Posted on 12/20/2010 9:21:17 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States, including Bethesda and Washington, found that most contained hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen that was made famous by the film "Erin Brockovich."
The study, which will be released Monday by the Environmental Working Group, is the first nationwide analysis of hexavalent chromium in drinking water to be made public.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
But how many of us use the water from tap to make coffee;thinking the boiling purifies it?
The question to anyone who knows is do filters take this carcinogen hexavalent chromium, out?
Also: If they checked 31 cities does that mean the suburbs of cities 'most likely' have carcinogen hexavalent chromium? Can we trust an environmental group?
If you drilled a well in Antarctica and tested it you would find some kind of potentially dangerous chemical.
As long as it doesn’t have sh** in it I am fine with my well... OOPs next year this study will be found full of false hoods..
I thought the entire Erin Brokovich scheme was discredited recently.
That explains all those people dropping from cancer
Just like in the movie!
Oh wait..they had all kinds of different deseases in the movie..
but thats’s OK its all one thing that caused it and you can collect millions!
Ah, the source of every disease known to man, hexavalent chromium.
It doesn’t take much drilling at all in Antarctica to hit reserves of Dihydrogen Monoxide. It’s mostly in its solid form there, which is mildly less hazardous, but still, this substance kills vast numbers of humans each year.
Go to activist cash to check out the fraud the group who released this is.As for the chemical, just last week a real study showed the entire Brokovich thing was a complete farce..there was absolutely no increase in cancer in the community involved.
It’s fund raising time for the groups that scare you to keep the old ka ching going.
This report will make many buy more bottled water....
Is anyone considering the loss of fluoride for our teeth and what not... we are all missing?
Oh, my “liberal alert” light is correct again. Whilst perusing the article I saw no numbers on dosages, actual risk in percentages, etc, etc. Mere words, the only “axe” usable by liberals.
The article is Bull Obama, and very smelly Obama at that.
What do you think about this?
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/16/nation/la-na-cancer-marines-20100917
Today, my family drinks well water. No fluoride in our water supply. No drops in the juice. And my teenagers have never had a cavity.
I don't really "get" the whole fluoride thing. I see no personal benefit to having it and I see no personal risk for not having it. So what's the point?
In a word - 'NO'.
Yet the fancy water cooler sits in most kitchens and SPRING water with vitamins LOL is sold by the case.
I saw a show that said this bottled water is unregulated.
So anything could be in it or it could be pee water with a tablet?
Overview: This standard was developed for point-of-use (POU) reverse osmosis (RO) treatment systems. These systems typically consist of a pre-filter, RO membrane, and post-filter. Standard 58 includes contaminant reduction claims commonly treated using RO, including fluoride, hexavalent and trivalent chromium, total dissolved solids, nitrates, etc. that may be present in public or private drinking water.
Worse, it contains massive amounts of Dihydrogen Monoxide.
100 ug/L is the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) established by the U.S. EPA for total chromium and 50 ug/L MCL has been established by the State of California for total chromium.
If you have municipal water in the US, you should also recieve a yearly Water Quality Report from your supplier detailing all known constituents of your water. You can also visit your suppliers’ website or call to recieve the info.
Flouride worked for me. I use flouridated toothpaste, too, but evidently that isn’t enough.
I had very few cavities when I lived in Westchester, once I found a good dentist, with town water supply.
Then I started getting about one cavity a year when we moved to Connecticut, and then Vermont, both with well water. So, when I realized what was happening, I started rinsing my mouth with ACT, and no more cavities, going on 15 years, knock on wood.
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