Water purification in India is a serious issue. Contaminated water there can kill.

We never drink unpurified, or unfiltered water. After all as we have said over and over there is nasty contaminants in our water, and wo don’t want to be drinking them.

However in India those contaminants can kill. Bacteria and cysts can be found in the ground water, paricularly when there are events that stress the water supply like monsoons. You don’t want to be drinking water contaminated with bacteria or cysts, they could make you sick. Really sick.

But for the people, and particularly the poor people, of India this is a real issue. They normally don’t have access to modern water filtration technology that filters out these contaminants, and the results can be deadly.

No more though for the people of Punjab. A new water filter has been launched there that is affordable for the locals to buy. It filters out nasties like bacteria and cysts, and so is a huge improvement for the local people and their health.

We bet they sell like hot cakes, after all, who wants to drink bacteria or cysts? Read the rest of this entry

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Rather than calling for a reduction in flouridation, today there are calls for more!

You may have heard of the chaos in the UK government, resignations galore and so on. Well they have a new Health Secretary there called Andy Burnham, appointed by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

And Andy Burnham, as the new Health Secretary, is calling for more flouridation of the UKs drinking water.

Now we have recently featured some of the studies and the calls for LESS flouridation in our water,  so what gives in the UK so that in June of 09 they want MORE flouride in the water.

Well it just happens that Mr Burnham is a recent Vice President of the British Flouridation Society.

You’d think that someone with his power and influence would do what is best for the public health, however despite evidence to the contrary he’s trying to add more contaminants to the drinking water rather than remove them.

What do you think will happen to sales of water filters in the UK? I suspect they’ll go up.

After all, apart from  filtering out the flouride, have you ever tasted London water? Yuk. Read the rest of this entry

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There’s lead in our drinking water.

Lead is just one of the estimated thousands of toxic chemicals that can be found in our drinking water. The Ralph Nader Research Institute, after a prolonged study, has estimated that up to 2100 toxic chemicals, some known to cause cancer, can be in our municipal drinking water supplies.

Did you know that the rate of cancer in our society has risen from 1 in 50 in the early 1900s to 1 in 3 today?

Do you think that toxic chemicals, including lead, in our drinking water could have anything to do with it?

But don’t just take our word for it. Here’s a short video about lead in kids drinking water.

And if the video scares you then check out the worlds best water filters.

Scary isn’t it? Read the rest of this entry

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Is our bottled water any better than our drinking water? (And our drinking water is pretty polluted).

If you’re worried about the lack of quality of your drinking water, and you should be, you may be asking yourself “should I be drinking bottled water”? After all, those huge shelves full of lots of different brands of bottled water must suggest that just about everyone is drinking bottled water.

Many are, but that doesn’t mean that bottled water is any better than tap water.

In March 1999 the NRDC (the National Resources Defence Council) released a report into a 4 year study of bottled water.  It was called “Bottled Water. Pure Drink or Pure Hype”? And they were scathing about the  bottled water industry.

The bottom line of the report, which you can read in the link above, is that there is no reason why bottled water is any purer or cleaner than tap water. It just sold so well because it was advertised so heavily as being cleaner and purer and safer than tap water.

Over 1000 bottles of 103 different brands of bottled water were tested. Over a third of those tested were contaminated including synthetic chemicals, arsenic and bacteria, and one exceeded allowable state contamination limits.

The reason is that the FDA doesn’t have stict regulations about the quality of bottled water, so basically anything can be in there and the FDA won’t do very much.

Bottled water is a huge industry, and turns over $billions. There are some very big companies involved in the bottled water industry, including Coca Cola, a company not known for it’s concern towards the health of it’s customers.

So if you’re worried about the safety of your tap water, be concerned. But don’t drink bottled water. Find the best drinking water filter you can buy, and use it.

Because nothing much has changed. Read the rest of this entry

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Does it concern you that there is lead in your drinking water?

Would it surprise you to know that there is probably lead in your drinking water. Well that’s if you’re like the estimated 98% of the US population. Because the EPA has estimated that around 98% of US households would have lead in their drinking water.

Does that scare you? Lead in your water? It should, because the EPA also says that there is no safe level of lead in water, that lead in any quantity, no matter how small, can be dangerous, especially for children. For kids it can lead to behavioral problems, reduced IQ and learning difficulties, and that’s just the start. Washington has announced that it’s aging system of water delivery is resulting in lead in the drinking water, at levels up to 25 times higher than the legal level.

And remember that the EPA says that there is NO safe level of lead in drinking water.

Where does that lead come from? From your pipes. Most lead gets into your drinking water in your house as the water passes through your pipes. Some pipes are lead lined, and most have solder in them that has lead in it. Solder is used to join pipes.

So what do you do about lead in your household drinking water? You use the best drinking water filter that it’s possible to buy.

Bottled water is a con. Read the rest of this entry

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