rickey
08-11-02, - 03:46 PM
Water is the elixir of life, without it we wouldn't exist yet we are the first generation in history to knowingly consume water containing unhealthy chemical substances. The modernization of society forces tons of industrial and agricultural by-products into our water supply, which means everyday tap water must pass through municipal water treatment plants were additional chemical are added to kill resistant bacteria before meeting even minimal safety standards that many experts believe are inadequate.
Because this ongoing contamination treatment cycle ruins the taste of tap water, people are finally realizing the need for solutions and demanding alternatives. This demand has given birth to the multibillion dollar bottle water industry in just a few years. Bottle water sales skyrocketed providing one solution and soft drinks offered another, but while soft drink are an acceptable taste alternative they are no substitute for the natural goodness our bodies gain from drinking fresh clean water.
Today we consume more soft drinks than water a work shift that may be creating this own health hazards. Do people really know about the hidden life of bottle water like they should? Lets assume your store-brought water meets all the safety standards. What about the bottles? Because containers that sit for weeks or months at room temperature or on loading docks and store shelves are ideal breeding ground for bacteria. A bottle of water that meets environmental safety standards when it left the plant might have unsafe bacteria levels by the time you buy it. Because manufactures aren?t required to put expiration dates on bottles, there is no telling how long the bottles have been sitting around. Bacteria also thrive around the wet, warm rim of an un-refrigerated bottle.
Bottle water is also known to carry microbes. That's right! The bottle water which you pay dearly for isn't sterile and it can have bugs in it. While these microbes probably won?t hurt healthy people, researchers from California Lutheran University led by Dr. Fred Rosenberg warn it's not a good idea to shear bottle water with another person OR drink it if an open bottle has been sitting around too long-especially if it's a warm day. There is a misconception that bottle water is free from microbes, but is not. But even more troubling is what may be leaching from the plastic containers. Scientists at the FDA found traces of bisphenol-A an endocrine disrupter that can alter the reproductive development of animal after thirty-nine (39) weeks in water held at room temperature in large polycarbonate containers (like that carboy on top your office water cooler). Where do the bacteria come from? It could be from the waters source or introduced during the bottling process. One of the microbes is called Pseadomonas Acruginosa which is resistant to antibiotics. The present of this bug is a reliable indictor that contamination occurred during the bottling process.
It?s clear we need a safe and efficient way to treat water after it leaves municipal treatment plants and before it has entered our bodies. In other words there is a tremendous demand for high quality home treatment systems that would protect you and your family from water born disease and the toxic deadly chemical known as CHLORINE.
Chlorine is used almost universally in the treatment of public drinking water because of its toxic effect on harmful bacteria and other waterborne disease-causing organisms. But there is a growing body of scientific evidence that shows that chlorine in drinking water may actually pose greater long-term dangers than those for which it was used to eliminate. These effects of chlorine may result from either ingestion or absorption through skin. Scientific studies have linked chlorine and chlorination bi-products to cancer of the bladder, liver, stomach, rectum and colon as well heart disease and Arteriosclerosis (Harding of the arteries), Anaemia, high blood pressure, and allergic reaction. There is also evidence that shows that chlorine can destroy protein in our body and cause adverse effects on skin and hair. The presence of chlorine in water may also contribute to the formation of chloramines in the water, which can cause taste and odour problems. Since chlorine is required by public health regulations to be present in all public drinking water supply, it is up to the individual to remove it at the point of use in the homes.
In June 1988 the United States National Cancer Institute released the results of an intensive 10,000 person study which showed that people who drank chlorinated water for long periods of time have twice the incidence of bladder cancer as those who don?t drink chlorinated water. Conservative calculations indicate that taking a shower exposes you to the equivalent of consuming an additional two litres of chlorinated water each day. Inhalation and skin absorption of chloroform and chlorine by-products is creates in the shower where these greases are vaporized. While the purity of our drinking water is of primary importance, contaminants and chlorine by products also enter our bodies through the skin via the water in which we bathe. Also our lungs absorb toxic fumes from the gaseous chlorine by-products that are released in a steamy shower. Chorine in shower water can strip protein from our hair and skin causing dry, irritated eyes, itchy skin and dandruff. The total inhalation exposure (summation of the three scenarios; shower, pre-post cooking activities and cooking) was found to be comparable with that for direct ingestion, indicating that inhalation is an important pathway for Trihalomethanes or THM's ( a bacteria that is produced when chlorine reacts with residual organic compounds) exposure from drinking water.
The use of chlorine for water to reduce the risk of infectious disease may account for a substantial portion of the cancer risk associated with drinking water. Strong relationships were identified between the THM's breath concentration collected after a shower, both THM's water concentration and the THM's exposure from a shower.
