Modern day municipal water treatment has been able to reduce the chemical contaminants in drinking water to trace amounts. City water treatment is a massive job considering that there are approximately 82,000 chemicals being used in America today, some of them ending up in the water supply.

The majority of these chemical contaminants are not screened for on a national basis. Therefore, those chemicals could be in your tap water right now and eventually end up in your body whenever you drink a glass of water. Fairly frequently on the news and in magazines, you hear about the discovery of a variety of chemical contaminants in drinking water. Continue reading →

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