My Family Uses City Water

 

Specific chemical compounds are often added to tap water during the treatment process to adjust the pH or remove contaminants, as well as chlorine to kill toxins, but tap water remains susceptible to biological or chemical contamination. The chlorine used is similar to, but stronger than, common household bleach. Some basic facts on Tap water

 

• Tap Water Is Full Of Disease - Causing Contaminants - Most municipal water flows through lead pipes over 100 years old picking up harmful toxins and pollutants before the water treatment plant (which performs very limited functions) and also afterwards when the water is on its way to your house

 

• Arsenic - Which has been directly linked to cancer and many other diseases, has been found in 85% of our cities' water. Exposure to lead found at "alarmingly high levels" in many cities by Consumer Reports, can cause learning and behavioral problems in children, lower IQ, high blood pressure, and problems to the reproductive and nervous systems

 

• Some other common water contaminants and what they have been linked to are: Asbestos (cancer and other diseases), Aluminum (Alzheimer's), Benzene (cancer, anemia), Mercury (nervous system and kidney damage), Toluene (cancer), herbicides and pesticides such as Endrin (liver, kidney and heart damage, respiratory problems and cancer)

 

•80% of city water systems are not equipped with filters that meet EPA standards. In addition, most cities add the harmful chemicals known as Chlorine and Fluoride to your water.