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		<title>Win a LIFE Ionizers 5100 Alkaline Water Ionizer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo McDevitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ode magazine and online community – people dedicated to making the world a better place &#8211; is holding an auction this weekend to support the community’s positive work.  Ode has long been a source of news and information for intelligent optimists who seek to make the world a better place. LIFE Ionizers supports the work [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/community/win-life-water-ionizer/">Win a LIFE Ionizers 5100 Alkaline Water Ionizer!</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_3696" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 269px"><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/5100.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3696" title="LIFE 5100 Alkaline Water Ionizer" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/5100-259x300.jpg" alt="LIFE 5100 alkaline water ionizer image" width="259" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Your winning bid can make this advanced technology ionizer yours</p></div>
<p>Ode magazine and online community – people dedicated to making the world a better place &#8211; is holding an auction this weekend to support the community’s positive work.  Ode has long been a source of news and information for intelligent optimists who seek to make the world a better place.</p>
<p>LIFE Ionizers supports the work that the Ode community does, and has donated a <a href="http://www.32auctions.com/organizations/3030/auctions/3386/auction_items/74069">LIFE 5100 alkaline water ionizer</a> to the Ode community. The ionizer is fully equipped, comes with all of LIFE’s cutting edge technologies:</p>
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<li>Laser Energy Technology</li>
<li> MESH Plate Technology</li>
<li> UV Light Technology</li>
<li> Energy Frequency Technology (EFT)</li>
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<p>A LIFE 5100 with all of the technologies listed above normally retails for $2,200. The Ode community auction is an opportunity to get the most advanced water ionizer in its class at a substantial discount. The LIFE 5100 will be featured in the Ode community auction this weekend, so hurry and submit your bid!</p>
<h2>Benefits of LIFE Water Ionizers advanced technologies</h2>
<p>The optional technologies loaded into the LIFE 5100 that is being auctioned make better <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/water-facts/alkaline-water.html">alkaline water</a>:</p>
<p>Laser Energy Technology – Erases harmful energy frequencies from water, reprograms water with healing frequencies to help balance the body’s subtle energy systems.</p>
<p>MESH Plate Technology – MESH plates allow an ionizer to reach 10 – 15 % higher pH and –ORP levels.</p>
<p>UV Light Technology – Destroys harmful bacteria, viruses, and cysts. UV Light protects you from waterborne infection.</p>
<p>Energy Frequency Technology – Energizes water with quantum energy frequencies to charge the body’s subtle energy systems, and promote healing.</p>
<h2>About the Ode Community</h2>
<p>The Ode community focuses on solution, instead of problems, a refreshing break from the constant beat of negativity in the mainstream media. Ode magazine reports on positive news from around the world and supports innovative research aimed at making the world a better place.</p>
<p>One of Ode’s most recent articles examines the latest research that shows that water has memory. LIFE’s innovative technologies are designed to improve the memory of water at the physical and quantum levels. The staff at Ode magazine has a LIFE Ionizer and knows from firsthand experience how beneficial it is to drink water made using LIFE’s advanced technologies.</p>
<p>Want to know more about the benefits of reprogramming the water you drink? Call our healthy water experts today at (888) 688-8889.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/community/win-life-water-ionizer/">Win a LIFE Ionizers 5100 Alkaline Water Ionizer!</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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		<title>Water Filtration for Restaurants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Life Ionizers Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dining is an American pastime. We love to eat. Even more than that, though, most of us love to have someone else prepare our food for us at a restaurant, especially when the food is good and fast. The food can be delicious, but if you question the cleanliness of the restaurant, it can definitely [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/community/water-filtration-for-restaurants/">Water Filtration for Restaurants</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_3310" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/coffee.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3310" title="water filtration makes good coffee" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/coffee-300x225.jpg" alt="coffe made with filtered water" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Coffee tastes better when its made with clean water</p></div>
<p>Dining is an American pastime. We love to eat. Even more than that, though, most of us love to have someone else prepare our food for us at a restaurant, especially when the food is good and fast. The food can be delicious, but if you question the cleanliness of the restaurant, it can definitely take away from the experience. As a restaurant operator, you’re serious about protecting your patron’s health. There are other <a href="http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/">restaurant supplies</a> for healthy eating that can improve your patron&#8217;s experience in addition to filtered water.  Here’s how whole home filtration can give your patrons a better dining experience.</p>
<h2>Whole home water filtration makes all your water clean</h2>
<p>If you’re a restaurant owner, the cleanliness of the water will be a major factor in keeping your restaurant clean and sanitary. Water will be used in everything you do. A water filtration system is good for the home, but it’s extremely important for restaurants to have clean water. After all, people bring their families to eat there because they put a lot of trust in you.</p>
