Many of you porbably won't know that millions of Americans have been ingesting toxins in tap water. These toxins include hexavalent chromium, which has been traced to stomach cancer in humans and in animals, volatile organic compunds, which is also linked to caners, and of course, perchlorate. You would probably be surprised to know that those three are amond the 6,000 toxins the EPA has not gotten around to regulating in municipal drinking water symptoms.
Luckily after a change in administrations and a harsh review by the General Accounting Office, the EPA has begun to develop regulations to remove these chemicals from tap and bottled water.
Until thay happens though, here are ways to remove perchlorate from your water without government help!
In a new push for stricter drinking water regulations, the EPA reversed a Bush Administration decision to leave perchlorate unregulated and to pursue perchlorate first. It's an important ingredient in rocket fuel, fireworks, and explosives. Over time, perchlorate can disrupt the thyroid glands's production of hormones essential to prenatal and postnatal development of body metabolism.
According to the EPA, more than 4 percent of public water systems have detected perchlorate and between 5 milliom and 17 million people may be severd drinking water containing perchlorate.
The National Sanitation Foundation said perchlorate can be removed from drinking water through revers osmosis.
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