| Before you drink another glass of water from | | | | continually drink water containing contaminants we |
| your kitchen tap, think about the source of the | | | | could become susceptible to many illnesses, from |
| water. Your local water supply has done its best | | | | asthma to Parkinson's disease. Very few of us |
| to purify the water before it came to you, but | | | | have ever initiated our own water test, so it |
| rules governing water purification can vary. When | | | | would seem that we trust the local government. |
| the local municipality received the water, it would | | | | Yet, the move to bottled water has increased in |
| have been full of pesticides and other chemicals, | | | | the last decade and many of us have large |
| as well as industrial sludge and disease- bearing | | | | quantities of water delivered to our home. |
| pathogens. The water that gushes from your | | | | For a while carrying bottled water was 'cool'. |
| kitchen tap started out this way! Even if your | | | | Lately, however, certain insights have jaundiced |
| water comes from natural sources, you may still | | | | the love affair with bottled water. For instance, |
| want to check the levels of contaminants in it. | | | | one famous company was found to be bottling |
| Years ago, there was no need to worry about | | | | 'fake' water (taken from a tap!) Recently we |
| toxins from chemical waste and industrial sludge. | | | | were informed of the possibility that the |
| The Romans and the Mayans just piped their | | | | chemicals from the plastic bottle containing our |
| water overland using aqueducts and that was the | | | | pure bottled water could actually leach into water! |
| municipal water distribution! In more recent | | | | There is one alternative left and that is water |
| history, we too, took our water for granted. | | | | that is filtered within your home. These need not |
| We were understandably proud of the fact that | | | | necessarily cost huge amounts of money. A |
| our water was pure and drinkable. While there are | | | | whole house filtration system can cost a thousand |
| regulations in place, these are fallible, and two | | | | dollars, but if you consider that you only drink the |
| strong water contaminants (chlorine and fluoride) | | | | water from your kitchen tap, then a small |
| may be part of the chemical prescription used to | | | | attachment at the sink is less than one hundred |
| purify it. | | | | dollars. Most water filters specify which germs |
| Nowadays, even in North America, we have | | | | they remove, all of them remove lead and |
| heard of injury and deaths due to contaminated | | | | chlorine, and three on the market remove E-coli. |
| water supplies. Water is a large part of our life, | | | | Whichever action you decide to take, either an up |
| accounting for nearly three-quarters of the human | | | | to date water test, a kitchen tap filtration system |
| body mass. It is an essential part of living as | | | | or a whole house filtration unit, your action will |
| without it, we are dead. | | | | help to sell your house more quickly if you can |
| We are told that drinking copious amounts of | | | | assure a prospective buyer that your home has |
| water may improve our health, but if we | | | | pure water. |