You might not know that there are a lot of potential hazards in your local drinking water. The Environmental Working Group recently published a report, “Water Treatment Contaminants: Toxic Trash in Drinking Water“, which found “probable human carcinogens” in every single water system they tested. They tested 201 municipal systems in 43 states.
Local water is typically fluoridated (fluoride is a known neurotoxin) and chlorinated, leading to extremely toxic disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, pesticides and more have been found in many water systems. [Read more…]