our hands, and cooking. It’s an integral, daily part of our
lives and we use it for many household tasks such as cleaning off the
sidewalk, washing our clothes, watering the garden, and feeding our
pets.
Many people believe that their tap water is safe to drink and use for
common household purposes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), however, estimates that 45,000,000 people drink impure tap water
that is contaminated with chemicals, lead, germs, and parasites. The
majority of U.S. cities still use the same basic water treatment
technology that has been in use since before World War I. In Atlanta,
Boston, and Washington, D.C., most of the water pipes are over a century
old. Few people know that municipal water treatment plants are not
designed to remove synthetic chemicals. The result is that we find
traces of health-threatening contaminants in most of our public water
supplies.
The situation becomes serious when tap water is polluted with more than
the ordinary amount of contaminants. Sometimes municipal treatment
plants have breakdowns that take time to repair. Lead from old pipes and
private wells leaches into our drinking water supply. Smaller water
supply sources can become contaminated with agricultural chemicals and
other environmental pollutants.
It is difficult to make an accurate estimate of the amount of toxins in
our water supply. The EPA estimates that we use more than 75,000 toxic
chemicals and that more than 1,000 new chemicals are developed every
year. After reviewing thousands of pages of EPA documents acquired
through the Freedom of Information Act, the Ralph Nader Research Group
concluded that more than 2,100 toxic chemicals have been detected in
U.S. water supplies.
Our planet reuses the same water over and over; in a sense, there is no
“new” water. Every chemical used in our society eventually ends up in
our water supply. The toxicity of our water increases as the use of
synthetic chemicals increases. The earth's natural filtration and
recycling process cannot effectively remove these toxic chemicals.
The human body, made up of more than 70 percent water, relies on water
for the proper functioning of every organ. Every healing process
occurring inside our bodies also requires water. Optimal functioning of
the human body is only possible with clean water. The elimination of
wastes formed during the body's metabolism requires water. If wastes are
allowed to accumulate because of insufficient water intake, fatigue and
illness are the results.
When we drink water that contains chlorine and other harmful chemicals,
the liver and kidneys must filter out these contaminants. The liver’s
job is to purify and detoxify the blood of waste products and toxins.
The kidneys, in addition to regulating the body's water balance and
maintaining optimal pH, also remove metabolic waste products from the
bloodstream.
If you provide your liver and kidneys with pure water, the universal
solvent and transport medium, you help them in their role as natural
body filters. Bombarding these organs with impure water that contains
toxins hinders them in their detoxification process and delays the
removal of waste.
Water is not a cure-all, but it is an essential element that our bodies
use to dilute and eliminate toxins that have accumulated over time. When
you drink pure water, you’re not only not putting additional toxins into
your body, you’re helping eliminate old buildups of toxins.
Providing Healthy Water for Your Family
A home filter is the simplest, most economical, and most effective way
to treat your tap water. Multimedia water filters that combine activated
carbon with ion exchange media such as KDF are excellent choices. Carbon
and KDF work together to reduce or remove trace contaminants such as
lead, chlorine, Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts, synthetic chemicals,
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), MTBEs, pesticides (lindane and
atrazine), chemicals linked to cancer (benzene, TTHMs, and toxaphene),
and many other chemical contaminants that may be causing bad tastes and
odors in your drinking water. The result of filtering your water is
healthy, great tasting water that still contains the natural trace
minerals that are beneficial to your well-being while eliminating
hazardous substances.
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