| It seems in life that most people take for | | | | amounts of chlorine are being added to kill |
| granted the things that are most important to | | | | bacteria but this ruins the fresh water |
| them and drinking water is no exception. It | | | | taste. |
| is a fact that no one can survive without | | | | |
| clean pure drinking water and it is important | | | | Polluted or contaminated water is |
| to note some critical facts: | | | | particularly harmful to young children and |
| | | | may cause health problems that do not surface |
| 1. More than 35,000 people die each day | | | | until years later. |
| throughout the world from disease caused by | | | | |
| impure or lack of drinking water. That equals | | | | Municipal tap water is contaminated as is |
| more than 12,000,000 per year or more than | | | | spring and well water and the fact that these |
| the per year total killed in each of the six | | | | sources of water are regulated does not |
| years of World War II. | | | | remove the contamination. Obtain the most |
| | | | recent EPA water quality for your |
| 2. The absence of clean drinking water and | | | | municipality and study it closely. |
| sanitation is one of the largest causes of | | | | |
| death and loss of productivity throughout the | | | | With the exception of purified bottled water, |
| world. | | | | most bottled water is subject to the same or |
| | | | greater amounts of contamination. Spring |
| 3. Three to four of every five children | | | | water is either re-bottled tap water or |
| related deaths are directly related to | | | | particularly susceptible to industrial |
| unsanitary or contaminated drinking water. | | | | pollution. |
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| 4. Municipal water supplies in the United | | | | Distilled/oxygenated purified water on the |
| States, although regulated by the | | | | other hand separates pure water from |
| Environmental protection agency (EPA) still | | | | contaminants and flushes the waste down the |
| contain a large number of contaminants. Many | | | | drain leaving only 100% pure water. |
| types of bottled water also contain | | | | |
| contaminants. | | | | Ask questions and read the labels of |
| | | | municipal or bottled water to determine what |
| 5. Purified water using a distillation | | | | is really contained in the water you drink. |
| oxygenation process produces the highest | | | | Then decide how much contamination your body |
| quality drinking water. | | | | can tolerate over an extended period. |
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| It is a fact that because of urban growth and | | | | I think after even a moderate amount of |
| industrial pollution, drinking water is | | | | research you will agree that purified, |
| becoming more polluted and water related | | | | distilled water will aid in the longevity of |
| health hazards are increasing. Heavier | | | | yourself and your family. |