Hundreds of Hazardous Chemicals Are Likely in Your Tap Water
Many people drink water straight from their tap, assuming it to be safe. Unfortunately, just because it’s clear and tastes normal does not mean it’s pure. Far from it, the photograph above is the result of electrolysis of Waco tap water. A low voltage current oxidizes the contaminants, which show up as different colors. The sample contains heavy metals, fertilizers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and a range of other toxins. Furthermore, research conducted by the U.S. Environmental Working Group (EWG) revealed hundreds of contaminants coming out of the average U.S. faucet, many at levels above what may cause health risks but usually below the threshold of legal action.
The US Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974 to presumably keep Americans’ tap water safe, but not one chemical has been added to the list of regulated chemicals in drinking water since 1996. Nneka Leiba, director of EWG’s Healthy Living Science Program, told USA Today: “The list of regulated chemicals has not kept up with our use of chemicals as a country … Legal doesn’t necessarily mean safe when it comes to drinking water … What we are concerned about is long-term exposure, eight glasses a day, over a lifetime.”
EWG analyzed data from U.S. agencies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on drinking water tests conducted from 2010 to 2015. The tests came from nearly 50,000 water utilities in 50 states and tested for 500 different contaminants. In all, 267 were detected. The EGW maintains a publicly accessible database of these EPA test results and the table below provides a summary of the major contaminants found in the Waco and surrounding suburbs:
The column labelled "Healthy" represents what the medical industry considers acceptable for remaining healthy. Of course, having none of the contaminants is by far the best solution.
At Blue Jug Waco, we purify the city water by reverse osmosis to remove all the contaminants. This results in what the water industry calls "dead" water, because there are no beneficial minerals in it. So, we then pass this "dead" water over a patented blend of rocks that structure the water and add back essential minerals and trace elements. This process raises the pH to between 9.0 and 9.5, thus making our alkaline water. It is considered by our customers to be the best water available, and very reasonably priced.
For further information on contaminants, including a description of what each on is, go to the following article:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/08/08/toxins-found-in-public-tap-water.aspx