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Category Archives: Exposure to Toxins
A Test Of City Water Finds Two Violations
City water reports provide both the average value of a contaminant and the range including the highs and lows. A customer of mine who is trying to regain her health recently asked me to test her city’s water. I normally rely on city water reports but she wanted some insight into the water at her faucet. USEPA regulates the level of contaminants that public agencies are allowed to provide to their customers. But what most people don’t realize is that these agencies can exceed the standards from time to time as long as the annual average remains within the limits set by EPA. All city water will contain some form of chlorine and its carcinogenic byproducts. For this reason I recommend that every home have a water filter, but which filter you need depends on what’s in your water.
One Fine Mess…It’s National Drinking Water Week
This is national drinking water week and I’m wondering what that means to you. Probably not much. The American Water Works Association is suggesting that we focus this week on our drinking water infrastructure. But there are problems with the water supply system in the United States. One big problem is the fact that while some cities discharge sewage into our rivers other cities withdraw that water downstream and use it as their drinking water supply. Another problem is the use of pesticides on farm land with known carcinogenic impacts on people. These pesticides end up in our rivers and lakes after a rain and also contribute to health problems for people who bathe in or drink this water. So while the American Water Works Association celebrates National Drinking Water week I am writing this and wondering how we’re going to get out of this mess.
Avoid Atrazine In Water
Atrazine, an herbicide commonly used on row crops, is another one of those contaminants that is dangerous at the lowest of levels. A frog that is born in water containing only 1 ppb of atrazine will develop both male and female sex organs. I suggest that you avoid atrazine altogether. Continue reading
The Benefits of a Raw Juice Cleanse
I always figured nature provides perfectly balanced food, including the important fiber which we lose through juicing. My research proved to me that there are some big benefits to a short juice fast for an already healthy person and even greater benefits of juicing for someone who is not in great health. Continue reading
I Found Uranium In My Drinking Water
Three years ago I discovered uranium in my body. I did a hair analysis at that time in order to determine the levels of minerals in my body. I wasn’t expecting to see uranium. Having tried various filters I finally came across one that is specific to uranium and nitrates. Nitrates are also dangerous carcinogens and I have low levels (2.5 ppm) in my water. I’ll be doing a spring raw juice cleanse and a heavy metals detox using natural zeolyte in the coming weeks. Continue reading
Expect More Chlorine and Pesticides in Your Water
With the emergence of spring you can anticipate several issues with your drinking water. First, your city may flush their distribution pipes for an extended period of time. This can result in higher chlorine levels and changes in taste. The second thing to be on the lookout for is an increase in pesticides in your water as farmers take to the fields. Continue reading
NSF Certification of Water Purification Systems Is Misleading the Public
Many of those who evaluate water filters, like Consumer Reports and Natural Resources Defense Council, recommend that you purchase an NSF certified filter. I wonder if these organizations actually know what the certification process involves. If they did, I think they’d be disappointed. The NSF 42 certification is pretty meaningless. It is the water industry’s way of taking care of their buddies in the industry while once again screwing the consumer. What’s sad is when environmental and consumer organizations actually fail to see this hidden deception. NSF certifications may have some value but what you want to find is the type of filter or type of media that removes the contaminants present in your water. Whatever you choose to purchase, research well and don’t fall for the hype…
Fracking Can Contaminate Your Well Water
Yahoo News reports another case of potential private well water contamination by fracking for natural gas. Here’s what you can do about it. Continue reading
How Fluoride in Drinking Water Can Affect Your Thyroid
There is an increasing amount of disturbing evidence that one of the factors that could be causing the thyroid pandemic is the presence of fluoride in our drinking water. We are now finding out that fluoride inhibits iodine’s ability to bind with the thyroid gland. This means if we drink water with high amounts of fluoride, our thyroid is interrupted. The truth is: removing fluoride from water can be difficult and depends in part on local water chemistry. My recommendation therefore is: buy a water filter that will reduce or remove the amount of fluoride in your drinking water. Continue reading
Study Shows Pharmaceuticals Removed by Carbon Filters
new ground breaking research by the Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants shows that simple carbon filters do remove a percentage of the unregulated contaminants present in many drinking water systems. The focus of the study was on pharmaceuticals and ALEC tested the water to determine that pharmaceuticals known to be in the water had in fact been removed by the filters.