A lot of people do not know this, but taking a shower in regular tap water can be harmful to the body. Tap water has chlorine and other harmful chemicals in it. Showering in water carrying chlorine can cause health problems like asthma and bronchitis. Also showering in chlorine water can cause breast and bladder cancer. It also causes health problems in children. Did you know chlorine is one of the leading causes in fatigue? But you do not have to shower in unsafe water there is always a solution to a problem. The solution would be using a shower filter. The benefits of using a shower filter would be the filter would be taking out the chlorine and other harmful chemicals. If that is done that eliminates one cause of health issues, also your skin and hair benefit from a shower filter. Using a shower filter your skin becomes softer and healthier looking. When the shower filters eliminate the chemicals it reduces the presence of skin rashes and the look of wrinkles. Also your hair becomes healthier and softer looking. When using a shower filter your hair is able to preserve the natural moisturizing oils that chlorine takes away when showering in tap water.
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007Is Tap Water Safe?
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007The question on everyone’s mind is tap water safe? Well the answer is no. Even though the water goes through “treatment,” you must think about the route the water goes through to come out of your faucet. Through miles of pipes underneath the streets. Do you think these pipes are totally clean? The pipes are old and have rust, corrosion, and all kind of germs that can get into your water. Also just because the water is treated doesn’t mean it completely cleans the water. Chlorine still passes through the system. This chemical, as we all know, is not a good thing to intake on a daily bases. Chlorine is toxic to the body. Some germs and bacteria, like cryptosporidium, that can cause diarrhea and other illnesses are also resistant to chlorine, thus is found in a lot of tap water. Studies in the ER show that drinking tap water increases the risk of kidney stones.
So after knowing some little things about out supposedly safe tap water, do you think tap water is safe to drink? No way. What are some solutions to not drinking tap water? Well obviously make sure your water is always filtered using qualified water filters. There are also water bottle filters that can be used. Just carry you filtered bottle water around and where ever there is water you’ll be able to drink clean water with just using your bottle.
Unsafe chlorine levels have been found in DC water supply
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007The Environmental Working Group conducted water tests over a 5-day period recently in Washington DC. The tests were done at schools, homes, office buildings, the US Capitol, and the EPA office buildings. The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit agency, tested the waters after a month-long over-chlorination the Washington Aqueduct does annually in hopes of removing sediment and other items from the pipes. Basically, the agency decides to severly over-pollute the water supply with a cancer-causing agent for a month each year in hopes of removing some bad stuff from the pipes.
The tests were done a few days after the end of the “chlorine burn,” and the results were horrible. The associated press reports that unsafe levels of these chlorine pollutants were found in 40 percent of the Washington DC water. The EWG attempted to get the Army Corps of Engineers to take a serious look at the problem, but they feel that the levels of contamination are “probably temporary,” according to Aqueduct General Manager Thomas Jacobus. He says the water currently meets EPA standards because he is allowed to average the contaminant levels throughout the year.
Obviously this kind of problem reflects a nationwide problem with our tap water supply system. Without these agencies watching out for us, we will have to continue to filter the water ourselves using carbon filtration using personal water filters, home filters, and other water filters and water filter products every day. Next time you plan a trip with the kids to go check out the White House, make sure you take your filter bottle!
Going very green
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Today is the second in my ramblings about the new “green” economy. No, I don’t mean money. Unless you have been in a coma or under a rock, I’m sure you have heard from many different sources from the New York Times to Oprah about “going green.” It’s sweeping the nation, and it is looking like it is going to be the largest shift we have seen in recent times. Gone are the days of not really caring what happens to the environment and what we are doing it, and even better, gone are the days where we say we should do something but don’t. People worldwide are actually doing it! Every week there is a new major city in the US that says “NO MORE BOTTLED WATER!” Canadians are throwing away that plastic and diving head-long into recycling. Even Australia has decided to join the fun to make sure those sunny shores stay sunny for years to come. I personally think it’s about time we wake up and look at what is going on. Today people have realized that even a little will help a lot: Ride a bike once a week, ride a bus, recycle 2 times a month, use water filters, save that cardboard and plastic those plastic bags in case you need them later, and filter your own water using filtered water bottles and water filter bottle products. It’s a huge savings not only to your pocketbook, but also to our children’s future.
Thank you world for you interest. Keep up the good work.
United States Turning Green
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Gone are the days of California being the only state that has “fruitcake” laws about saving energy, the environment, and saving us from ourselves. The rest of the country is starting to “go green.”
You see it on you-tube, cnn, cbs, and all over TV, radio, and in newspapers: The country is “going green.” No more wasting things, no more using electricity, solar panels, fuel saving cars, saving food, saving water, the list goes on and on. Now that consumers are becoming more and more aware, businesses are having to follow suit just to keep up. Consumers will no long buy from a business that is know to pollute or not be a “green” company. Probably the largest single example is in the bottled water industry. As we all know, bottled water has grown in popularity faster than anything else in our economy, and we are starting to see the bottle-waste now. City governments like New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Minneapolis are even banning bottled water from their cities. This is the beginning of a global trend away from the use of bottled water as a staple wherever you go. Consumers are now moving to filtered water, tap water, portable filter bottles, water bottle filters, and other water filters for their drinking water. Not only have we figured out that filtering your tap water is cheap, but it can taste great to.
Who Tests Bottled Water?
Sunday, July 15th, 2007The FDA trusts bottled water companies testing filtering systems, and has refused to require lab certification. FDA regulations specify that either “qualified bottling plant personnel” or “competent commercial laboratories” use approved water quality test methods. The FDA and it does not require that such personnel or laboratories be certified or otherwise establish their qualifications to do the required tests. Since the FDA has decided not to force companies to use certified labs, why should we trust the quality of the water? They state that there is no current law or right that can legally give them the ability to force these types of rules or guidelines, even though it has been proven to be dangerous to us all.