Exposures to Chlorination By-products (CBP) within public water supply are multi-route in cold water. Cold water is primarily used for ingestion while a mixture of cold and hot water is used for showering, bathing others, dish washing, etc. These later two activities results in inhalation and dermal exposure. The overall THM's exposures calculated using the THM's concentrations in heated water were 50% higher than those calculated using the THM?s concentration present in cold water. Especially for volatile organic micro pollutant, exposure routes from drinking water other than ingestion must be taken into account (inhalation and percutaneous uptakes).
Taking long hot showers is a health risk and the chemicals that evaporate out of the water and are inhaled. They can also spread through the house and be inhaled by others. House holders can receive 6 to 100 times more of the chemical by breathing the air around showers and baths than they would by drinking the water, ironically even the chlorine widely used to disinfect water produce carcinogenic traces. Through 7 out of 10 Bahamians drink chlorinated water, its safety over the long term is uncertain. Drinking chlorinated water may as much as double the risk of bladder cancer which strikes 40,000 people every year. On one hand, chlorination has freed Civilization from the constant danger of water born epidemics. On the other hand in the mid 70's scientist discovered that chlorination could create Carcinogens, toxic agents that can cause cancer in water. Almost 80% of the worlds population drinks chlorinated water and there are higher incidences of cancer of the oesophagus, rectum, and breast larynx, Hodgkin's disease among those drinking chlorinated surface water.
In the vast majority of cases where germ free water is required whether for public supply or in the swimming pools, the process of disinfection will be involve and the use of chlorine in one form or another. Chlorine gas was despicably used during World War One and after. Soon the use of chlorine was diverted to poisoning germs in our drinking water. The combination of chlorine when in drinking water and animals fats results in Arteriosclerosis, strokes, heart attacks, and death. This toxic chemical is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times, while it prevented epidemic of one disease, it was creating another. Two decades ago after the start of chlorinating our drinking water in 1904, the epidemic of heart trouble cancer and senility began and continues to increase to the present day. Drinking and showering in water that is chlorinated is hazardous, if not deadly to your health.
Are the people in the Bahamas aware of this on going contamination? They should be! After all, awareness determines the difference between right and wrong.
- Awareness determines the difference between knowledge and ignorance.
- Awareness determines the difference between wealth and poverty.
- Awareness determines the difference between purity and pollution.
- Awareness is the answer.
For when we change the awareness of the people, only then can we solve the problem of the world!
Ricky Russell
CEO
Ricky's Purification Systems
Nassau, Bahamas
E-mail: olrickr@yahoo.com
Because this ongoing contamination treatment cycle ruins the taste of tap water, people are finally realizing the need for solutions and demanding alternatives. This demand has given birth to the multibillion dollar bottle water industry in just a few years. Bottle water sales skyrocketed providing one solution and soft drinks offered another, but while soft drink are an acceptable taste alternative they are no substitute for the natural goodness our bodies gain from drinking fresh clean water.
Today we consume more soft drinks than water a work shift that may be creating this own health hazards. Do people really know about the hidden life of bottle water like they should? Lets assume your store-brought water meets all the safety standards. What about the bottles? Because containers that sit for weeks or months at room temperature or on loading docks and store shelves are ideal breeding ground for bacteria. A bottle of water that meets environmental safety standards when it left the plant might have unsafe bacteria levels by the time you buy it. Because manufactures aren?t required to put expiration dates on bottles, there is no telling how long the bottles have been sitting around. Bacteria also thrive around the wet, warm rim of an un-refrigerated bottle.
Bottle water is also known to carry microbes. That's right! The bottle water which you pay dearly for isn't sterile and it can have bugs in it. While these microbes probably won?t hurt healthy people, researchers from California Lutheran University led by Dr. Fred Rosenberg warn it's not a good idea to shear bottle water with another person OR drink it if an open bottle has been sitting around too long-especially if it's a warm day. There is a misconception that bottle water is free from microbes, but is not. But even more troubling is what may be leaching from the plastic containers. Scientists at the FDA found traces of bisphenol-A an endocrine disrupter that can alter the reproductive development of animal after thirty-nine (39) weeks in water held at room temperature in large polycarbonate containers (like that carboy on top your office water cooler). Where do the bacteria come from? It could be from the waters source or introduced during the bottling process. One of the microbes is called Pseadomonas Acruginosa which is resistant to antibiotics. The present of this bug is a reliable indictor that contamination occurred during the bottling process.
It?s clear we need a safe and efficient way to treat water after it leaves municipal treatment plants and before it has entered our bodies. In other words there is a tremendous demand for high quality home treatment systems that would protect you and your family from water born disease and the toxic deadly chemical known as CHLORINE.