<p>Water that isn’t filtered can be harmful as germs spread when hands are washed, drinks are served and dishes are cleaned. Tap water may pass the eyeball test, but germs can be invisible. You can’t detect them.</p>
<h2>Why do you need whole water home filtration for your restaurant?</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Chlorine and other toxic chemicals will be filtered out of the water.</strong> Patrons can become ill due to water that is filled with chemicals and bacteria. Research done by UC Berkley shows that your elderly patrons face a <a href="../news-updates/general/tap-water-stomach-illness/">12% higher risk of getting sick from tap water</a></li>
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<ul>
<li>T<strong>he overall quality of the food is increased when purified water is the main ingredient.</strong> Customers put their trust in you as a restaurant operator, and you can offer them the assurance that the water that is being used promotes good health. They may never be told, but the establishment can feel good about knowing they are helping those who spend their hard earned money by dining with you.</li>
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<ul>
<li><strong>Filtered water helps those who have asthma and allergy issues. </strong>Some<strong> c</strong>ustomers with allergies may be sickened by chemicals in tap water. It’s like walking into a store with new clothing. Someone who is sensitive will have problems with their eyes burning or nose sniffling due to the dye in the new fabric that just came from the manufacturer.</li>
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<p>A whole house water filtration system protects everyone from the harmful toxins found in drinking water. Whole home filtration can protect you and your customers. It’s one of the best insurance policies you will ever have spent on food safety.</p>
<p>Guest Article by Felicia Baratz-Savage from <a href="http://www.eatbreatheblog.com/">http://www.eatbreatheblog.com/</a></p>
<p>Need more information about whole home filtration for your restaurant? Call our water filtration experts today at: (888) 688-8889.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/community/water-filtration-for-restaurants/">Water Filtration for Restaurants</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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		<title>Healthy Alkaline Living Ways To Get Ready For Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlkalineLifestyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s March and our Alkaline Lifestyle site’s nutrition, fitness and mind and spirit experts have some great ideas to help you get ready for the Spring!  Check out these recent blog posts: 10 Alkaline Foods to Help You Shed Fat  Beating Workout Burnout Happiness Habit #1 This were just a small sample of the great [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/community/healthy-alkaline-living-ways-to-get-ready-for-spring/">Healthy Alkaline Living Ways To Get Ready For Spring</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s March and our <a title="Alkaline Lifestyle" href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com" target="_blank">Alkaline Lifestyle</a> site’s nutrition, fitness and mind and spirit experts have some great ideas to help you get ready for the Spring!  Check out these recent blog posts:</p>
<p><strong><em><a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/_blog/Nutrition_Blog/post/10_Alkaline_Foods_to_help_you_Shed_Winter_Fat/" target="_blank">10 Alkaline Foods to Help You Shed Fat</a></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/_blog/Fitness_Blog/post/Beating_Workout_Burnout/" target="_blank"> <strong><em>Beating Workout Burnout</em></strong></a></p>
<p><strong><em><a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/_blog/Mind_and_Spirit_Blog/post/Happiness_Habit_1_-_Laugh_/" target="_blank">Happiness Habit #1</a></em></strong></p>
<p>This were just a small sample of the great expert content that we regularly share at our new<a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com" target="_blank"> Alkaline Lifestyle</a> site.</p>
<p>Get a taste of the wealth of resources available to our members with a <a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/Memberships/silver-membership" target="_blank">FREE Alkaline Lifestyle Silver membership</a>.  There are absolutely no strings attached, and no credit card is required to join.</p>
<p>And while you’re at it, please share this link with all your friends, family and colleagues who could benefit from a trusted resource on healthy alkaline living.</p>
<p>Like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AlkalineLifestyle" target="_blank">Alkaline Lifestyle Facebook Page</a></p>
<p>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/AlkalineLife4U" target="_blank">Twitter </a></p>
<p>Copyright 2012 Life Ionizers, Alkaline Lifestyle</p>
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		<title>Alkaline Lifestyle – The New Alkaline Living Educational Resource from Life Ionizers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlkalineLifestyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Ionizers is pleased to announce the new Alkaline Lifestyle website  &#8212; a high content educational resource designed to help you achieve your best life through the principles of Alkaline Living.  We at Life Ionizers feel it’s important to not only provide you with the industry’s highest quality alkaline water ionizers, but also with the [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/community/alkaline-lifestyle/">Alkaline Lifestyle – The New Alkaline Living Educational Resource from Life Ionizers</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/AlkalineLifestyle-Small.jpg"><img class="wp-image-3245 alignright" title="AlkalineLifestyle Small" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/AlkalineLifestyle-Small-300x84.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="84" /></a>Life Ionizers is pleased to announce the new<a title="Alkaline Lifestyle" href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com" target="_blank"> Alkaline Lifestyle</a> website  &#8212; a high content educational resource designed to help you achieve your best life through the principles of Alkaline Living.  We at Life Ionizers feel it’s important to not only provide you with the industry’s highest quality alkaline water ionizers, but also with the credible, helpful information you need to get the greatest benefit from adopting alkaline living.</p>
