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Many major city's public water departments advise that
people who have compromised immune systems, HIV/AIDS, are
pregnant, nursing, or have young children...should consider not drinking
tap water due to contaminants that further
compromise their health!
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According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) many
chemical contaminants present in drinking water sources, such as pesticides or
naturally-occurring toxins, are not removed by standard drinking water
treatment processes.
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You can filter your tap water by using a Adya
Filtration Unit ! The addition of Adya Ionized Mineral
Solution will additionally elminate most bacteria
including E-Coli!
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Are you aware that drinking water treated with Adya Ionized Mineral
Solution will continually eliminate or detoxify your body of toxins and
poisons, due to the function of
certain minerals contained in the Adya
Solution?
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What About Municipal
Tap Water?
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In the short term, if you are an
adult with no special health conditions, and you are not pregnant, then you
can drink most cities' tap water without immediate concern.
However, pregnant women, very
young children, the elderly, people with chronic illnesses, and people
living with weakened immune systems (because they have HIV/AIDS, had an
organ transplant, or are on chemotherapy), can be especially vulnerable to
the risks posed by contaminated water. If you fit in one of these groups,
review the Natural Resource
Defense Council's (NRDC) findings for your city as well as your city's
annual water quality report.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC) website has advice for people with weak immune systems
about drinking city tap water and about bottled water and filters.
In the long term, we all have reason to be concerned about pollution in tap
water. The water in many cities contains pollutants that are carcinogens
and that, over time, could cause cancer. That's why we all should try to
get cities to clean these contaminants out of tap water as soon as
possible.
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The
Bottom Line: Water Quality & Compliance
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| Good drinking
water depends on cities getting three things!
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- Lakes, streams,
reservoirs and wells must be protected from pollution
- Pipes must be sound and
well-maintained
- Modern treatment
facilities are a must
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| If just one of
those three factors goes awry, water quality will suffer.
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So what does all this mean in
terms of what's actually in
your water glass?
If your city has a water
quality problem, your tap water may at times carry a worrisome collection
of contaminants. Tap water can contain a vast array of contaminants,
but a handful showed up repeatedly in the water of the cities studied by
the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC):
- Lead, which enters drinking
water supplies from the corrosion of pipes and plumbing fixtures and
can cause brain damage in infants and children
- Pathogens (germs) that can make
people sick, especially those with weakened immune systems, the
frail elderly and the very young
- By-products of chlorine
treatment such as trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, which may cause
cancer and reproductive problems
- Arsenic, radon, the rocket fuel perchlorate
and other carcinogens
or otherwise toxic chemicals
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Contaminants like these get into our water from many
different sources. A few examples: runoff from sewage systems that
overflow after a heavy storm; runoff from contaminant-laden sites like
roads, pesticide and fertilizer-rich farms and lawns, and mining sites;
wastes from huge animal feedlots; and industrial pollution that leaches
into groundwater or is released into surface water.
A high level of any of these contaminants in your
water represents a failure of your city's "water treatment
train" -- a series of steps your water is put through to filter and
disinfect it before it is delivered to your tap. By extension, it also
represents a failure by your government -- local, state and federal -- to
protect your water supply and ensure that pure, safe and good-tasting
water is supplied to your home.
The bottom line is this: the tap water in some cities might pose health risks
to vulnerable consumers -- people who have serious immune system
problems, pregnant women, parents of infants, those with chronic
illnesses and the elderly should consult with their health care providers
about the safety of tap water. Our nation must make a major commitment to
upgrading and modernizing water systems and protection of drinking water
sources.
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Major
City Tap Water Grades as of 2001
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City
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Water Quality & Compliance
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Right-to-Know Reports
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Source
Water Protection
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Albuquerque
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Poor
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Good
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Poor
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Atlanta
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Fair
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Fair
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Poor
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Baltimore
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Good
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Good
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Fair
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Boston
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Poor
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Poor
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Good
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Chicago
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Excellent
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Good
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Fair
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Denver
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Detroit
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Good
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Good
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Poor
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Fresno
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Poor
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Poor
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Failing
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Houston
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Fair
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Fair
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Poor
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Los Angeles
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Fair
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Good
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Poor
(import)
Fair (local)
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Manchester
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Good
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Good
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Good
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New Orleans
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Good
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Good
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Poor
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Newark
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Fair
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Failing
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Fair
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Philadelphia
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Fair
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Good
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Poor
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Phoenix
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Poor
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Failing
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Poor
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San Diego
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Fair
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Fair
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Poor
(import)
Fair (local)
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San Francisco
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Poor
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Fair
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Good
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Seattle
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Fair
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Fair
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Excellent
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Washington D.C.
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Fair
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Fair
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Fair
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Source: Natural Resources Defense
Council
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Ionized Mineral Solution
you will have begun the process of "Youthing."
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