Written by Scott on February 5th, 2010
Christy
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 [...]
Tags: Home Water Filtration, Resources Defense Council, Tap Water
Written by Scott on January 25th, 2010
Robert Tell
You may well have drugs in your tap water.
If you drink bottled water, don’t be reassured. Forty percent of bottled water is just bottled tap water — and the rest is largely unregulated for quality.
The evidence that we have prescription drugs in tap water from public water supplies has been around for years, [...]
Tags: Epilepsy Drugs, Growing Concern, Prescription Drugs
Written by Scott on January 6th, 2010
Alvyn Khoo
It seem to be so normal when we turn on the tap, fill the glass with tap water, drink it or just use it for cooking purposes. Besides consuming the tab water, take shower in it, water the plants with it, wash our clothes and basically our life can not live without tap [...]
Tags: Bacteria, Damp, Water Treatment
Written by Scott on December 22nd, 2009
Larry L. Taylor
Chemicals found in tap water threaten the health and well being of our families. Filtered tap water is what every home should be using.
The media has done story after story on chemicals found in tap water and the health risks that they cause. There are literally tens of thousands of these chemical [...]
Tags: Liter Bottle, Tens Of Thousands, Water Tap
Written by Scott on December 12th, 2009
Aaron Reese
Now that we are fully aware of how our sources of drinking water are being endangered by the many industrial waste sources such as big factories and small-scale businesses, we must all take steps to preserve the pure water we have for drinking in any way we can.
But before we can proceed with [...]
Tags: Poor Plumbing, Water Filters, Water Pipes
Written by Scott on November 24th, 2009
Dewayne Blalock
If you are spending hundreds of dollars a year on bottled water, why are you not using a tap water filter? The bottled water industry is perhaps one of the most unregulated industries today. The government does not test this bottled liquid so for all you know, the manufacturer could be filling those [...]
Tags: Bottled Water Industry, Harmful Chemicals, Soft Drink