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Tap Water Facts

Tap water is not without its problems. In 2005, the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) tested municipal water in 42 states and detected some 260 contaminants in public water supplies. Of those, 141 were unregulated chemicals for which public health officials have no safety standards, much less methods for removing them.

Contamination affects the way water smells, tastes and impacts our health. Some are natural and many are caused by poor water regultion and eco-hygiene. Contaminants enter our water from industy, agriculture, and urban run off. Many of these contaminants are linked to cancer. Traditional water treatment plants aren't equiped to filter out chemicals and harmful metals and are there to treat our water with additional chemicals to disinfect our water from microorganisms.

Below you will find a list of the most common contaminants found in your tap water and what possible long term risk to your health that are associcated with them. Keep in mind when you choose not to filter your water for contaminants, your body then becomes the filter and the potential health implications associated go a lot futher than just having bad tasting water.

Type of Contaminate

CHLORINE

CHLORAMINES

FLUORIDE

ARSENIC

LEAD

PHARMACEUTICALS

CHROMIUM 6

TRICHLORETHYLENE (TCE)

PERCHLORATE

BIPHENYL A (BPA)

NITRATES

RADIUM 226/228

Source of Contaminate

Water additive used to control micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses)

Water additive used to reduce tooth decay

Runoff from fertilizers and pesticides, as well as electronic production waste

Corrosion of household plumbing system

Improper disposal and discharge from human consumption into water; not regulated by EPA

Discharge from steel, leather, dye factories; used as anti-corrosive; not regulated by EPA

Industrial solvent that was discharged or dumped into ground

Rocket fuel, fireworks, by product of chlorine generators, fertilizer

Plastic bottles and PVC piping

Run off from fertilizers and pesticides

Naturally occurs in some drinking water sources, uranium mining

Potential Health Effect

Cancer, Heart Disease

Identified as a mutagen and linked to bone cancer, arthritis, dental fluorosis

Skin damage, problems with circulatory system and cancer

Childhood development problems, high blood pressure and kidney problems

Builds up resistance to antibiotics, increases risk of breast cancer

Cancer (gastrointestinal, stomach, colon), birth defects, reproduction complications

Cancer (liver, kidney), leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Hyperthyroidism, skin problems, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal problems

Breast and prostate cancer, type II diabetes

Cancer, starves blood of oxygen and in babies causes blue baby syndrome

Increased risk of getting cancer due to long term exposure to radioactive isotopes

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