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Portable Filtered Water vs Bottled Water

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Bottled water has become one of the largest industries in the world. Over half of all Americans drink bottled water, spending 240-10,000 times more per gallon for bottled water than they do for tap water, a trend largely fueled by the misconception that bottled water is safer or healthier than tap water.

Is bottled water really the best way to get healthy, great tasting water?
How do you know about the quality of the water your buying?
Is the cost worth it?
Controversial reports from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in Washington, DC, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Gland, Switzerland, say no. Even the Federal agency that regulates bottled water quality, the FDA, says no!

The FDA states: “Companies who market bottled water as being safer than tap water are defrauding the American public.”

The best alternative to tap water is water filtration, using a combination of portable water filters, water bottles filter, and in-home water filtration. With these water filters, you can have better than bottled water quality…..for under 10¢ a gallon.

It has also become a target of the environmental community due to the massive amounts of plastic bottles being disposed of from bottled water use.

Bottled water is now a multi-billion dollar business, the fastest growing and most profitable segment of the entire beverage industry. If you currently buy bottled water, chances are it’s because you prefer the taste and trust the quality over tap water, but do you really know what is or is not in bottled water?

Indoor plumbing was one of the greatest lifestyle enhancements in history. We once had to leave our house, transport and store water. Then, we progressed to indoor plumbing and had a continuous supply of water at our fingertips. Now, we are regressing…people are once again transporting and storing water. Instead of walking to the well, we are driving to the store or having water driven to us. Bottled water simply doesn’t make sense, don’t let high priced ad campaignes make you think that it does. Once you know the truth, we hope you’ll join the millions of informed consumers who are “Just saying no” to bottled water!

Water Filtration vs. bottled water… it’s better quality, a much better value, far more convenient… and it’s better for the environment!

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Lead in Drinking Water

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

“Lead is the number one environmental health threat to our children”
U.S. Department of Health And Human Services
 
Next to chlorine, lead is the most common contaminant found in tap water. Lead in drinking water usually originates between the water main in the street and the household faucet, so treatment from a central point is neither logical or practical. Most lead in drinking water comes from lead lined pipes, lead solder and brass plumbing fixtures inside your home. The EPA estimates that 98% of all homes have pipes, fixtures or solder joints in the household plumbing that can contribute some level of lead to the tap water.

It has been determined and recognized by the EPA that there is no safe level for lead in drinking water and that any level poses some degree of adverse health effects.

Ironically lead takes it’s greatest toll on small children. Even very low levels of lead can cause reduced IQs, learning disabilities and behavioral problems such as hypertension and reduced attention span in children. And often the effects of lead are life long and irreversible.

In adults lead in drinking water causes high blood pressure and reduces hemoglobin production necessary for oxygen transport and interferes with normal cellular calcium metabolism. Water borne lead effects every one in a very tragic and permanent way. Lead exposure is cumulative and long lasting. This toxic metal is stored by the body, primarily in teeth and bones. When the body is under physical stress, or deficient in certain minerals, the stored lead is released in varying quantities depending on the individuals physical state.

Essentially, lead has a very damaging effect on the body’s electrical system, the nervous system. It causes the critical life giving messages, sent from the brain to every cell and organ in our body, to become distorted. This results in the onset of a chain of tragic health effects.

It is estimated by the U.S. EPA that lead in drinking water contributes to 560,000 cases of learning disorders in children and 680,000 cases of hypertension in adults, each year in the U.S. alone. Some studies have even shown a relationship in exposure to lead and adolescent crime. Areas in large cities that have shown to have higher levels of lead in the drinking water, have also been found to have a higher rate of pre-adult crime. The effects of lead in drinking water; depression, anxiety, learning disabilities and hypertension are many of the same factors that lead to anti-social behavior and in some cases violent activities in children and teenagers.

Essentially, every household with indoor plumbing has some level of lead in the tap water that represents a health risk. The biggest tragedy of lead contamination from drinking water is that it is completely preventable. By taking a few simple steps, beginning with Point-Of-Use filtration like Portable Water Filters and Water Filter Bottles, we can virtually eliminate the crippling effects of lead on our society, and most importantly on our children.

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Are Point of Use Water Filters Better?

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Point of Entry (POE) is a term used to describe a filter system that filters water at the point it enters plumbming lines or tanks. Good examples are whole house filters and under-counter filters. Point of Use (POU), by contrast, is a water filter system that filters the water as it is being used. A Portable Water Filter, Shower Filter, or Water Bottle filter is a good example of a POU filter.

Point-of-entry systems are beneficial in that they provide filtered water to all baths and showers as well as other water appliances. By filtering all the water going into your home you improve not only the healthfulness of the water, but you greatly improve the indoor air quality by removing chlorine and other chemicals that vaporize and get into the indoor air.

However, Point-of-Use systems are by far the best way to ensure the highest quality water since many water-borne contaminants come from the plumbing in your house, especially lead and vinyl chloride from the piping. By filtering water at the point-of-use you remove contaminants just prior to consumption, eliminating the chance of recontamination.

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Are Water Filters Better?

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

This question is asked many times:

Which is better, a Water Filter, Reverse Osmosis, or Distillation System?

