Why should you use a water filter?

Water filters offer a wide range of benefits. Curious on why you should be using a filter rather than drinking tap or bottled water? Read ahead...

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•  Drinking impure, contaminated water is the leading cause of epidemic disease in developing countries. 

• There are more than 2100 known drinking water contaminants that may be present in tap water, including several known poisons. 

  The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posts a daunting list of possible drinking water contaminants, ranging from various microorganisms, disinfectants, disinfectant byproducts, inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals and radionuclides.

•   Municipal water treatment facilities cannot always control for the outbreak of dangerous bacterial contaminants in tap water. 

•   Several types of cancer can be attributed to the presence of toxic materials in drinking water.

• Clean, healthy drinking water is essential to a child’s proper mental and physical development. 

• According to the EPA, lead in drinking water contributes to 480,000 cases of learning disorders in children each year in the United States alone.

 It is especially important for pregnant women to drink pure water as lead in drinking water can cause severe birth defects. 

• Bottled water is expensive and may not be as clean as tap water or filtered water 

Since bottled water is considered a food, it is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration — unlike municipally treated water that is regulated by the stricter EPA. It is not always possible to trust that all bottled water is of the highest quality and free of contaminants. The Natural Resources Defense Council studied bottled water extensively in 1999. The findings contrasted the image of purity advertised by bottled water companies. The studies found bottled water to actually be tap water much of the time — perhaps as often as 40 percent of the time. For more on bottled water read our post about The Truth on Bottled Water.

•  Bottled water may leach chemicals from the bottle into the water, and then into your body when you drink it.

 The chemicals in the plastic bottle also end up polluting the environment during manufacture and after the bottle is discarded. The use of so much plastic is a drain on remaining petroleum sources — the non-renewable natural resource.

• Water filters reduce the risk of gastrointestinal disease by more than 33 percent by removing cryptosporidium and giardia from drinking water. 

• Water filters provide better tasting and better smelling drinking water by removing chlorine and bacterial contaminants.

• The recommended eight glasses of water a day, at U.S. tap rates equals about $.49 per year; that same amount of bottled water is about $1,400.

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Weekly Water Facts

Happy Monday...we hope everyone had a fun and safe weekend! Let's start the week off with our  

WEEKLY WATER FACTS!

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Fact #1

There are approximately one million miles of water pipeline and aqueducts in the United States and Canada, enough to circle Earth 40 times

Fact #2

The first water pipes in the US were made from wood (bored logs that were charred with fire)

Fact #3

The first municipal water filtration works opened in Paisley, Scotland in 1832

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Fluoride In Your Drinking Water - What You Need To Know

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The EPA regulates fluoride in drinking water to protect public health. 

Fluoride may cause health problems if present in public or private water supplies in amounts greater than the drinking water standard set by EPA.

Fluoride are salts that form when the element fluorine combines with minerals in soil or rocks and is added to drinking water to help promote dental health

The Facts

• Studies indicate water fluoridation is effective in reducing dental decay by 20-40 percent, even in an era with widespread availability of fluoride from other sources. 

• For most cities, every $1 invested in water fluoridation saves $38 in dental treatment costs.

• The average cost for a community to fluoridate its water is estimated to range from approximately 50 cents a year per person in large communities to approximately $3 a year per person in small communities.   

• More than two-thirds of the population in the United States are served by public water systems that are  fluoridated.

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies fluoride as a drug when used to prevent or mitigate disease (FDA 2000).

• All other water treatment chemicals are added to improve the water’s quality or safety, which fluoride does not do.

• Once fluoride is put in the water it is impossible to control the dose each individual receives because people drink different amounts of water.

• The fluoride goes to everyone regardless of age, health or vulnerability.

•  No disease, not even tooth decay, is caused by a “fluoride deficiency.”

• 40% of American Teenagers Show Visible Signs of Fluoride Overexposure

•  Fluoride Supplements Have Never Been Approved by the FDA

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Weekly Water Facts

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Fact #1

Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain. Water intoxication is most likely to occur during periods of intense athletic performance.

Fact #2

While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every food or drink item provides some water to the body.

 

Fact #3

Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can act as a mild diuretic, preventing water from traveling to necessary locations in the body.

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