| We all need water to survive. No way of | | | | reading more labels. |
| trying to get around it, it is a fundamental | | | | |
| part of just LIVING. Without water we would | | | | Then we are faced with toxic spills. |
| die. As I'm sure most people are aware, more | | | | Thousands of environmental groups around the |
| than half our body weight is just water. | | | | world demand that the public be made aware of |
| Water is the main ingredient in our blood and | | | | toxic spills and some companies actually |
| is what makes our internal systems work. Be | | | | accommodate the public by informing them when |
| it the digestive system, lymphatic system or | | | | these things happen but what about when they |
| circulatory system they all need water for | | | | don't/won't do it? What happens when |
| optimal function. Water is what flushes out | | | | chemicals get purposefully dumped? In some |
| the toxins and carries the nutrients to your | | | | cases these crisis are undoubtedly well |
| cells. | | | | managed but let's not be naïve. They can't |
| | | | get them all. |
| The body cannot store water and so since we | | | | |
| loose water all the time, through urine, | | | | Outbreaks sometimes just happen and there is |
| bowel movements and perspiration it is | | | | no fore warning and no way of controlling it |
| imperative that it gets replaced. Dehydration | | | | initially. These things take time. In 1993 |
| is never a good thing. You feel weak, | | | | Milwaukee, Wisconsin saw the largest |
| drained, tired, and lightheaded. To top it | | | | waterborne disease out break in the history |
| all off you suffer from terrible headaches. | | | | of the United States. A reported 400 000 |
| | | | people were sick. The disease was |
| Well now we know that we NEED to drink water | | | | Cryptosporidium, which is a diarrheas disease |
| but when we do so are we aware of exactly | | | | caused by parasites. It is apparently a |
| what it is that we are putting in our bodies? | | | | parasite that is one of the more common |
| | | | waterborne diseases in the United States and |
| The quality of the water we drink varies from | | | | is found in both drinking water and |
| place to place and from country to country. | | | | recreational water. It is not just found in |
| Don't misunderstand all water contains | | | | the United States however, it is a common |
| impurities of some sort and need to be | | | | parasite found world wide. The parasite has a |
| 'decontaminated" as there are many parasitic | | | | hard outer layer that helps it to survive and |
| disease found in water ,but some people quite | | | | so once inside you the parasite lives in the |
| rightly want to know how much of the | | | | intestines and passes in the stool. |
| chemicals that go into the water are harmful | | | | |
| to our bodies? | | | | Sometimes it's not the chemicals, not |
| | | | bacterial outbreaks that are harmful but the |
| Due to this more and more people are drinking | | | | general wear and tear of your plumbing |
| bottled water. Bottled water may come from a | | | | materials. As they start to corrode so you |
| tap, spring water, well water, purified water | | | | get the introduction of lead into your water. |
| or it may just be untreated water and so very | | | | This is the water that you, your loved ones |
| contaminated. People seem to be under a sense | | | | and children consume. Well, once off it |
| of false security when it comes to bottled | | | | probably doesn't do much but over time it |
| water. We all tend to believe that bottled | | | | leads to high blood pressure and kidney |
| water is safer than tap water. In some cases | | | | problems in adults and in children it can |
| it is and in others it is far more harmful. | | | | delay physical and mental development. The |
| | | | results of this being a short attention span |
| In the United Stated bottled water is | | | | in children and in some cases learning |
| regulated by the FDA but they too seem to | | | | disabilities. |
| fall short in some areas. Bottled water | | | | |
| suppliers are not made to document the | | | | We need water, no arguing it as we have |
| approval of their sources, so we the public | | | | already established, without it in a couple |
| have to "go on their word". I was completely | | | | of days we will die. We can't control |
| horrified to learn that 'water bottlers are | | | | everything in our lives but we can be more |
| permitted to sell contaminated water if, and | | | | proactive in finding out what is in what we |
| only if, their labeling notes the water | | | | are drinking. Especially since when drinking |
| contains "excessive bacteria" or "excessive | | | | water we are doing so to just stay alive. |
| chemical substances".' I for one will be | | | | Ironically never to harm ourselves. |