According to the CDC, millions of Crypto can be released in a bowel movement from an infected human or animal. To become infected, a person must consume contaminated food or water, including from streams or rivers. “Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrheal disease caused by a microscopic parasite that can live in the intestine of humans and animals and is passed in the stool of an infected person or animal. Both the disease and the parasite are commonly known as “Crypto.” The parasite is protected by an outer shell that allows it to survive outside the body for long periods of time and makes it very resistant to chlorine-based disinfectants.” Diarrhea, abdominal cramps, headaches, nausea, vomiting and a low-grade fever are symptoms which can last for weeks and may result in weight loss and dehydration. Symptoms are more severe for people with weakened immune systems and in the most extreme cases can lead to death. A reverse osmosis system or water filter is qualified to eliminate this parasite. You could boil all of your water which you want to consume, but that is time-consuming and not an eco-friendly solution. With a water filtration system, you are able to still provide your household with safe drinking water as if it were from the tap and worry less about what parasites or other unwanted contaminants you may be drinking.

The importance of water conservation and reducing water loss is important in everything from agriculture to business and residential users. In agriculture water conservation includes using low volume irrigation technologies, reusing and recycling waste water and having proper soil management. While all of these make a difference in the water usage, now agriculture is also developing more drought resistant seeds in order to grow crops that don’t require as much irrigation water. For instance, the USDA has approved the Monsanto drought resistant corn seed upon fears that droughts could significantly reduce the crop this next year. Monsanto has developed this new genetically modified breed of corn that should produce higher yields even in drought conditions than the previously used corn seed would. The problem that the USDA hasn’t considered is that genetically altered anything may have long term effects on the human body that haven’t been discovered yet. Rushing to allow new seed types on the market may be a huge mistake. Instead of simply bringing genetically altered seeds to the grower, perhaps information and new ways to reduce, recycle and reuse water should be at the top of the list.

All Americans are aware of the necessity of water to sustain life. This is a fact that is taught across the country in health class, children are told to drink more water. Adults are informed that for better health we need to drink more water. We cannot live without water. We are learning to reuse and recycle paper to save trees, plastic to save oil, rubber tires are being recycled. We can learn to reuse and recycle and even reduce on water use as well. It is possible to teach people how to schedule irrigating the yard at a time when it would use less water, not wash the car every week, and even reducing water use in the home. Everything from replacing an old toilet or faucet, fixing leaks, taking shorter showers, turning the water off while brushing your teeth, even bathing small children together saves water, these should be practiced by every American household.

Farmers aren’t the only ones that need to be careful of the water we use; every single American needs to be a responsible consumer. There are many new ways available to help us conserve and use our water wisely. Having our own home water treatment system is just one way to be a responsible consumer. Advances in technology have given us several options in water systems that will not only offer us cleaner, healthier water but will also help us use less of it. When we save water, we save money on utility bills too. In our tough economy even a small savings on any bill is welcome. Having great tasting water at the kitchen sink means no longer buying bottled water and that saves our environment as well. Saving water is easy for everyone to do, having your own drinking water treatment system in your home just makes it that much easier.

Here’s an article out of Prevention Magazine you might find interesting.

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Living in the United States with advanced sanitation and municipal water systems, we expect the water delivered to our homes to be safely treated so we can confidently drink and cook with it. However, this is not always the case. Several water systems around the country have shown traces of medications such as anti-anxiety drugs, acetaminophen, estrogen, and tranquilizers. Testing was also performed on 35 major watersheds and pharmaceuticals were found present in 28 of these.

Local municipalities are in a difficult situation. The federal government does not provide any limits for safe levels for pharmaceutical residues in the water nor does it require any testing for these compounds the way they do other mineral and chemical contaminants. If there is no required testing for drugs in the water, claims of safe water can be misleading.

How do these medications enter our water systems? We take our medication and unknowingly assume that the drug is fully absorbed into our systems. However, a significant portion passes through and is flushed, entering the water treatment cycle. Additionally, flushing or dumping unused medications contributes to this problem. Most municipal treatment processes cannot remove all drug residues and they remain in our water and flow back through our taps.

There is, fortunately, a step you can take in your own home that will provide the clean water you and your family require. The most effective is a Reverse Osmosis system, which provides drinking water that has passed through a semi-permeable membrane to separate contaminates from the water. The system is installed right at the sink and can be routed to include refrigerator water and ice service. Making this investment in your home’s water quality will decrease contaminates and increase the quality of the water you use every day.

You can read more about this AP investigation at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23503485

It is common knowledge that sometimes things go wrong with our tap water. Sometimes municipally treated water becomes unsafe because of human error, a machine gone haywire, a flood, or simply an overgrowth of algae or bacteria. In spite of their best efforts, your water may still be delivered to you with chlorine, nitrates, iron, sodium, and prescription drugs. Well water also comes with its own set of worries – like higher concentrations of iron, manganese, sulfates, and even arsenic, gasoline, the gasoline additive MTBE, and pesticides.

So, do you feel up to swallowing all that and letting your body sort it out?  There are better options out there. How about a reverse osmosis drinking water system?  This little piece of technology is hidden under your kitchen sink and takes on the duty of filtering out the impurities by forcing every drop of drinking water through a semi-permeable membrane. The molecules of common contaminants like copper, arsenic, chlorine, giardia, pesticides, cysts, and nitrates are too large to pass through the membrane and are left behind and flushed away – and you are left with healthy, refreshing water. That’s a load off your body’s filtration system!

RO systems can also be configured to serve your ice maker, coffee machine, and instant-hot water dispenser. For just pennies a gallon, you can feel good about drinking tap water again – and give your body a much needed break!