<p>And right now, we’re offering you a taste of the wealth of resources available with a <a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/Memberships/silver-membership" target="_blank">FREE Alkaline Lifestyle Silver membership</a>.</p>
<p>Go claim yours right now<a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/Memberships/silver-membership" target="_blank"> CLICK HERE!</a>  There are absolutely no strings attached, and no credit card is required to join.</p>
<p>Your FREE Alkaline Lifestyle Silver Membership includes all this:</p>
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<li><a href="blocked::http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/Articles" target="_blank">Alkaline Lifestyle articles</a> from our experts</li>
<li>Alkaline Lifestyle monthly newsletter</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/recipes.htm" target="_blank">Alkaline recipes</a></li>
<li><a title="blocked::http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/products/sales" href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/products/sales" target="_blank">Special offers</a> on popular products</li>
<li><a title="blocked::http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/_blog/Alkaline_Lifestyle_Bloggers" href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/_blog/Alkaline_Lifestyle_Bloggers" target="_blank">Blogs</a>, FAQs, Tips on healthy living, nutrition, fitness and reducing stress</li>
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<p>We also offer other levels of Alkaline Lifestyle membership which provide many unique benefits for those who appreciate additional expert guidance in their healthy alkaline lifestyle journey including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Custom exercise and meal plans from our on-staff certified nutrition and fitness experts.</li>
<li>The opportunity to get your questions personally answered every month by our site nutrition, fitness, mind and spirit and alkaline science experts.</li>
<li>24/7 access to our 12-month Alkaline Lifestyle video course.</li>
<li>Access to the thousands of healthy alkaline lifestyle products online in our co-op store with members-only savings of up to 40%.  Shop from our great selection of vitamins, food, juicers, blenders, exercise equipment, saunas, Life Ionizer alkaline water machines, books and more and save hundreds of dollars.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can easily upgrade your Silver membership to add on all of these additional benefits.  So please check out all that Alkaline Lifestyle has to offer, and join us right now at the <a href="http://www.alkalinelifestyle.com/Memberships/silver-membership" target="_blank">Silver level</a>.</p>
<p>And while you’re at it, please share this link with all your friends, family and colleagues who could benefit from a trusted resource on healthy alkaline living.</p>
<p>Like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AlkalineLifestyle" target="_blank">Alkaline Lifestyle Facebook Page</a></p>
<p>Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/AlkalineLife4U" target="_blank">Alkaline Lifestyle on Twitter</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/community/alkaline-lifestyle/">Alkaline Lifestyle – The New Alkaline Living Educational Resource from Life Ionizers</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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		<title>How to Filter Fracked Drinking Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo McDevitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fracked Up Situation If you live near a site where hydraulic fracturing is being used to extract natural gas, your drinking water is likely contaminated with hundreds of chemicals, all of them toxic. When a well is fracked, millions of gallons of fresh water is mixed with a toxic stew of chemicals. The now-toxic [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/fracked-drinking-water/">How to Filter Fracked Drinking Water</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>A Fracked Up Situation</h2>
<div id="attachment_3088" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Fracked.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3088" title="Fracked Drinking Water" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Fracked-300x272.jpg" alt="Fracked Water Infographic" width="300" height="272" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">If you live near a fracking well, chances are good that your water is fracked</p></div>
<p>If you live near a site where <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/what-the-frack/">hydraulic fracturing</a> is being used to extract natural gas, your drinking water is likely contaminated with hundreds of chemicals, all of them toxic. When a well is fracked, millions of gallons of fresh water is mixed with a toxic stew of chemicals. The now-toxic water is forced deep underground at high pressure, where it shatters a type of rock formation known as shale. Gas trapped underground can then be captured.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, the contaminated water used for fracking doesn’t stay underground. It seeps upwards, towards the surface, where it contaminates drinking water aquifers. To make matters worse, the fracking companies that use these chemicals are not required to disclose them to the public.</p>
<h2>How does Fracking affect your drinking water?</h2>
<p>Your water will be a fracked-up mix of many different toxic chemicals. Here are five of the most common:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alpha Particles (Radioactive)</li>
<li>Alcohol</li>
<li>Benzene</li>
<li>Glycol</li>
<li>Methane</li>
</ul>
<p>Testing is necessary to find the exact mix of chemicals in your water, but the five listed here are the ones most commonly found around fracking sites.</p>
