Your City’s Water
In October of 1999 the Federal EPA enacted the Right To Know Amendment to the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, requiring all public water systems to supply easy to read information on contaminants that have been detected in municipal water supplies. These Annual Water Quality Reports are , by law, to be made available to all consumers. To find out about your city’s water click here and find your city. Once you have logged on to your city’s site you will need to locate the “Water Quality Section” or the “Annual Water Quality Report”.
Remember that only 86 of the 75,000 toxic chemicals used in our society are required to be tested for, so these reports give a very narrow picture of the real problem. Most cities will be quick to state that their water meets all federal guide lines, which in no way means it is safe or healthy. An in-depth study by the Environmental Defense Fund concluded that “Although concentrations of carcinogens in drinking water are low, it is precisely such low levels that are believed to be responsible for the majority of human cancers in the U.S. Experts in carcinogens estimate that from 60% to 90% of all cancers may be formed by chemical carcinogens in the environment and that there is no safe threshold for exposure to a carcinogen.
To further treat your water, make sure you are using a combination of home and portable water filter units. Your water must be filtered everywhere you go with every water you drink.
