Thousands of American municipalities add chlorine to their drinking water to get rid of contaminants like nitrates, arsenic and pesticides. But this inexpensive and highly effective disinfectant has a dark side. “Chlorine, added as an inexpensive and effective drinking water disinfectant, is also a known poison to the body,” says Vanessa Lausch of filter manufacturer [...]
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DRINKING WATER CAN GIVE YOU CANCER!!!
Posted by Michael Casals on March 17th, 2010
Posted in Health 
Tags: Aquasana, Bottled water, chlorine, Disinfectant, Drinking water, Water supply 
No Comments »Trihalomethanes Contaminants in Drinking Water
Posted by Michael Casals on March 3rd, 2010
All drinking water including bottled water contains a certain amount of chemicals. At this point it is almost unavoidable. There are currently standards for 90 of these contaminants although there could be many more than that. One of these contaminants is called trihalomethanes, or THM’s they are a chemical compound comprised of four chemicals that [...]