<h2>How to filter fracked water</h2>
<p>Because there is likely to be a mixture of toxic chemicals in <strong>fracked</strong> water, filtration used to treat it has to be effective against a wide range of chemicals, not just a few. Here are two methods that treat a wide range of chemicals:</p>
<ul>
<li>Charged Modified Composite Blend® – Broad spectrum filtration technology originally developed for NASA</li>
<li>Reverse Osmosis – Membrane filter technology, effective but uses a lot of water</li>
</ul>
<p>LIFE Ionizers® offers two filtration products that offer Charged Modified Composite Blend® technology. Our <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/home-water-filtration/">Dolphin Whole Home filtration</a> system is designed to stop toxic chemicals before they enter your home water supply. The AR-1000 Super Filter is designed to replace filters in most existing home water filtration systems for homeowners who wish to upgrade their existing filtration system. LIFE also offers Reverse Osmosis systems designed for drinking water supplies.</p>
<p>Keep in mind; water softener systems do not protect you against fracking chemicals. Activated carbon and granular activated carbon filters also don’t work unless they are combined with other filter technology.</p>
<p>LIFE Ionizers® Charged Modified Composite Blend® technology reduces the levels of hundreds of chemicals found commonly in tap water to safe levels. LIFE’s Charged Modified Composite Blend® filter media is electrostatically charged, so it magnetically attracts and binds to toxic chemicals. Conventional filter media merely tries to block chemicals. LIFE’s Charged Modified Composite Blend® technology is truly better.</p>
<p>To get more information on how to make your water safe call our water experts today at (888) 888-6889.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/fracked-drinking-water/">How to Filter Fracked Drinking Water</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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		<title>Water Pollution FACTS about Chlorine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo McDevitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water Pollution &#8211; Chlorine, One of the most deadly chemicals contributing to water pollution problems today, Chlorine (Cl2) is an element that is widely used to sanitize public water supplies in the United States. Chlorine is so deadly that it was used as a chemical weapon in World War I, where it caused horrific casualties. [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/water-pollution-chlorine/">Water Pollution FACTS about Chlorine</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Water Pollution &#8211; Chlorine,</h3>
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<p>One of the most deadly chemicals contributing to water pollution problems today, Chlorine (Cl2) is an element that is widely used to sanitize public water supplies in the United States. Chlorine is so deadly that it was used as a chemical weapon in World War I, where it caused horrific casualties. Chlorine is liquefied before being used to treat water supplies, but it readily returns to its lethal gaseous form in home water supplies where it causes severe health problems.</p>
<h3>How Chlorine Contributes to Water Pollution</h3>
<p>Chlorine is added to water supplies to kill bacteria. The problem is, when chlorine kills bacteria it leaves behind chemical byproducts like <a href="../news-updates/general/home-gas-chamber/">chloroform</a> and trihalomethanes – potent carcinogens. Chlorine in home water supplies that does not form carcinogenic byproducts is free to evaporate from drinking water and fill a home with toxic gas.</p>
<h3>Water Pollution Epidemic: All US Supplies Contaminated</h3>
<p>All 50 states have public water supplies that are treated with chlorine, but that isn’t the only way chlorine gets into your water. According to a report by the US National Library of Medicine (UNLM) there are 1,673 toxic waste sites in the US that are leeching chlorine and its toxic byproducts into public water supplies. This means that it is likely that the amount of chlorine you are being exposed to is <strong>much higher </strong>than the amount added by your local water authority.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/disinfectants.cfm">EPA</a> and other US government agencies which monitor water pollution report that homes in the US have between 2 and 44 ppb (parts per billion) of chloroform gas in their drinking water. These reports say that all US drinking water is contaminated. Homes unlucky enough to be near toxic waste sites (most US homes are) will have as high as 1,900 ppb of chloroform gas in their water!</p>
<h3>Effects of Chlorine Water Pollution</h3>
<p><strong>Short Term</strong> &#8211; Your exposure to chlorine comes primarily from bathing and other activities that use hot water rather than from drinking. Short term exposure irritates the eyes and lungs, and within 15 minutes of exposure victims experience coughing, shortness of breath and headaches.</p>
<p><strong>Long Term</strong> – Regular exposure to chlorine in the home has been associated with asthma and other respiratory diseases. An EPA study of chlorine in drinking water – <em>even in small amounts</em> – shows that chlorine causes higher blood cholesterol levels, higher blood pressure, heart diseases, and significantly increases your chances of dying from a heart attack.</p>
<p><strong>Cancer</strong> – The byproducts of chlorine, chloroform and <a href="../health-more/whats-in-your-water/">trihalomethanes</a> deserve special mention. Both chemicals are classified as potent carcinogens. There are many different cancers caused by chlorines’ byproducts such as lung, bladder, and rectal cancers, as well as some forms of leukemia.</p>
<h2> How to Protect Yourself</h2>
