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The EPA allows more fluoride in water than is considered safe by health experts Recent research on causes of heart disease has revealed a link between fluoride and coronary artery disease. The study, referred to as: Association of vascular fluoride uptake with vascular calcification and coronary artery disease. Researchers examined the arteries of 61 people for signs of calcification – artery hardening due to calcium, and fluoride absorption. Connection between fluoride and heart disease described as “significant” Fluoride was detected in the vascular walls (veins) of 96% of study participants, and calcification was observed in the vascular... read more >>

A Fracked Up Situation If you live near a fracking well, chances are good that your water is fracked 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 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.           Unfortunately, the contaminated water used for fracking doesn’t... read more >>

All three forms of chloramines are in your water - are you protected? Chloramine has been replacing chlorine in some municipal water treatment systems due to concerns about chlorine’s health effects. The problem is, chloramine seems to have harmful health effects that are similar to chlorine. What are chloramines? Water utilities use a form of chloramine that is composed of one part chlorine, to one part ammonia. That form of chloramine is referred to as monochloramine. The problem is, monochloramine changes form readily into other, more harmful forms of chloramine There are three different forms of chloramine: monochloramine (NH2Cl), dichloramine... read more >>

Look what we found in San Diego drinking water… San Diego: #7 Worst drinking water quality nationwide   When it comes to drinking water quality, what you don’t know can hurt you. This report shows you how to get your local water quality report and how to understand what’s in it. Your local water authority files an annual report with the EPA that lists the toxins found in your drinking water.     What’s in your water? Your cities’ annual EPA water quality report will tell you which contaminants were found in your water, and how much of each contaminant was found. The report will warn you if any toxins were found that... read more >>

How contaminated drinking water can infect you Massive flooding caused by huge storms across the US has resulted in widespread bacterial contamination of public drinking water supplies. Recently, a lethal strain of bacteria has begun showing up in water supplies that is of special concern: Naegleria Fowleri, better known as a Brain-Eating Amoeba. This bacterium causes a horrible, crippling disease for which there is no known cure. Recently, three people have died from Brain-Eating Bacteria infections. Continued contamination of public drinking water supplies from flooding is likely to cause that number to rise. States Where Brain-Eating Amoeba... read more >>

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) is a measurement of everything in your water – good and bad. The amount of TDS in water affects its taste, too little TDS (soft water) , and water tastes flat and insipid. This is why many people find drinking pure water (such as distilled) to be unpleasant. Most water that has high levels of TDS will contain high amounts of calcium and magnesium. When those minerals are present, high levels of TDS in drinking water will cause an unpleasant aftertaste. When water has high levels of calcium and magnesium,  it is called hard water; water with low levels of calcium and magnesium is called soft water. ... read more >>

Water Pollution – Chlorine, Chlorine is turning your home into a gas chamber! 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. How Chlorine Contributes to Water Pollution Chlorine is added to water supplies to kill bacteria.... read more >>

Flooding Forces Massive Sewage Discharges City wastewater treatment systems are overwhelmed by flooding 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. The water which is overwhelming Midwestern cities treatment plants is coming from the tremendous amount of... read more >>

Texans don't care for forced medication, you shouldn't either 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 – fluoride. 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... read more >>

Texas Conspiracy Endangered Public Safety Radiation warnings were witheld from the public by TCEQ officials 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 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... read more >>