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Hello,
We had a big response after we published the article â[Why There Is No Such Thing As âSafeâ Tap Water]( authored by our Founder, Sayer Ji.
By far, the most common question you asked is how to improve your water supply. We are pleased to share the information and offer below from our friends at AquaTru.
We love this water filter and think you will too.
Everyone knows water in third world countries isn't safe for consumption due to poor sanitation and biological contamination. But right here in the United States we have a different and in many ways, more insidious problem...
You can't depend on the government (local or federal) to deliver safe drinking water!
Before we review the most alarming and damaging reports of the last twelve months we would like to let you know how widespread and hopeless the situation is. The unlikely source of this information: The official website of the United States EPA.
Around ten years ago the EPA compiled a long list of potential drinking water contaminants. This list contained 7500 contaminants. Out of these 7500, the EPA identified almost 600 that should be further evaluated based on their potential to occur in public water systems and the risk to public health. Despite this, the EPA currently regulates less than 100 contaminants. What this means is that there are more than 7400 contaminants the EPA identified as potentially harmful that are NOT regulated and NOT tested for.
In fact, since 1996, over 30 years ago, the EPA has failed to use its authority to set a national tap water safety standard for any new chemical. To make it clear and simple, the EPA is controlled by special interest groups.
The Worst Water News of 2017
25 years after the film "Erin Brockovich" appeared, chromium-6 continues to pollute our water supply and endanger our lives. [A new Environmental Working Group analysis]( of federal data from nationwide drinking water tests reveals that the compound contaminates water supplies for more than 200 million Americans in all 50 states. Yet federal regulations are stalled by chemical industry antagonists who continue to oppose the regulation of a pollutant that scientists say causes cancer when ingested at even extraordinarily low levels. Once again special interest groups, lobbyists and lawyers are banding together to put the economic interests of business and industry ahead of the health and welfare of you and your family.
Nearly One in Four American's Drinking Water Comes from Untested or Contaminated Systems
77 million peopleâroughly a quarter of the U.S. populationâspread across all 50 states are served by water systems reporting violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (this is the outdated, unimproved act of 1974), according to a report issued by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) . The offenses ranged from arsenic to nitrate contamination, and included often-serious failures to test or report contamination levels.
âAmerica is facing a nationwide drinking water crisis that goes well beyond lead contamination,â said Erik Olson, Health Program Director at NRDC and a report co-author. âThe problem is two-fold: there's no cop on the beat enforcing our drinking water laws, and we're living on borrowed time with our ancient, deteriorating water infrastructure. We take it for granted that when we turn on our kitchen tap, the water will be safe and healthy, but we have a long way to go before that is reality across our country.â
The report found the top ten states for unsafe drinking water were (in order):
- Texas
- Florida
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Georgia
- Washington
- Ohio
- California
- Arizona
- Kentucky
This isn't just about Flint, Michigan, according to the report, over 18,000 water systems are out of compliance with the 1974 act. Additionally, 27 million Americans-approximately 1 in every 12-are exposed to unacceptably high levels of lead, copper, other heavy metals, and even known carcinogens in their water. These are children, babies, mothers, and the elderly, all drinking water known to be unhealthy. Researchers are finding these contaminants in the blood and breast milk of everyday people like you and me.
New research from EWG and Northeastern University in Boston uncovered highly fluorinated toxic chemicals, known as PFCs or PFASs, in the drinking water of [15 million Americans in 27 states, and from more than four dozen industrial and military sources nationwide](.
âAmericans should be outraged,â said David Andrews, Ph.D., a senior scientist at EWG. âAs we uncover the pervasive pollution of drinking water, the chemical companies have already shifted production to a similar set of chemicals that are likely no better. Federal agencies have known for decades that this entire family of chemicals is toxic and they haven't passed drinking water regulations. These chemicals do not break down in the environment and the amount of PFCs in your blood could be 100 times higher than the level of the chemical detected in your drinking water.â
Bottled water isn't a great option either. Plastic bottles contains phthalates or bisphenol A (BPA) which are toxic petrochemicals. Based on how these bottles have been transported and stored (and for how long), they could also be leaching contaminants right back into the water. Purchasing bottled water also puts a huge dent in your wallet, and a huge burden on our environment.
Conclusion
We believe that there should be virtually no contaminants in your tap water. That why for years, we've been researching the best home water filtration system. One that can reliably deliver you and your family worry free water. An ideal system would remove the three major categories of contaminants: inorganic contaminants, biological contaminants and volatile organic chemicals. It should be affordable, easy to use and maintain and you shouldn't need a plumber to install it.
Fortunately, we've learned of a fascinating development, which is a multi-stage countertop reverse-osmosis unit that delivers amazing water quality and flavor, slashes the cost of purchase, requires no installation fees, and that has extremely minimal maintenance costs. We've tested it, we think it's fantastic â and it's available now for order at a $100 discount.
[Find out more about our favorite water filtration system here.](
All the best,
The GreenMedInfo Team
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