<p>LIFE Ionizers™ has the answer to chlorine and toxic water pollution. The<a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/super-filter.html"> LIFE Super Filte</a>r<sup>®</sup> media was tested using NSF protocols when the filter media was tested by National Testing Labs (NTL). We tested to make sure the LIFE Super Filter<sup>®</sup> was effective against Lead and 55 VOC’s as well as Chlorine.  VOC’s tested for include compounds frequently found in herbicides, pesticides, and industrial solvents. The LIFE Super Filter<sup>®</sup> is designed to fit nearly all filtration systems, and uses LIFE’s Charged Modified Composite Blend<sup>®</sup> filter media which uses a space-age process called ion trapping that was originally developed by NASA to attract and trap pollutants and is rated for 1 micron. No other filter made can protect you like the LIFE Super Filter<sup>®</sup>!</p>
<p>Call LIFE Ionizers™ at (<strong>888</strong>) <strong>688-8889</strong> to find out more or to order your LIFE Super Filter<sup>®</sup> today!</p>
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		<title>Drinking Water in Midwest Threatened by Sewage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo McDevitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flooding Forces Massive Sewage Discharges With the Missouri River at flood stage, and officials saying the worst is yet to come, Midwestern cities are bypassing their sewage plants and dumping raw sewage into the Missouri River. One city, Omaha Nebraska is dumping more than 6 million gallons of raw sewage per day into the Missouri [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/drinking-water-sewage-spills/">Drinking Water in Midwest Threatened by Sewage</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Flooding Forces Massive Sewage Discharges</h3>
<div id="attachment_2629" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/wastewater.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2629" title="wastewater" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/wastewater-150x150.jpg" alt="wastewater in drinking water supply" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">City wastewater treatment systems are overwhelmed by flooding</p></div>
<p>With the Missouri River at flood stage, and officials saying the worst is yet to come, Midwestern cities are bypassing their sewage plants and dumping raw sewage into the Missouri River. One city, Omaha Nebraska is dumping more than 6 million gallons of raw sewage per day into the Missouri River. Other cities are following suit all along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers as sewage treatment plants become overwhelmed by flood waters.</p>
<p>The water which is overwhelming Midwestern cities treatment plants is coming from the tremendous amount of snow fall and heavy rains that have occurred in the Missouri river watershed. Reports on the snowpack say it covered an area 1/6 the size of the USA. The Missouri flows into the Mississippi River which is already flooding out states to the south, so there’s a lot more to come. Some experts are now saying that the flooding will continue throughout much of the summer.</p>
<h3>Widespread Drinking Water Contamination Likely</h3>
<p>Raw sewage releases will cause a spike in bacterial, viral and cyst levels in drinking water supplies. People drinking or bathing in the affected water are likely to suffer from stomach illnesses and worse as they succumb to the infectious agents found in water that has been contaminated by sewage.</p>
<p>Wastewater isn’t the only problem that the Midwestern states are facing. Massive amounts of waste and chemicals from farms have been also washed away, and are now contaminating both rivers. The two rivers provide drinking water for millions of residents throughout the Midwest.</p>
<p>Many cities have already issued boil alerts to their residents in an effort to make their water safe. Boiling water is an effective first line of defense in an emergency, but it is a limited defense. Boiling only kills bacteria; it does not remove water-borne toxins. Because the problem of infected water is expected to continue for several months, longer term solutions are needed.</p>
<h3>Effective Home Treatment for Contaminated Water</h3>
<p>Home treatment options for sewage and toxin contaminated water include:</p>
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<li>UV Light Disinfection</li>
<li>Reverse Osmosis Systems</li>
<li>Whole Home Filtration Systems</li>
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<h3>UV Light Disinfection – Critically Important!</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/uv-light-disinfection/">UV Light disinfection</a> is the only effective non-chemical means of treating drinking water for bacterial, viral and cyst contamination. The ongoing release of millions of gallons of raw sewage into public drinking water supplies makes UV Light a crucial line of defense against the biological contamination that is currently happening in Midwestern water supplies.</p>
<p>Chemical disinfection has serious shortcomings; it works only if you continue to add chemicals to your water, and it is not entirely effective against cysts. Chlorine, the most commonly used chemical disinfectant also leaves dangerous secondary chemicals in water (such as trihalomethanes) as it disinfects.</p>
<h3>Reverse Osmosis Systems</h3>
<p>While UV light is used to treat biological contamination, it does not remove toxic chemicals from water. Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a process that will remove over 99% of contaminants from drinking water, combined with UV light; the water produced will be safe to drink. Most RO systems are for at-the-tap treatment so this system should be considered for use in treating a home’s drinking water.</p>
<h3>Whole Home Filtration</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/health-more/whole-house-systems/">Whole home filtration</a> systems are a vital first-line-of-defense against polluted water because they stop contaminated water before it enters the home water supply. Should contaminated water enter the home plumbing system, the home plumbing will need to be decontaminated before it is safe to use for drinking water.</p>
<h3>Combined Treatment the Ultimate Defense</h3>
<p>The three systems described above can be combined to provide the best defense against water contamination. LIFE Ionizers sells the Dolphin Whole Home system, and Reverse Osmosis systems with UV light treatment as an option.</p>
