Ever wonder what kind of toxins are in the tap water you drink? I certainly do and I've tried researching for the best way to filter all these toxins. Steam distillation & reverse osmosis are two systems that can provide you with pure water, but pure water lacks all the good minerals that you tend to find in hard water such as calcium, magnesium, etc... Theoretically, pure water isn't necessarily the best liquid to put into your body either as it distorts the concentrations of minerals to liquids in your cell's environment. There is such a thing as water intoxication, but I'm beginning to think that reverse osmosis water might be the best option we have considering what we're finding in our tap water these days. As long as we're not drinking gallons of pure water without eating foods with the minerals that we need, water intoxication should not be a concern.
Please take the time to read this article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_i) from the Associated Press regarding the pharmaceutical drugs found in tap water across the U.S. I have no doubt that this problem affects Canada, Europe and many other countries and cities around the world. I believe that this will become a bigger issue for human health in the coming years.
These days, people are concerned about the foods that they put in their bodies. They don't want to ingest any hormones, antibiotics, pesticides & herbicides, so the shift towards organic foods has become more prominent. But few people have sat down and thought about what's in the water that we drink. We trust that the wells or the city's water purification plants are doing their jobs and are filtering any & all toxins. Maybe it's time that we push for even more stringent standards.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions about water purification systems that they know are effective, I'd love to hear about it.
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