The EPA’s Tap Water Quality Standards Aren’t Strict Enough and Your Health is at Risk A groundbreaking new study in Minnesota has shown a clear link between PFAs in tap water and infertility, premature birth, and low birth weight babies in women. The peer-reviewed study involved 50,000 cases and was published in the Journal of Environmental Health. According to the researchers, from 2001 to 2006, babies born in Oakdale, Minnesota

The EPA Only Monitors Some Dangerous Chemicals — The Rest is Up to You There are approximately 170,000 public water systems in the United States that monitor our tap water for about 80 harmful contaminants.  These contaminants include bacteria, viruses, pesticides, petroleum products, nuclear by-products, etc. But there are many potentially dangerous chemicals in our drinking water that the EPA doesn’t monitor, such as chemicals from prescription drugs, lotions, and

Cold Weather Increases Nitrogen and Sodium Chloride in our Drinking Water One question that has come up in the last couple of weeks is how does winter affect drinking water quality? Winter affects water quality in two ways. One is that it increases the amount of sodium chloride in our water. Sodium chloride is what is used to salt the roads to keep them free from Ice. The second effect

Rainfall and Population Affect Water Quality The amount of rainfall where you live strongly impacts water quality. If you live somewhere like Portland Oregon where there is plenty of rain, the aquifers are fresh and the water pumped out to your home is clean. But if you live somewhere where there isn’t as much rain, the underground water doesn’t get replenished as much and becomes stagnant. This is when you

Most of us trust that the water coming from our taps is safe. But did you know that 63 million Americans have been exposed to unsafe drinking water at least once in the last decade? That’s nearly a fifth of everyone in the United States! What this means is that the EPA has detected over 680,000 water quality violations, exposing unsuspecting Americans to potentially harmful water. It is vital that

Home Water Quality is Deteriorating The United States is privy to some of the best aquifers and water reservoirs in the world. Areas around the Great Lakes and the Northwest have pristine water sources that feed American homes. Then why is it imperative that every American home have a home water filter system? It’s because the infrastructure that supplies water to us is in disrepair and water quality overall continues

Terminal Lakes Point to a Bleak Future This week Lake Tahoe in California became terminal. This means that Tahoe’s water levels have dropped so low that it no longer feeds rivers and streams connected to it. This is the result of years of increasing drought. In fact, much of our country is in drought. The stark reality is that we need to think seriously about water conservation. Did you know

While our tap water might appear clear it is actually full of contaminants, some very dangerous to our health. There are three common contaminants that threaten drinking water in the United States. The first is microorganisms. The second is nitrates. The third is arsenic. It’s important that you treat your water for these dangerous tap water contaminants before you drink it. Microorganisms Threaten Water Safety Viruses, protozoa, and bacteria are

I was shocked to hear that Marin County, a very wealthy Northern suburb of San Francisco, has nearly run out of groundwater. It is so dire, that the merchants and residents there have resorted to trucking in water from other locations to keep up with demand. California, especially Northern California, is in an extreme drought. Once thriving water reservoirs, like Lake Shasta, have now been reduced to mud puddles. All

Different Types of Alkaline Water I had a customer recently asked whether they are different types of alkaline water. It may surprise you but there actually are! Specifically, there are different ways of making water alkaline. Even more amazing is the fact that the way in which you make water alkaline has a huge impact on how healthy it is for you to drink! Not All Alkaline Water is Created