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| for your drinking water. | | | | I already knew that we can't trust our tap |
| | | | water because of the presence of up to 2000 |
| Wouldn't it be nice to stop poisoning | | | | contaminants. |
| ourselves with polluted or unhealthy drinking | | | | |
| water? I, for one, felt that I would love to | | | | Specifically, I found:a) Bottled Water: a |
| find a source of safe inexpensive drinking | | | | real mish-mash of quality, often no more than |
| water. (Ideally, I'd love to turn on the tap, | | | | filtered tap water sold at outrageous |
| and out it would flow!) | | | | mark-ups and at quite an environmental |
| | | | cost.b) Reverse-osmosis and distilled water: |
| Whether it's curing cancer with magnets or | | | | completely ignored the medical evidence of |
| herbal wonder-remedies or Vioxx, we've all | | | | the dangers in the ongoing drinking of water |
| seen the fantastic claims people make about | | | | that is void of minerals, acid in nature and |
| their health products AND about how your | | | | oxidizing. |
| whole life will be changed! I can tell you | | | | |
| right now that 90% are frauds. You may even | | | | I quickly realized that these products were |
| have fallen prey to some of these scams, | | | | either useless,overpriced or potentially |
| selling you the latest fad. Me too. I've | | | | harmful long-term. And the companies were |
| bought so many kinds of drinking water, I | | | | smiling all the way to the bank. |
| can't recall. (If a lie is repeated often | | | | |
| enough, it becomes "the truth"). | | | | Nevertheless I was able to find products that |
| | | | were well-researched and legitimate: water |
| Finally, after many disappointments I got FED | | | | ionizers and certain filters. I found two |
| UP. I decided to get to the bottom of this | | | | websites providing comparisons of reliable |
| desire we all have to make sure that our most | | | | water purifiers: and (While the first of |
| basic nutrient -- water -- will keep us | | | | these sites does not address the problem of |
| healthy, not make us sick. | | | | acidity in drinking water, it is |
| | | | straightforward in its assessment of what |
| I checked out endless commercial websites and | | | | various water filters do.) |
| a number ofuniversity and government sites; | | | | |
| and I was dismayed at what I repeatedly | | | | I hope that you're not misled by false |
| found: | | | | claims, and take a look at these resources, |
| | | | for the sake of your health. |
| --Outdated information or info repeated from | | | | |
| other websites | | | | Stan Howard is a researcher with Best Water, |
| | | | which offers a free report comparing all |
| --Wild and sensational claims | | | | types of water purification, and other vital |
| | | | information on drinking water quality. |
| --No research | | | | |