WaterBlogged

Water Worries

Posted on Apr 15, 2009 by Jamie

Unless you have been hiding out in a cave, you can’t help but notice the abundance of news about drinking water. It seems that most news we hear, at least in recent times, is some sort of attack on bottled water. There are more and more advocates of tap water every day, telling people not to drink bottled water or that bottled water is bad for a whole host of reasons. I’m not sure why these people are so against bottled water in the first place but there are some very important details they aren’t telling you about the water that comes straight from your tap.

First of all, unlike bottled waters such as Fontis Water, tap water is not regulated like a food product by the FDA. No, tap water is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency, the same people who watch over things like oil and chemical spills in our oceans , rivers and lakes, but rightfully so, after all these are the places that tap water comes from and take a look at some of the contaminates found in most tap water:

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council the following contaminates are found not only in Atlanta tap water but in tap water from municipalities all over the state of Georgia and states all over the country…

LEAD, which enters drinking water supplies from the corrosion of pipes or faucets and can cause permanent brain damage and decreased intelligence in infants and children.

PATHOGENS (germs) such as COLIFORM BACTERIA or CRYPTOSPORIDIUM, a microscopic disease-carrying protozoan that presents health concerns, especially to individuals with weakened immune systems including HIV/AIDS patients, the elderly, children, and people who have undergone organ transplants or cancer chemotherapy or who have certain chronic diseases.

TRIHALOMETHANES and HALOACETIC ACIDS, by-products of the chlorination process, which may cause cancer and, potentially, reproductive problems and miscarriage.

CARCINOGENS and other toxic chemicals, including ARSENIC (which is naturally occurring or derives from mining and industrial processes), radioactive radon, the pesticide atrazine (affecting the water of more than 1 million Americans)

And the latest; ROCKET FUEL or PERCHLORATE from rocket fuel (present in the water supplies of more than 20 million Americans)

Read the most recent news article on the Fontis Water web site about tap water and Perchlorate here.

Yes, these are the details that the tap water advocates are leaving out of their stories. But there is hope! Reputable bottled water companies like Fontis Water work with federal, state and local agencies to ensure that the water you put into your body is pure and free of harmful contaminates; sure tap water may cost less than Fontis Water, that’s why I’m fine with letting it run down my shower drain.

Tagged: fontis water, atlanta tap water, georgia tap water, bottled water, tap water contaminates, lead, coliform, crytosporidium, trihalomethanes, carcinogens, perchlorate