Reverse Osmosis and Distilled Water are both non-selective de-mineralizing processes. The water produced by these systems, by design, is stripped of ALL mineral content. This causes the water to be acidic and aggressive. The healthiest water is water that is free from contamination but still contains natural mineral balance. Water Filter Systems are designed to selectively remove the contaminants and allow natural minerals to pass through. Your portable water filter and water filter bottle will remove the bad elements and leave the good elements.

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TDS and Water Filters

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

“Filtration” systems are designed to selectively remove contaminants and to leave in the dissolved trace minerals such as calcium and magnesium. These water-borne minerals are healthful and give water a more natural flavor. Systems that remove minerals lower the pH of water and cause it to be more aggressive. Low pH water will seek to balance itself by leaching elements such as copper, lead or aluminum from plumbing fixtures and cooking utensils. Cooking in de-mineralized water will also draw the minerals from your foods causing a reduced nutritional value. Water with a balanced mineral content has a much less tendency to take on foreign elements. TDS (total dissolved solids) is primarily made up of dissolved minerals and is not related to harmful contaminants. It is very deceptive for companies to imply that a reduction in TDS means improved water quality, in most cases it does not.

Water Filters and Portable Water Filters are perfect for removing the harful elements (chlorine, lead, bacteria) from the water while leaving in the healthy minerals that we all need.

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Portable Water Filters and Water Filtration

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Because the Pure Water 2GO Water Filter Bottle is a system you can use anywhere, it offers portability and convenience that compares to bottled water. But consider the drawbacks to drinking bottled water: A supply of full water bottles is heavy to carry, expensive to buy and keep stocked, and is filling up our landfills. With the Pure Water 2GO Portable Water Filter Bottles, you just add water and produce Pure Water on the spot.

Commercially bottled water is expensive — Each bottle you filter through your Portable Water Filter costs a fraction of that price. And with bottled water, the quality can vary depending on where or when it was bottled. The Pure Water 2GO bottle provides consistent quality through every bottle.

Who needs a Water Bottle Filter?
The Pure Water 2GO line of exclusive, patented Portable Water Filter Products offer a way to ensure that you always get good-tasting, clean water whenever you need it.

Your health — and the health of your family — depends on a supply of water at all times. The water bottle filters are your assurance that you’ll always have a practical, economical, ready source of healthy, delicious water. Count on it — it’s as reliable as gravity.

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Remove the Chlorine, Portable Water Filter

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

The addition of chlorine to our drinking water began in the late 1800s and by 1904 was the standard in water treatment, and for the most part remains so today. We don’t use chlorine because it’s the safest or even the most effective means of disinfection, we use it because it is the cheapest. In spite of all our technological advances, we essentially still pour bleach in our water before we drink it. The long term effects of chlorinated drinking water have just recently being recognized. According to the U.S. Council Of Environmental Quality, “Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine.”

Get a Portable Water Filter Bottle and begin filtering ALL of your water, not just when you are at home.

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Water Research Statistics

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

What would you do if the water supply ran out and the only thing to drink was lake or river water? Biological filters are the answer and here are some very disturbing Facts and Figures:

Over 2.7 Billion people will face water scarcity by 2025.

More than 5 million people will die each year from water-related diseases.

The UN predicts that two out of three people will be living with water shortages by 2025.

Twenty percent of all Union surface water is seriously threatened with pollution.

More than 1.2 billion people currently lack access to safe water and 3 billion have inadequate sanitation.

About 2 million tons of waste is dumped everyday into rivers, lakes and streams. That is a scary thought since, in many cases, this is where our water comes from. Filter your water as you drink it.

 

 

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Groundwater Pollution

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Can you control what type of fertilization your neighbor uses or how much pesticide they put out to kill the bugs in the yard?  How about the man down the street changing his oil, do you really know how he disposes of it?

There may be a disposal facility and there are instructions on most House and Garden chemicals, but not everyone follows directions. Please help by assisting your friends and family to read and take part in helping the environment stay safe for us all.

So where does this contamination go?  Some causes for contamination can even be natural soil or rock conditions as seen in this link:  http://www.mqtinfo.org/planningeduc0020.asp

The water we consume is so important to our health and by purchasing and using the filtered water bottles from PureWater2Go we can help prevent the illnesses caused by Groundwater Pollution.

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Introduction to Anthrax

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

What is Anthrax?  Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic lower vertebrates (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, antelopes, and other herbivores), but it can also occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals or tissue from infected animals.

How common is Anthrax and who can get it?  Anthrax is most common in agricultural regions where it occurs in animals. These include South and Central America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. When anthrax affects humans, it is usually due to an occupational exposure to infected animals or their products. Workers who are exposed to dead animals and animal products from other countries where anthrax is more common may become infected with B. anthracis (industrial anthrax). Anthrax in wild livestock has occurred in the United States.

In most cases, if you treat it early with antibiotics you can survive, but Gastrointestinal Anthrax is more serious because between one-forth and more than half of the cases lead to death. The symptoms can appear within 7 days.

Everyone knows of the Anthrax scare in October 2001. The Biological Bottle filters out Bacteria, Protozoa, Anthrax, and Cryptosporidium just to name a few. All of these things can lead to illness. Make sure you keep yourself and your family safe.

More information related to Anthrax and Water Filters coming soon.

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