<p>Using more than one treatment system provides a valuable fallback failsafe option should one line of defense become compromised. As a matter of fact, the <strong>Department of Defense</strong> and the <strong>Department of Homeland Security</strong> recommend combining these water treatment systems (referred to as “treatment trains”) as an effective <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/environment/terrorism-on-tap/">home water treatment</a> system in the event of terrorist attack!</p>
<p>With sewage spills and contamination expected to get worse, home treatment is the only option for Midwesterners to have access to safe water supplies. UV light treatment may be the only effective long-term defense against the bacteria, viruses and cysts that are even now infecting public drinking water supplies.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/drinking-water-sewage-spills/">Drinking Water in Midwest Threatened by Sewage</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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		<title>Drinking Water Supplies to be treated with Anti-Depressant?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo McDevitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beware the “Brave New World” of Drinking Water In “Brave New World” George Orwell wrote of a drug  called Soma which was used to keep the population in a perpetual state of happiness, and hence under control. Today, some public health “experts” are now proposing to begin treating public water supplies with lithium – in [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/drinking-water-drugged/">Drinking Water Supplies to be treated with Anti-Depressant?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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<div id="attachment_2610" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/mind-control.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2610" title="Drinking Water Mind Control" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/mind-control-150x150.jpg" alt="Lithium in Drinking Water" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WARNING: Big Brother wants you to be happy</p></div>
<p>In “Brave New World” George Orwell wrote of a drug  called Soma which was used to keep the population in a perpetual state of happiness, and hence under control. Today, some public health “experts” are now proposing to begin treating public water supplies with lithium – in order to keep people in a perpetual state of happiness.</p>
<p>Lithium, commonly prescribed for depression, mania and bipolar disorder, is now being called “the new fluoride” by some experts. These experts are saying that adding lithium to public water supply may be a cure-all for social problems, including suicide, violent crime and drug use.</p>
<p>One of those experts, Dr. Gerald Schrauzer, published the first paper in 1989 that connected lithium in water supplies to a decrease in some antisocial behaviors. Dr. Schrauzer became interested in lithium after he grew up next to a spring containing lithium in Franzensbad, Czechoslovakia. The water from the spring was said to moderate the temperaments of women in particular. Other springs containing lithium have also been cited for their calming effects.</p>
<p>Fluoridation and Forced Medication</p>
<p>Forced medication through water supplies is nothing new. <a href="../news-updates/general/fluoride-proven-harmful/">Fluoride</a> has been added to the water supplies ever since some scientists claimed that people drinking water with high levels of fluoride in it had fewer cavities.</p>
<p>Shockingly, scientists at the time ignored the fact that people drinking water with high levels of fluoride developed “Colorado Brown Stain” or “Texas Teeth”. These conditions describe a mottling and staining of the tooth enamel. Unfortunately, it is now known that “Colorado Brown Stain” and “Texas Teeth” are a disease called dental fluorosis. A whopping 41 percent of American adolescents now suffer from dental fluorosis which causes teeth to become pitted and brittle.</p>
<h3>Proponents of Lithium claim Benefits.</h3>
<p>A 2009 study of 18 communities in Japan revealed that higher levels of naturally occurring lithium were linked to lower suicide rates. A more recent study corroborates those findings, claiming that a 4 to 15 percent variation in suicide rates in 99 Austrian counties was because of naturally- occurring lithium in water supplies.</p>
<p>According to Jacob Appel, a psychiatrist and bioethicist at Mount Sinai Hospital “As a matter of empirical science, this connection between water-based lithium and suicide is absolutely becoming widely accepted,” Dr. Appel says of the studies performed: “The research, when one of a scientific persuasion reads it, is compelling — even if it might be jaw-dropping.”</p>
<p>Appel believes America is a likely first candidate for lithium supplementation because of the ease that genetically modified foods have been approved by the U.S. government and passively accepted by American consumers.</p>
<h3>Experts Point to Potential “Unintended” Consequences</h3>
<p>Just as when fluoride was introduced, a debate among experts is evolving about potential “unintended” consequences. Research has not clearly established how lithium affects the brain and there is the largely unexplored potential for personality changes within people dosed with lithium.</p>
<p>One of the proponents of adding lithium to water, Dr. Allan Young, a psychiatry professor at Imperial College in London voices some concern for lithium’s effects: “Lithium certainly dampens impulsivity, which would explain how it dampens suicide rates” Young states. “But at a population level, what if that impulsivity is being directed in a healthy way — the person jumping onto the subway tracks to save a life?”</p>
<p>According to Peter Kramer, a psychiatrist at Brown Medical School adding lithium to the water supply could also have the unintended consequence of widespread personality homogenization: “When you change these resilience factors in the brain, you see other changes too, People are less timid and shy, for example,” Kramer points out that some people may not welcome the changes forced on them by lithium dosing: “But maybe people want the right not to have these subtle changes taking place, without making the choice for themselves.”</p>
<h3>Fight Back</h3>