So you can see that there is a huge problem with this lack water regulation. The FDA is obviously not concerned with you, the consumer, and your physical well-being. Don’t leave it up to a government agency to decide what is or isn’t good for you. Make the decision for yourself and choose to use home water filters and water bottle filter products wherever you are!
The Difference In Regulations Of Tap Water Compared To Bottled Water
Friday, July 13th, 2007Tap Water and Bottled Water are not equal, and neither are the regulations that should make us safe when drinking! If you think bottled water if safe, you may want to think again.
The first difference in regulation is weaker chemical-contaminant testing requirements for bottled water.
- Under EPA rules, a city must test its tap water for many organic chemicals, generally at least once a quarter.
- Water bottlers need only test for most chemicals once a year under FDA’s rules.
The following are the contaminants that tap water tests for, but bottled water companies ARE NOT required to report on. Asbestos, Bromate, Di(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate, Haloacetic acids, Dibromomethane, m-Dichlorobenzene, 1,1-Dichloropropene, Dichloroethane, Tetrachloroethane, Dichloropropane, Chloromethane, Bromomethane, Trichloropropane, Tetrachloroethane, Chloroethane, Dichloropropane, Chlorotoluene, Chlorotoluene, Bromobenzene, and Dichloropropene. Now I personally don’t know what the majority of those items are, but I did do a quick check on a few of the items, and I found out that all of them I DO NOT WANT!! Check them out yourself, you will be surprised as I was.
So you can see that bottled water isn’t the safe alternative! The safe alternative to bad tasting tap water is achieved by using water filters to remove any contaminants that may still be in the water after treatment. The irregularities in regulations seen above show that tap water is better regulated so you at least know what is or isn’t in the water. Bottled water and its weak regulations don’t give you the luxury of knowing what is or isn’t in the water you drink. Don’t fool yourself and live the repercussions of your choice. BE SAFE FILTER TAP WATER and know the quality before you drink!
Several Reasons to avoid bottled water…
Thursday, July 12th, 2007- GAPING HOLES IN GOVERNMENT BOTTLED WATER REGULATION
- FDA Rules for Bottled Water Are Generally Less Strict than Tap Water Rules
- Water bottled and sold in a single state — the majority of bottled water sold in the United States — is not covered by FDA rules, according to FDA.
- FDA’s definition of “bottled water” covered by its standards irrationally exempts many types of bottled water.
- Even water defined as “bottled water” is not specifically required to meet treatment, contamination, or testing standards as strict as those applicable to city tap water.
- Weaker bacteria rules for bottled water.
- No treatment requirements to remove or kill bacteria and parasites in bottled water.
- No Cryptosporidium and Giardia testing for bottled water.
- Weaker standards for some chemical contaminants in bottled water.
These are just a few of many reasons why bottled water is too expensive and too dangerous for you and your family to drink. Filter your water at home and away from the house. Filtering water doesn’t have to be a burden, get a portable filtered bottle when you leave the house so you can easily fill it from any water source; it filters while you drink so you don’t waste any time! Don’t make excuses when it comes to your water quality!
Bottled Water Killing us all?
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007An article in the Chicago Sun Times in April did a great job helping us get the word out about how bottled water is made, how it hurts the environment, and how recycling these bottles is a massive waste of energy. Click here to read the article. However, while I hate to poke holes in people’s work; it’s high time people start writing correct information, not just information that makes sense.
In the 3rd paragraph of the article, recycling is brought up. She explains that PET bottles are recyclable, but it does no good because only 1 out of every five bottles is actually recycled. She leads us to believe that this is because consumers just don’t care and are throwing them away. This is a HUGE mis-statement for 2 reasons:
1. Plastic bottles actually cost more money and use more energy to recycle than they do to make a new one. While it’s great to recycle, there are very few groups that are going to do much recycling if it makes no monetary sense. In fact, the only people that will do that is the government (obviously). At the end of the day we have to pay for the waste of money. Until it catches on in the private sector, or until some of these “activist groups” figure out a way to start raising money for the high cost of recycling, it’s never going to be a really good alternative.
2. Still not convinced? Well, this will stick the final nail in the coffin. What if we got everybody to recycle? What if we started a massive global-wide recycling program and every bottled used went into recycled bottles? Perfect, right? Wrong. According to the regulations regarding food products in the US, only 5% to 10% of the material used in making plastic bottles can be from recycled material. It’s called “food-grade plastic” and has been a requirement for decades. It makes us all safe when we use the products, which is the idea. If all the bottles were recycled, we would just be creating a lot of material we can’t use. The new bottles are still being created, and must eventually be thrown away.
The only real option we have is to re-use the same bottles. Get a water filter bottle or portable water filter and filter your own water. You can make your own great-tasting water directly from the tap, it saves money, and saves the environment. The best part, if everybody used water bottle filters we wouldn’t need bottled water anymore! How great would that be?
Maintain Your Filter Properly
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007No filter bottle will give you good performance over the long term unless it receives regular maintenance. As contaminants build up, the filter can not only become less effective, but actually can make your water worse, by starting to release harmful bacteria or chemicals back into your filtered water. To keep your filter working properly, follow the manufacturer’s maintenance directions. Some filters only require a cartridge change, while others are better maintained by a certified professional. Many filter distributors offer maintenance and service contracts for their products. Before buying any water treatment system, compare not only filter prices, but also operating and maintenance costs for the different units.