Polar Bear Water Distillers

Many cancer scientists point to our drinking water as responsible for the
majority of human cancers.

With an ever increasing amount of industrial toxic waste being poured into our lakes and rivers, chemical fertilizers and toxic sprays used on the land, and insufficiently treated sewage dumped into the waterways, water from public water systems and even from many wells and springs is likely to be loaded with toxic chemicals and saturated with lime salts, calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, copper, silicon, nitrates, chlorides, viruses, bacteria and many other harmful inorganic chemicals and minerals. It is very unlikely that this water will improve in the future.

Plumbing systems also contribute to polluted water. Zinc, copper, cadmium, lead and other trace elements are released in excessive quantities by the chemical action of the water in the metals of water pipes. The Environmental Protection Agency recently reported the unsafe levels of lead in American drinking water accounting for growth retardation and the lowering of intelligence in children as well as blood ailments and pregnancy problems. If your house was built before 1976, the Canadian government recommends running tap water for three minutes before using the water for drinking or cooking. There is NO SAFE level for lead in drinking water. Any amount of lead will impact a child's health and brain development.

Similarly, according to a recent World Health Organization report, "a substantial portion of disease outbreaks can be attributed to deficiencies in drinking water disinfection". Twenty percent of the community water supply systems are having consistent problems meeting the EPA standards for drinking water according to Jack Sullivan, Deputy Executive Director of the American Water Works Association in Washington. In Canada, over 700 municipal water treatment facilities were found to be deficient by Senator Gerald Rathstien's Commission on Safe Drinking Water. "We don't know how many more there are, nobody does." These were found in the first year and are not the total by any means.

Mr. Grafstein has a private member's bill before the Senate that would place drinking water under the federal government's Food and Drug Act. "We regulate soda pop and chewing gum but not clear drinking water," he said of the federal government.

Links connected with this subject:

National Safe Drinking Water Campaign

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Municipal water companies use as many as 47 different chemicals to clean water. Chief among these is chlorine, known to create carcinogens by combining with other water-borne pollutants and identified as a major cause of many degenerative diseases, especially of the cardiovascular system. Fluoride, in the levels added to drinking water, causes a host of disorders - birth defects, heart and kidney disease, allergies, cancer and more. Combine these chemicals with the liberal quantities of industrially produced toxic agents (asbestos, pesticides, heavy metals such as lead and cadmium, arsenic, nitrates, sodium, and a variety of other cancer-causing substances) in our water and it becomes no wonder that many cancer scientists point to our drinking water as responsible for the majority of human cancers.

In an EPA water survey, eight out of ten samples contain cyanogen chloride (the main component in tear gas) and the same number of samples contained carbon tetrachloride (cleaning fluid). Children have died from drinking small amounts of carbon tetrachloride; it also causes kidney failure, heart failure, gastro-intestinal upset, mental confusion, cirrhosis of the liver and blood enzyme changes. It has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals.

What's Being Said About Our Water

"Environmental contamination is a characteristic of industrialized nations. The quality of public drinking water, particularly from underground water layers has been a growing worldwide concern and has been attributed to the use of nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides since the 1960's." Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology. 1993.

"Because of a lack of funds to provide the appropriate technology, many potentially harmful elements such as synthetic compounds, metals, and radio nuclides are not removed. Even bacteria and viruses can escape contemporary treatment practices. Any pollutant contained in drinking water will eventually circulate throughout every cell and tissue in the body." Prevention Magazine, 1994.

Much evidence continues to be discussed in regards to plumbing systems and their contribution in polluting water. Zinc, copper, cadmium, lead, and other trace elements are released in excessive quantities by the chemical action of the water in the metals of water pipes.

"It is well known that dissolved metals are more readily absorbed from drinking water than from most foodstuffs and therefore metal toxicity is higher through drinking water intake." Science of the Total Environment, 1994.

The studies continue as the Environmental Protection Agency recently reported that unsafe levels of lead in American drinking water accounted for growth retardation and lowering of intelligence in children as well as blood ailments and pregnancy problems. Similarly, according to a recent World Health Organization report, "a substantial portion of disease outbreaks can be attributed to deficiencies in drinking water disinfections." In addition, municipal water companies use as many as 50 different chemicals to clean water. Chief among these is chlorine, known to cause carcinogens by combining with other water borne pollutants and identified as a major cause of many degenerative diseases, especially of the cardiovascular system.

"It is a silent epidemic that no one is talking about." Date Line NBC NEWS.

"Bottled water is not as regulated as Tap water." Professor Ann lemly, Date Line NBC NEWS.