Year: 2022

SCATHING REVIEW OF US DRINKING WATER, BY NRDC. At almost every level, the report finds deficiencies that have made millions of Americans sick. The biggest public health tradeoff today is keeping serious water pathogens at bay, which cause dramatic publicized deaths, in exchange for increased carcinogen exposure, which takes decades to develop. A must-read. http://lnkd.in/de4yJfC View in LinkedIn

WATER QUALITY IS A KEY ISSUE. "William K. Reilly, Administrator of the EPA under the Bush Administration, classified drinking water contamination among the top four public health risks posed by environmental problems ... 560,000 people become moderately to severely ill each year from consuming contaminated water ... (And) About 10,700 bladder and rectal cancers each year." http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap7.asp View in LinkedIn

NRDC REPORT ON US WATER. "A 1994 study estimated that some 14.1 million Americans drank water contaminated with the pesticides atrazine, cyanazine, simazine, alachlor, and metolachlor. The manufacturers of these agricultural herbicides have shown that these chemicals may cause cancer, birth defects, and genetic mutations." http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap7.asp View in LinkedIn

LEAD IN WATER. "In 1991, the EPA estimated that lead in drinking water harms the health of millions of children, causing more than 560,000 children to exceed the level of concern for blood-lead levels defined by the CDC. (A recent EPA rule regulating lead in drinking water may have reduced this number of children.). Particularly susceptible to waterborne lead poisoning are infants." http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap7.asp View in LinkedIn

ESPECIAL DANGER FOR CHILDREN. Legal standards for drinking water were set based on adults. "An infant living solely on formula consumes about one-seventh of its own weight of water each day, which would correspond to approximately three gallons of water for a 155-pound adult man." http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap7.asp View in LinkedIn

EPA AND CDC WARNING. "in 1994 and 1995, 45 million Americans drank water from water systems that fell short of SDWA standards. Adding gravity to the situation ... CDC and the EPA advised that people with weakened immune systems should consult with their doctors and consider boiling their drinking water to kill any cryptosporidium." http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap7.asp View in LinkedIn

SHOWER STEAM has appeared to be overlooked by regulatory agencies governing water. It has become clear that human exposure to water toxins is increased in shower steam. The following few excepts highlight this issue. Point of Entry purification such as activated charcoal can be valuable in combatting this problem. View in LinkedIn

SUPER-TOXIC STEAM IN SHOWERS. "One of the most shocking components to all of these studies is that up to 2/3s of our harmful exposure to chlorine is due to inhalation of steam and skin absorption while showering. The steam we inhale while showering can contain up to 50 times the level of chemicals than tap water." http://lnkd.in/dkX2pGm View in LinkedIn

SHOWER CHEMISTRY. "Any contaminant in the water that vaporizes at a lower temperature than the water, such as volatile organic compounds, such as disinfection byproducts that are thousands of times as toxic as chlorine, will be condensed and actually concentrated in the finished distilled water." http://lnkd.in/ddR9ruF View in LinkedIn

SHOWER STEAM. "There is another disinfectant that is also of concern. Some local water services use chloramine (chlorine + ammonia) to disinfect the water supply. Chloramine exposure may be even more damaging to the lung epithelium than chlorine, and may release ammonia as another toxic byproduct as well." http://lnkd.in/dfCzHFh View in LinkedIn