Don’t Drink Tap Water: 10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Drink Tap Water
If you and your family frequently drink tap water, this article is an eye-opener for you. Are you aware of all the potential dangers you expose yourself to when you drink municipal tap water? Here are 10 reasons why you should NEVER drink tap water again:
1. About 10% of all the water we drink has been used before; there is no such thing as NEW tap water!
2. Municipal water plants use chlorine to disinfect the water during the treatment process. And when it finally reaches your home, it still contains high levels of chlorine and chlorine by-products (THMs). In fact, EPA guidelines allow the use of up to 4 parts per million (ppm) of chlorine in the disinfection of public water supplies; a standard pool kit indicates that using more than 3ppm of chlorine is not even safe for swimming!
3. “The risk of cancer among people who drink chlorinated tap water is up to 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine” – US Council on Environmental Quality.
4. The Ralph Nader Research Group has determined that US drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer. The water utilities only test about 75 of them.
5. More than 90% of all US water systems contain trace amounts of at least 10 synthetic chemicals and lead.
6. “Lead is the number one environmental threat to our children’s health.” – US EPA
7. The EPA estimates that more than 98% of all homes have household plumbing fixtures, pipes, or solder joints that can leave traces of lead in tap water. Even low levels of lead can cause low IQ levels, learning disabilities, and behavioral problems, such as high blood pressure and attention span disorders in children.
8. When you drink tap water, without using an effective and reliable filtration system, you are forcing your kidneys and liver to filter out all the iron, chlorine, synthetic chemicals and other contaminants.
9. Researchers from the US EPA and the National Geological Survey have found antibiotics, birth control drugs, antidepressants, and even caffeine in many water samples across the country.
10. Seeing that only about 1% of the water that reaches our homes is destined for consumption, it is not even logical that municipal plants completely filter all the water that passes through it. The only logical solution is to install point-of-use water filters at home so you can be sure that all harmful chemicals, lead, chlorine, and other harmful substances are removed.
