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