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Naturally occurring arsenic is almost never concentrated enough to cause outright poisoning. Its effects are more insidious than that – the nervous system is damaged and slowly degraded by drinking arsenic-filled water, while bladder and kidney cancer rates are far higher in arsenic-rich areas.
Using water filters to remove pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers from your water is a highly effective way to safeguard your health long-term.
Do not think that using bottled water will provide safe, pure water for the preparation of baby food – much bottled water comes straight from a municipal water system, which means that it will contain fluoride.
Chlorine is very effective in killing E Coli, which is good. E Coli can cause massive outbreaks of illness in very short amounts of time. What many people do not realize is that E Coli is often found in surface water sources. Lakes, rivers, and streams often contain various strains of this bacterium, and unless it is effectively removed, people will get sick if they ingest contaminated water.
However, although most bacterial and other contamination is dealt with adequately by the great majority of municipal water systems, there are still two inescapable substances that many people would be happy to avoid: chlorine and fluoride.