<p>If the notion of the government using public water supplies to force you to take a mind-altering drug is as chilling a prospect for you as it is for us here at LIFE Ionizers, then you should consider taking steps to protect yourself. The first and most obvious step is to oppose any effort to put lithium in the water. If lithium is forced upon us, then the next step must be to remove it from your water.</p>
<p>Lithium can be absorbed through the skin as well as ingested, so just filtering your drinking water is not enough. <a href="../health-more/whole-house-systems/">Whole home filtration</a> would prevent lithium from entering a home’s water supply. Lithium is a mineral, thus effective whole home filtration and Reverse Osmosis systems would both be effective against it. Considering the dangerous chemicals that Big Brother already adds to water, such as fluoride and chlorine, no home should be without effective filtration.</p>
<p>Find out what you can do to protect yourself from forced medication! Call our water experts today at (888) 688-8889 to learn more about our home water treatment systems.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/drinking-water-drugged/">Drinking Water Supplies to be treated with Anti-Depressant?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo McDevitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1836, Texans fought for their independence in the historic Battle of the Alamo against the Mexican Army. Now Texans in Austin are fighting a new battle for their independence against an unwelcome invader in their water &#8211; fluoride. Community activists in Austin cite a growing body of research that concludes that fluoridation does more [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/fluoridation-battle-texas/">Is Fluoridation the Next Battle of the Alamo in Texas?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2565" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 285px"><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/alamo.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2565" title="alamo" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/alamo.jpg" alt="The Alamo" width="275" height="183" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Texans don&#39;t care for forced medication, you shouldn&#39;t either</p></div>
<p>In 1836, Texans fought for their independence in the historic Battle of the Alamo against the Mexican Army. Now Texans in Austin are fighting a new battle for their independence against an unwelcome invader in their water &#8211; fluoride.</p>
<p>Community activists in Austin cite a growing body of research that concludes that fluoridation does more harm than good as their reason for ending fluoridation of Austin’s water. Their battle to end fluoridation has been ongoing for a year, and has played out at regular city council meetings. The fight grew so contentious that according to councilmember Randi Shade a special meeting was held where: “we can actually deliberate, actually get the facts, start really getting education on what the implications would be for the larger community.”</p>
<p>The meeting, hosted by the Austin City Council Health and Human Services Subcommittee heard from speakers both in favor of and against fluoridation. Experts sought to address specific questions from the City Council and public at large. The purpose of the meeting was to enable subcommittee members to decide if Austin should remove fluoride from the city&#8217;s drinking water.</p>
<p><strong>Fluoridation is Bad Science </strong></p>
<p>Statements made by Dr. Paul Connett, Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network at the Austin meeting suggests that the Federal government should be looking into the science behind fluoridation because much of it is “bad science” that will not stand up to scrutiny. Dr. Connet’s assertion is supported by other scientists such as Dr William Hurzy and 11 other scientists who advise the EPA on fluoridation policy. They have advised the government to issue a <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/fluoride-proven-harmful/">moratorium on water fluoridation</a> until its effects are studied.</p>
<p><strong>Case for Fluoridation is Weak</strong></p>
<p>Arguments in support of fluoridation at the meeting were made by Dr. Delton Yarbrough, chair of the Council on Dental Economics, and Dr. Cecil George from the Texas Dental Association. Dr. Connett noted that during neither Yarbrough nor George quoted any actual studies during the meeting, relying instead on endorsements from public health organizations and anecdotal evidence. Each of their claims was countered by Dr. Connett and another expert, dentist Griffin Cole using peer-reviewed studies which demonstrated that the assumptions made about fluoride by public health organizations may be dangerously wrong.</p>
<p><strong>EPA Stance on Fluoridation</strong></p>
<p>While the EPA continues to support fluoridation, but it now states that the amount of fluoride in public water supplies can be “set at the lowest end of the current optimal range”. The <a href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/3881d73f4d4aaa0b85257359003f5348/86964af577c37ab285257811005a8417%21OpenDocument">new recommendation</a> issued in January of 2011 is based on “the most up to date scientific data” according to EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water Peter Silva.</p>
<p>The shifting stance of the EPA on fluoridation is the result of studies that show that cases of fluorosis – staining and pitting of children’s teeth caused by fluoride – are on the rise in the US.</p>
<p><strong>Filtration Fights Fluoridation</strong></p>
<p>The citizens of Austin are continuing their fight against government-mandated medication, and other communities are following suit. But while these debates continue, so does the intentional poisoning of water supplies by fluoridation.</p>
