What is in tap water anyway? The answer will surprise and startle you. The truth is not pretty: everything we ever put on our lawns, washed our cars with, dropped into trash cans and flushed down the toilet is in tap water. And the industrial chemicals, petroleum products and other volatile organic compounds leaking out of rusting tanks all over the world are in there too. In fact, there is no new water. All water is recycled after passing back into our lakes, streams and aquifers. Not what you wanted to hear was it?

As our bodies are mostly made from water and use water in every metabolic process the purity of tap water is a major concern of all intelligent individuals who care for themselves and the health of our planet. Knowing how to deal with the answer to this critical question is also very important. There are various ways of removing many of the toxins. Municipalities do some of the work for us with varying degrees of success.

Synthetic organic chemicals are not removed by municipal water filtration as these systems use mainly sand beds and chlorine. This is essentially bleach and filtering out visible particles. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, “Drinking water plants are old and out of date, and water supplies are increasingly threatened by and contaminated by chemicals and microorganisms.” We need to do better; what is in tap water will affect our children’s health too. Small children are especially susceptible to toxins such as heavy metals, pesticides and hormones in drinking water. Their systems are more sensitive and still developing. Small children consume a larger percentage of fluids per body weight and so are getting a bigger dose of these damaging substances every day.

That said, what can we do to ensure the purity of tap water we consume and depend on. The answer is home water filtration. This is the only sure way to control the security of your family’s drinking water. An investment in home water filtration is one of the best investments you will ever make in a healthy longevity. The brain is mostly water and so in the liver. Our livers, the organ that detoxifies our blood from all this garbage in our environment is, after all, almost 96% water. It must be thoroughly hydrated with clean, pure water regularly.

Don’t depend on others to take care of your water supply. Do the job yourself and you will answer the question of “What is in tap water?” with a confident smile. No harmful substances of any kind. Most people just talk about change. You can do something to increase the purity of tap water “in your backyard.” And then invite the neighbors to partake as well.

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