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Does America Really Have Contaminated Water?

BY Larry Wardell | 06-22-2009 | 3:33 PM
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A lot of people even question whether or not there is such a thing as contaminated water in America.

Despite all the evidence, media reports, exposés, in-depth
investigative reports, and government reports, some people still think
our water is safe to drink right from the tap.

A lot of people even question whether or not there is such a thing
as contaminated water in America. That may be due to the fact that what
they cannot see does not therefore exist. However, if these very same
people took the time to read and research the question of contaminated
water, they'd know instantly that contaminated water in America is a
stark reality.

The reason our water is so polluted tends to relate to the excessive
use of pesticides and herbicides found in just about every home across
America. Furthermore, their indiscriminate use just escalates the
problem daily. It's one thing to think of adults dealing with all the
thousands of contaminants in water, but children are an entirely
different matter.

Younger children drink fairly large volumes of water in a variety of
forms from ice in their drinks to Kool-Aid made with tap water. Since
the little ones weigh less, they are receiving a much larger dose of
toxic chemicals than a larger, heavier adult. It's not just the
pesticides causing damage either. It's things like man-made synthetic
chemicals, drugs, lead, chlorine, other human generated garbage, and
disease-laden viruses and microbes. While the quantities of toxic water
a child is consuming may be low per serving, the results add up over
time.

Farmers, homeowners, lawn care businesses, golf courses, etc., don't
seem to realize or care, that their use of chemicals on the land will
cause those very same chemicals to wind up back in the water system.
Humanity, as a whole, is doing a particularly bad job of caring for the
resources of the Earth and yet we wonder why we have water that is not
fit to drink.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if we pollute
our own environment, we will ultimately pay the consequences. There is
really only one way to ensure your home has safe drinking water – a
home distillation water system. During distillation, tap water is
heated in a stainless steel vaporizing chamber, becoming sterilized
steam. The vapor is condensed back to its original state but without
the chemicals, pollutants and toxins. No other water filtration process
is as effective.

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