(Extract kindly provided by Freshly Squeezed Water)

Many prominent scientists are alarmed by the content of some drinking water and actively seek to change the processes involved. The practice of making water safe to drink actually involves adding large amounts of extremely poisonous chemicals to it. Key scientists are now providing evidence that long-term ingestion of small amounts of chemicals like these could be the cause of some major health problems.

Here is a list of just a few of the chemicals routinely added to our water supply:

• Liquified chlorine
• Fluorosilicic acid
• Aluminium sulphate
• Calcium hydroxide
• Sodium silicofluoride

	Typical Tap Water Content: Chlorine Fluorine compounds Trihalomethanes (THMs) Salts of: arsenic radium aluminium copper lead mercury cadmium barium Hormones Nitrates Pesticides

Another very important health hazard is fluoride, which is added by some water authorities in the UK, and is also present in many toothpastes and mouthwashes. Around 10% of the UK’s water supply is fluoridated, despite a huge and ever-growing body of evidence that the science behind this mass medication programme is questionable to say the least.

Fluoridation of water is banned in all other European countries. (see the Flouride Action Network - Statements from European Health Authorities).

For still more information on the dangers of fluoride, visit these links:

• Thirty fluoride links from Dr Mercola’s site (USA)
• Fluoride Action Network (USA)
• Finally, you may wish to review the Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluorides.

Bottled Water
Bottled water is now readily available on the shelves of most supermarkets, and it's a clear indication of how seriously people are now taking the issue of their tap water quality. Unfortunately the quality and taste of bottled water is highly variable and it is generally expensive, at between 12p and £1.69 per litre. Just ask yourself these questions:

Given the sheer expense of bottled water, and given the uncertainty about the actual quality of the content, many people prefer to make use of Water Filters.

What Are Water Filters?
Water filters are devices that take ordinary tap water and, through various filtration processes, remove contaminants from the water, making it more suitable for human consumption.

The price and complexity of water filters varies, as does the quality of water they produce. Below are explored the common methods of water filtration.

Carbon Filters
Widely available from supermarkets and chemists in the UK, carbon filters improve the taste of tap water by removing the chlorine. They may also remove some pesticides.

Unfortunately they do not remove fluoride, hormones, toxic metal salts and other chemicals.

Distilled Water System
Distilled water systems usually boil water into steam and condense it back into water, collecting the water in a purer form. When water boils, it leaves impurities behind in the boiling chamber.

Whilst distillers remove almost all of the impurities from tap water, they are usually very slow. Distillers are most frequently used in commercial industry, but some household distillers are available to provide water for drinking and cookingsupplies. Unfortunately distilled water has a bland taste, because the dissolved minerals that give water a pleasing taste have been removed. As water is heated the impurities in the boiling chamber increase in concentration. The water left behind in the boiling chamber is discarded and the process is started over. There is also some concern about the effect of distilled water on the body.

Reverse Osmosis
Reverse Osmosis is a complicated processthat typically removes at least 90% of Total Dissolved Solids from water. A plumbed-in reverse osmosis filtration system provides very high quality water for drinking and cooking. It can also be given to pets

Reverse osmosis (RO) filtration systems are widely acknowledged as the most effective filtration systems available. They are used by the medical profession to produce ‘pure water’ for dialysis and other purposes and are readily available for the domestic market.

Traditionally RO systems were expensive, costing upwards of £500 per system and may vary wildly in quality.

However, Freshly Squeezed Water is able to do this by offering a superb range Reverse Osmosis Filtration Systems with a number of different financial options to make their systems affordable for all.

(This page was extracted from the Freshly Squeezed Water website with their kind permission)

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