Drinking Water Safety

Scientists estimate that each year up to 7 million Americans become sick from contaminated tap water, which can also be lethal. Pollution, old pipes and outdated treatment threaten tap water quality.

Let’s see what are usually found in tap water:

• Particulates: silt, sand and pipe scale
• Chemicals: chlorine or chloramine (as disinfectant)
• Lead from soldered pipes
• Heavy metals from environmental pollution
• Microbiological growth inside pipelines or tanks
• Particulates from corrosion and rusting inside pipes or holding tanks
• Vinyl chloride from new PVC pipes
• Leeching industrial runoff, pesticides

According to Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), there might be rocket fuel, arsenic, germs and many other contaminants that are not seen by the human eyes in your tap water.

Would you still feed your body unfiltered tap water, in the form of drinking or cooking?  Don’t use your kidneys as water filter device.  A quality water filtration system is worth every penny, over time.