Chlorine is used almost universally in the treatment of public drinking water because of its toxic effect on harmful bacteria and other waterborne disease-causing organisms. But there is a growing body of scientific evidence that shows that chlorine in drinking water may actually pose greater long-term dangers than those for which it was used to eliminate. These effects of chlorine may result from either ingestion or absorption through skin. Scientific studies have linked chlorine and chlorination bi-products to cancer of the bladder, liver, stomach, rectum and colon as well heart disease and Arteriosclerosis (Harding of the arteries), Anaemia, high blood pressure, and allergic reaction. There is also evidence that shows that chlorine can destroy protein in our body and cause adverse effects on skin and hair. The presence of chlorine in water may also contribute to the formation of chloramines in the water, which can cause taste and odour problems. Since chlorine is required by public health regulations to be present in all public drinking water supply, it is up to the individual to remove it at the point of use in the homes.
In June 1988 the United States National Cancer Institute released the results of an intensive 10,000 person study which showed that people who drank chlorinated water for long periods of time have twice the incidence of bladder cancer as those who don?t drink chlorinated water. Conservative calculations indicate that taking a shower exposes you to the equivalent of consuming an additional two litres of chlorinated water each day. Inhalation and skin absorption of chloroform and chlorine by-products is creates in the shower where these greases are vaporized. While the purity of our drinking water is of primary importance, contaminants and chlorine by products also enter our bodies through the skin via the water in which we bathe. Also our lungs absorb toxic fumes from the gaseous chlorine by-products that are released in a steamy shower. Chorine in shower water can strip protein from our hair and skin causing dry, irritated eyes, itchy skin and dandruff. The total inhalation exposure (summation of the three scenarios; shower, pre-post cooking activities and cooking) was found to be comparable with that for direct ingestion, indicating that inhalation is an important pathway for Trihalomethanes or THM's ( a bacteria that is produced when chlorine reacts with residual organic compounds) exposure from drinking water.
The use of chlorine for water to reduce the risk of infectious disease may account for a substantial portion of the cancer risk associated with drinking water. Strong relationships were identified between the THM's breath concentration collected after a shower, both THM's water concentration and the THM's exposure from a shower.
Exposures to Chlorination By-products (CBP) within public water supply are multi-route in cold water. Cold water is primarily used for ingestion while a mixture of cold and hot water is used for showering, bathing others, dish washing, etc. These later two activities results in inhalation and dermal exposure. The overall THM's exposures calculated using the THM's concentrations in heated water were 50% higher than those calculated using the THM?s concentration present in cold water. Especially for volatile organic micro pollutant, exposure routes from drinking water other than ingestion must be taken into account (inhalation and percutaneous uptakes).
Taking long hot showers is a health risk and the chemicals that evaporate out of the water and are inhaled. They can also spread through the house and be inhaled by others. House holders can receive 6 to 100 times more of the chemical by breathing the air around showers and baths than they would by drinking the water, ironically even the chlorine widely used to disinfect water produce carcinogenic traces. Through 7 out of 10 Bahamians drink chlorinated water, its safety over the long term is uncertain. Drinking chlorinated water may as much as double the risk of bladder cancer which strikes 40,000 people every year. On one hand, chlorination has freed Civilization from the constant danger of water born epidemics. On the other hand in the mid 70's scientist discovered that chlorination could create Carcinogens, toxic agents that can cause cancer in water. Almost 80% of the worlds population drinks chlorinated water and there are higher incidences of cancer of the oesophagus, rectum, and breast larynx, Hodgkin's disease among those drinking chlorinated surface water.
In the vast majority of cases where germ free water is required whether for public supply or in the swimming pools, the process of disinfection will be involve and the use of chlorine in one form or another. Chlorine gas was despicably used during World War One and after. Soon the use of chlorine was diverted to poisoning germs in our drinking water. The combination of chlorine when in drinking water and animals fats results in Arteriosclerosis, strokes, heart attacks, and death. This toxic chemical is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times, while it prevented epidemic of one disease, it was creating another. Two decades ago after the start of chlorinating our drinking water in 1904, the epidemic of heart trouble cancer and senility began and continues to increase to the present day. Drinking and showering in water that is chlorinated is hazardous, if not deadly to your health.
Are the people in the Bahamas aware of this on going contamination? They should be! After all, awareness determines the difference between right and wrong.
- Awareness determines the difference between knowledge and ignorance.
- Awareness determines the difference between wealth and poverty.
- Awareness determines the difference between purity and pollution.
- Awareness is the answer.
For when we change the awareness of the people, only then can we solve the problem of the world!
Ricky Russell
CEO
Ricky's Purification Systems
Nassau, Bahamas
E-mail: olrickr@yahoo.com