Home     Water Research     Hydrologic Cycle     Water Minerals?     Fluoridation     Water Chemicals     Myths vs. Fact     Water FAQ		What Kinds of Pollutants Are In Our Water? The five types of health-threatening water pollutants: • Microorganisms • Toxic minerals and metals • Organic chemicals • Additives • Radioactive substances Microorganisms Recent research has shown that a teaspoon of lake water contains over a billion viruses. Tap water from a public supply is generally free of dangerous concentrations of bacteria because they are killed when chlorine is added. Although disinfecting tap water with chlorine probably kills the majority of viruses in the water, no one knows for sure how many remain potent. Harmful viruses can be present in tap water even though a water treatment plant is operating properly. ^Up Organic chemicals include: Synthetic hormones, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, paints, fuels, plastics, dyes, flavorings, pharmaceuticals and preservatives. Many of these chemicals are toxic, and scientists note that thousands of them have been found in water public supplies. Some of Water's Pollutants And Their Possible Effects   Inorganic Chemicals Possible Effects Source Arsenic Toxicity effects Industrial waste Cadmium Kidney effects Geological, mining Lead Nervous system damage; highly  Toxic to infants, pregnant women Leaches from lead pipe and lead-based solder in pipe joints Mercury Nervous system disorders, Kidney effects, blood poisoning Manufactures of paint, paper Fluoride Skeletal damage Additive to drinking water, toothpaste Organic Chemicals     Toxaphene Cancer risk Insecticide used on cotton, grain Benzene Cancer Fuel (leaking tank), manufacturers of industrial chemicals Carbon Tetrachloride Possible cancer Common in clearing agents, manufacturers of coolants. 1,2-Dichloretan Possible cancer Manufacturers of insecticides Vinyl chloride Cancer risk PVC pipes, manufacturers of plastics, synthetic rubber Radionuclides (Radium 226 & 227) Bone Cancer Radioactive waste, uranium deposits Alpha particle Cancer Radioactive waste Beta particle Cancer Radioactive waste ^Up Additives Chlorination of our public water supplies may not be the innocent thing that it appears to be. Ironically, the very process by which we cleanse our water of infectious organisms - chlorination - is responsible for creating cancer-causing substances, often from otherwise innocent chemicals in water. Chlorine combines with natural organic chemicals — such as those found in decaying vegetation runoff — to form a category of toxic pollutants called THMs (trihalomethanes). Our water ends up containing carcinogens such as chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, bio-chloroethane, and other chemicals, collectively labeled trihalomethanes THMs are known carcinogens — substances that increase the risk of getting cancer. They are also known to be prime causative agents of arteriosclerosis and its inevitable result, heart attack or stroke. THMs are present in all tap water. When sufficient chlorine has been added to our drinking water to produce an offensive smell. Enough chlorine may enter the intestinal tract to destroy helpful bacteria and thereby deprive us of the important vitamins our systems make for us. "Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times," declares Joseph M. Price, M.D., attending physician at Saginaw General Hospital in Michigan. "It is an insidious poison. Most medical researchers were led to believe it was safe, but we're now learning the hard way that all the time we thought we were preventing epidemics of one disease we were creating another. Two decades after the start of chlorinating our drinking water in 1904, the present epidemic of heart trouble and cancer began." Ten years ago, one in five people came down with cancer; today, it's one in three. Continued exposure to carcinogens from drinking one and a half or more quarts of water every day of your life makes a significant cumulative health hazard. In effect, DRINKING TAP WATER IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH! "Although the concentration of these carcinogens is low," said a report issued by the environmental Defense Find, a Washington-based environmental group, "it is precisely those low levels which cancer scientists believe are responsible for the majority of human cancers in the United Sates and Canada." "Chlorine has so many dangers it should be banned," says biological chemist, Dr. Herbert Stewards, of Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey. "Putting chlorine in the water supply is like starting a time bomb. Cancer, heart trouble, premature senility — both mental and physical — are all conditions attributable to chlorine treated water supplies. It is making us grow old before our time by producing symptoms of aging such as hardening of the arteries and osteoporosis." Dr. Price also strongly suggests that senility of the aged really is a combination disease with a single cause — chlorine. The blood flow to the brain becomes impaired not only by the development of atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries feeding the brain, but also by a direct impairment of the micro-circulation of the brain itself - a second and distinct result of chlorine ingestion. Fluoride occurs naturally in minuscule amounts in water, air, plants and animals. Fluoride, in its natural state, is often found in hard water which also contains a great deal of calcium. Since calcium is the neutralizer for fluoride poisoning, natural fluoride brings along its own antidote and the danger is greatly reduced. There are some important facts to remember about water fluoridation. First, fluoride is a potent poison whose level of ingestion must be carefully regulated. Moreover, when fluorides are artificially added to soft water, they have no antidote. Numerous studies have shown that a level of about one part fluoride per million parts of water, causes a host of disorders, including birth defects, heart and kidney disease, allergies, long-term bone disease, and cancer. There is also harm to children by bringing about deficiency in growth, hormones, sexual development, blood, bones, skin, kidneys and some other organ systems. Death can result as well. Fluoride is the worst inorganic substance that has ever been added to drinking water. THE FACT IS... Over 117 million Americans and Canadians are presently being poisoned by drinking fluoridated water. The artificial fluoridation program is based on the assumption that individuals drink four glasses of water daily. But many people drink much more. Some are more sensitive to chemicals than others or are so sickly that they would react to the pollutant sooner or more violently. Fluoride is colorless, odorless and tasteless, so that drinking an overabundance of it is quite possible. Boiling (for instance, when making tea or coffee) evaporates some of the water and thus increases the concentration of fluoride in the water that remains. Additionally, many households use fluoridated toothpaste, fluoride tablets or drops for infants, or vitamin-fluoride combinations available on prescription from a dentist or physician. These people are promoting fluorine toxicity in themselves and others. Fluorine toxicity affects the body in a chronic way, as is the case when drinking fluoridated water in tiny doses gradually over a long time. George L. Waldbott, M.D., an allergist in Saginaw, Michigan, who is a recognized authority on fluoride poisoning, has listed some of the more common disease symptoms of fluorine toxicity:   1. Gastric distress such as cramps and pain in the stomach, lack of appetite, nausea / vomiting; 2. Intestinal diarrhea or constipation; 3. Shortness of breath, palpitations, cough and expectoration; 4. Joint stiffness and indefinite or localized rheumatic pains and aches; 5. Tiredness, sleeplessness, indisposition, headache and giddiness; 6. Rash, itching and other skin symptoms; 7. Fluoridation causes detectable staining or mottling of teeth and too much fluoride can make teeth brittle and strip away their enamel. Fluoride is stored in the bones, and in older people it is associated with osteoporosis and damage to the kidneys, nervous system, blood and circulatory system and other organs and tissues, as well as skin diseases and other allergic problems. ^Up RADIOACTIVE substances Radioactive substances in water are of two types: radioactive minerals and radioactive gas. RADON is a colorless, odorless, naturally occurring gas that is the by-product of the decay of radioactive minerals. It is present in all water in minute amounts. RADON is a known cancer-causing agent. When present in household water, it evaporates easily into the air and is inhaled. The effects of radon inhalation are now believed to be more dangerous than those of any other environmental hazard.
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