<p>Thankfully, effective filtration technology exists that can be used to protect oneself against fluoride poisoning. LIFE’s <a href="../../../../../../products/filters/whole-home-systems/dolphin-fluoride.html">Dolphin Whole Home filtration system</a><sup>®</sup> is designed to trap fluoride and dangerous heavy metals like lead which are concentrated in the bloodstream by fluoride. The Dolphin system uses LIFE’s Charged Modified Composite Blend<sup>®</sup> filter media which uses an electrostatic charge to attract and bind to toxins.  Competing systems can’t match the Dolphin’s efficiency in reducing fluoride levels in water since they merely try to block toxins instead of binding them the way the Dolphin system does.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/fluoridation-battle-texas/">Is Fluoridation the Next Battle of the Alamo in Texas?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Conspiracy Endangered Public Safety Recently uncovered emails between Texas officials reveal a conspiracy to withhold warnings of unsafe levels of alpha particle radiation detected in drinking water from the public. The emails reveal that officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) knowingly defied a ruling from the EPA that would have required [...]<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/drinking-water-radiation/">Drinking Water Radiation Warnings Withheld from Public</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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<div id="attachment_2531" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 284px"><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/TCEQ-Pollution.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2531" title="TCEQ Pollution" src="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/TCEQ-Pollution.jpg" alt="TCEQ vs EPA" width="274" height="184" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Radiation warnings were witheld from the public by TCEQ officials</p></div>
<p>Recently uncovered emails between Texas officials reveal a conspiracy to withhold warnings of unsafe levels of <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/water-pollution-radiation/">alpha particle radiation</a> detected in drinking water from the public. The emails reveal that officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) knowingly defied a ruling from the EPA that would have required them to warn the public about unsafe levels of radiation that were detected in public water supplies. The TCEQ avoided having to warn citizens of the risk by ordering its staff to underreport alpha particle radiation levels found in drinking water for a period of eight years from 2000 to 2008.</p>
<p><strong>Conspiracy of the Highest Order</strong></p>
<p>Tom Smith of the watchdog group Public Citizen describes the situation: “It’s a conspiracy at the TCEQ of the highest order. The documents have indicted the management of this commission in a massive cover-up to convince people that our water is safe to drink when it’s not.”</p>
<p>The emails showed that officials in the TCEQ devised a scheme to underreport levels of radiation that were detected in drinking water supplies. Officials in the TCEQ, upon receiving a report that showed radiation levels in excess of Federal standards would order staff to subtract the margin of error that is expected in reports of this type from the reported levels. The subtraction would reduce the reported level of alpha particle radiation enough so that the commission would not have to alert the public or the EPA of the danger. A ruling issued by the EPA in 2000 specifically forbade the practice, but the email correspondence shows clearly that TCEQ officials choose to ignore it.</p>
<p><strong>Texas Officials Rejected EPA Standards</strong></p>
<p>Kathleen Hartnett White, who was the Chair of the TCEQ Commission at the time and also sat on the Texas Water Advisory Council, says the decision to continue the subtraction was a good one: “As memory serves me, that made incredibly good sense.” She felt that the EPA rules were too expensive, and would end up costing small communities tens of millions of dollars.</p>
<p>White’s financial rationale is lost on Brenda Haynes, who lived in one of the affected districts. Haynes came down with thyroid cancer during the time that the unsafe levels went unreported. Because she wasn’t warned, she continued to drink the contaminated water during treatment for the cancer. Haynes husband Ian reacted angrily to the news: “We were put at more risk than what we thought”. Haynes said that he and his wife would have made different choices at the time if they had been warned.</p>
<p><strong>Texas has a Water Problem</strong></p>
<p>The state of Texas has been in the news several times about water quality, and the news is never good. Despite TCEQ efforts to cover up pollution, there were reports of 18 different chemicals that violated public safety standards between 2004 and 2007. A recent report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) revealed that Houston Texas has the sixth <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/ten-deadly-cities/">worst water quality</a> in the nation.</p>
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<p><strong>Protect yourself when the Government won’t</strong></p>
<p>Texas isn’t the only state where public officials turn a blind eye to waterborne public health hazards. The most recent EWG report on water pollution reveals widespread contamination by carcinogens like chromium-6 that the EPA doesn’t even require municipal water authorities to report. Problems like this make it clear that if you want safe drinking water, you need to filter it yourself.</p>
<p>Thankfully, effective filtration systems exist that can stop toxins before they can harm you. LIFE’s Dolphin Whole Home Filtration™ system is effective against a wider range of pollutants than competing filtration systems. Conventional filtration systems such as water softeners only stop hard water problems, if you want safe water, you need a filtration system designed to deliver it. The reason LIFE’s Dolphin system is better is our patented Charged Modified Composite Blend® filter media. The system uses a process called ion-trapping which uses an electrostatic charge to bind pollutants inside the filter, literally trapping them. Conventional filters only try to block pollutants; invariably they allow many of toxins through.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/news-updates/general/drinking-water-radiation/">Drinking Water Radiation Warnings Withheld from Public</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog">Life Ionizers | Blog</a></p>
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