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Glass half empty: Is your tap water safe? - MSNBC, 2/15/12 -
"Barium, chromium, copper, lead, nitrate, and other chemicals, as well as E.
coli (E. coli!?), have been detected over the past year ... Antibiotics,
hormones, a cancer drug, a chemical found in gasoline, antiseizure
medication...research shows that hundreds of unregulated contaminants may be
flowing from my tap ... a reverse-osmosis system filters out many EPA-regulated
contaminants; and an ultraviolet filter kills bacteria and other microorganisms"
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Water
disinfection byproducts linked to adverse health effects - Science Daily,
10/24/11
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New
method for making large quantities of deuterium-depleted drinking water -
Science Daily, 1/5/11
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Drinking
water: Environmental pharmaceutical contamination removed by Octolig -
Science Daily, 12/14/10
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Tap Water’s
Lead Levels Rise in New York City Homes - NYTimes.com, 11/4/10 -
"New York City health and environmental officials on
Thursday advised residents to run their tap water for at least 30 seconds before
drinking or cooking with it after testing showed a rise in the percentage of
homes with elevated levels of lead ... about 14 percent — exceeded allowable
lead levels"
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Professional athletes should drink more water, Spanish research finds -
Science Daily, 10/21/10 - "91% of professional
basketball, volleyball, handball and football players are dehydrated when they
begin their training sessions"
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Absorption
of silicon from artesian aquifer water and its impact on bone health in
postmenopausal women: a 12 week pilot study - Nutr J. 2010 Oct 14;9(1):44 -
"bottled water from
artesian aquifers is a safe and effective way of providing
easily absorbed dietary silicon to the body. Although the silicon did not affect
bone turnover markers in the short-term, the mineral's potential as an
alternative prevention or treatment to drug therapy for osteoporosis warrants
further longer-term investigation in the future" - Note: It's something to
think about. Is the purified water (the stuff in the BPA plastic
containers that might be toxic) purified to the point of eliminating the silicon? Personally,
I've been taking Jarrow BioSil for years. I use reverse osmosis water and
drink out of stainless steel bottles. Some day if I get rich I might get a
distiller. See
Jarrow BioSil at iHerb.
See
water distillers at Amazon.com.
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Drink water to curb weight gain? Clinical trial confirms effectiveness of
simple appetite control method - Science Daily, 8/23/10 -
"We found in earlier studies that middle aged and
older people who drank two cups of water right before eating a meal ate
between 75 and 90 fewer calories during that meal. In this recent study, we
found that over the course of 12 weeks, dieters who drank water before
meals, three times per day, lost about 5 pounds more than dieters who did
not increase their water intake"
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Water's unexpected role in blood pressure control - Science Daily,
7/6/10 - "Name a drink that can make you more alert
for late-night studying, prevent you from fainting after giving blood, and
even promote a teensy bit of weight loss ... ordinary water -- without any
additives -- does more than just quench thirst. It has some other
unexpected, physiological effects. It increases the activity of the
sympathetic -- fight or flight -- nervous system, which raises alertness,
blood pressure and energy expenditure ... We had to unlearn the idea that
water had no effect on blood pressure, which is what all medical students
had been told until the last couple of years"
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Water as
an essential nutrient: the physiological basis of hydration - Eur J Clin
Nutr. 2009 Sep 2 - "The regulation of water balance
is essential for the maintenance of health and life. On an average, a
sedentary adult should drink 1.5 l of water per day, as water is the only
liquid nutrient that is really essential for body hydration"
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Homes Pollute: Linked To 50 Percent More Water Pollution Than Previously
Believed - Science Daily, 8/19/09 - "scientists
are reporting some unsettling news about homes in the residential areas of
California. The typical house there — and probably elsewhere in the country
— is an alarming and probably underestimated source of water pollution ...
current models may underestimate the amount of pollution contributed by
homes by up to 50 percent ... Pollutants detected in outdoor runoff included
ant-control pesticide products"
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What
Can Be Done About Micropollutants In Water Resources? - Science Daily,
6/23/09
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Declining Male Fertility Linked To Water Pollution - Science Daily,
1/18/09 - "The
study identified a new group of chemicals that act as ‘anti-androgens’. This
means that they inhibit the function of the male hormone, testosterone,
reducing male fertility. Some of these are contained in medicines, including
cancer treatments, pharmaceutical treatments, and pesticides used in
agriculture. The research suggests that when they get into the water system,
these chemicals may play a pivotal role in causing feminising effects in
male fish" - See water distillers at Amazon.com
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Best
Bottled Water? - Dr. Weil, 1/8/09 - "Two systems that I use personally are
the D-3 distiller from Glacier Water Treatment Systems, and the Purefecta System
from Pall Corp. I also like cheaper carbon block/KDF systems" - See water distillers at Amazon.com.
