A group of authors reviewed the medical records of 194 HIV positive patients newly diagnosed with cryptosporidiosis and all 3,564 patients with newly diagnosed AIDS at San Fransico General Hospital between 1986-1992. Cryptosporidiosis (directly linked to cryptosporidium found in water, usually tap water, but also in bottled water) was found to be in dangerous levels in […]

Unlike people in many parts of the world, Americans take clean, safe drinking water for granted. We shouldn’t. Scientists estimate that each year up to 7 million Americans become sick from contaminated tap water, which can also be lethal. I will state that again, just in case you skimmed over it and didn’t really read […]

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 […]

In March of 1999, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report called “Bottled Water, Pure Drink or Pure Hype?” and petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for improvements in the FDA’s bottled water regulation program. The changes called for would simply require that the FDA’s bottled water rules be “no less stringent” […]

According to the National Water Quality Association, 56% of all people are worried about the quality of municipally treated tap water. This, along with the desire for better tasting drinking water, has fueled tremendous growth in the bottled water industry. We can all remember, not too long ago, when the bottled water section at the […]

How many of us know that tap water is not safe to drink? But if you talk to people and ask them about this issue, most can only give a vague explanation of the problem. People know that tap water is not safe, but don’t really know why.
The fact is that water contamination is one […]

Staying hydrated through the course of exercise is crucial because water is what delivers oxygen to the muscles, which then fuels them during the course of the workout.  Without adequate fluids, the body is subject to heat injury and the overall performance is impaired.
One of the most important things to do when exercising is to […]

On a tip from a friend last month, I purchased four Biological water filter bottles from PureWater2Go for my family’s trip to Mexico.  These bottles are great!  They work exactly as promised, and are actually less expensive than drinking bottled water.
These special Bio bottles filter out all kinds of bacteria and organisms from any water […]

This is a scary thing for some, but becoming an epidemic for others. We all need water to survive and The World Health Organization estimated that 80% of all illnesses in the world are due to waterborne diseases, which kills around 5 million people a year.
Of course, having access to bottled water or filtered water […]

Fashion had a big part to play in buying and carrying water bottles. The practice of carrying a small water bottle around was pioneered by supermodels. But why continue to purchase bottles and bottles of water, when you can buy a portable filtered water bottle and carry it anywhere you go?
The myth that you have […]