How many of us go to games with our kid’s and constantly tell them, “Don’t put your mouth on the water fountain spout.” Germs, bacteria and all sorts of things live there.
My two sons are active in sports, and with the filtered bottle this not only keeps them from drinking directly from the fountain, but it also […]

There have been a number of articles relating to the dangers of freezing or microwaving food or water in plastic containers.  These processes are alleged to release Dioxins into the food or water. 
According to the FDA and the American Cancer Society, among others, these claims are entirely unfounded.  First, plastics used in packaging food and water […]

I happened to be in the office of the Secretary of State of Missouri on corporate business, and I took note of a placard they had posted on the wall listing the amounts of time it takes for various types of materials to decompose and be returned to nature.  There was a range of 2 years to […]

Chlorine was first added to a community water system in 1908 in Chicago and was instrumental in eliminating many types of water-borne disease such as Cholera and Typhoid fever. Prior to chlorination, many major cities had death tolls of 1 in 1000 people from Typhoid alone. Chlorine has been used to disinfect municipal water for […]

The causes of water contamination are numerous and range from agricultural runoff to improper use of household chemicals and everything in between. While the standard use in our society of over 75,000 different chemical compounds has offered added convenience and productivity in our lives, it has also come at a tremendous price… drastic increase in […]

There is a widely circulated “scare” story on the internet about a “potentially carcinogenic chemical” referred to as DEHA, migrating into water from plastic water bottles.  The authors of these articles report diethyl hydroxylamine, or DEHA, leaches from plastic water bottles on repeated washing and rinsing.  Users of plastic water bottles are warned to discard […]