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Dying for
A Drink - Time Magazine, 12/4/08 - "Some areas
of the world will grow wetter as a result of climate change, but others will
grow dryer, and so far the drying is winning. The area of the earth's land
surface classified as very dry has doubled since the 1970s; by 2050, the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believes, that trend will worsen.
"You do the math, and it gets a little scary," ... In the past century, we
treated water as if it were inexhaustible. But that illusion has dried up.
The only way to thrive in a warmer, thirstier world will be to learn to get
more out of less ... Watch CNN's award-winning series Planet in Peril:
Battle Lines, Dec. 11 at 9 p.m. EST, on CNN" - I've got it scheduled
on TiVo. I've been questioning for years where they are going to get
the fresh water to grow the crops for biofuel.
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Bottled Water: FAQ on Safety and Purity - WebMD, 11/7/08
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Evidence Lacking On Health Benefits Of Drinking Lots Of Water, According to
Review of Literature - Science Daily, 4/2/08
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Marathon Runners Beware Of Drinking Too Much Water - Science Daily,
1/9/08
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Aging May Tinker With Thirst - WebMD, 12/17/07 -
"healthy men in their 20s or 60s get equally thirsty when injected with salt
water. But older men drank half as much water as younger men to slake their
thirst"
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Even Low
Doses of Arsenic -- At Levels Found In Drinking Water -- Can Be Harmful -
Science Daily, 11/13/07 - "low doses of arsenic disrupt the activity of a
hormone critical in development. The finding is further evidence that arsenic at
low doses (at levels found in U.S. drinking water in some areas) can be harmful"
- See
reverse osmosis systems at Amazon.com.
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Many Tap Water Filters Work Well - WebMD, 4/9/07
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Choosing the Best Drinking Water? - Dr. Weil, 6/20/06
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Marathoners Warned About Too Much Water - New York Times, 10/20/05
- How much
water is enough during exercise? - MSNBC, 1/3/05
- Hard Water May Protect Against Heart Attacks -
WebMD, 1/14/04
- Drinking Water May Speed Weight Loss - WebMD,
1/5/04 - "The
researchers estimate that over the course of a year, a person who increases
his water consumption by 1.5 liters a day would burn an extra 17,400
calories, for a weight loss of approximately five pounds"
- Should You
Drink “Softened” Water? - Dr. Weil, 12/19/03
- Too Much Fluids as Bad as Too Little - WebMD,
7/17/03
- Don't Deny That Thirst - HealthDay, 7/13/03
- Water
Intake Recommendation Debated: Are Eight Glasses of Water a Day Really
Necessary? - New Hope Natural Media, 7/3/04
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Winter Sports Call for Water Bottles - HealthDay, 2/15/03
- Does Alkaline
Water Promote Health? - Dr. Weil, 9/4/02
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Want a Healthy Heart? Drink Water - WebMD, 5/13/02
- A Cuppa
Caffeine Instead of Water? - Dr. Weil, 4/25/02
- Arsenic in Well Water Related to Atherosclerosis -
Doctor's Guide, 3/26/02
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Streams Contaminated with Drugs - WebMD, 3/13/02
- Millions Drink Contaminated Water - Intelihealth,
1/8/02 -
"Millions of Americans have been drinking tap water contaminated with
chemical byproducts from chlorine that are far more than what studies
suggest may be safe for pregnant women ... Chlorine is commonly used to
disinfect drinking water. When it is added to water that contains organic
matter such as runoff from farms or lawns, however, it can form compounds
such as chloroform that can cause illness ... EPA and the Congress have
forced water utilities to chlorinate water that is contaminated with animal
waste, sewage, fertilizer, algae and sediment ... EPA studies showed that
reducing the level of trihalomethanes might mean 2,332 fewer cases of
bladder cancer per year, down from its estimate of up to 9,300 annual cases
caused by trihalomethanes"
- Dirty tap water puts pregnant women at risk - USA
Today, 1/8/02
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What's That Floating in Your Water? CDC: If You're Susceptible to Infection,
Be Careful What You Drink - WebMD, 5/11/01 -
"The team found no evidence that the higher-than-usual arsenic levels in the
drinking water had any ill effects whatsoever on the babies. For each of the
three variables, "the percentages were close to Michigan as a whole, and not
far from national averages""
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Study: Bottled Water Not Better - Intelihealth, 5/3/01
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Current Safety Standards Worry Environmentalists - WebMD, 4/6/01
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Dirty Water? Arsenic May Stay if EPA Has Way - WebMD, 3/21/01
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Eighth Leukemia Case In Nevada - Intelihealth, 12/31/00
- Do Water Filters Filter Fluoride? - Dr. Dean,
7/22/99
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Drinking More Cuts Risk Of Bladder Cancer In Men - Intelihealth, 5/5/99
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Some Bottled Water Said Not Pure - Intelihealth, 3/30/99
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Study: Some home water filters may make lead problem worse - CNN,
6/18/98
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