How safe is our drinking water?

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How safe is our drinking water?

24 September 2009 415 views

As the controversy continues between drinking water and bottled water, here are some facts and news items about drinking water. We begin with the Centers for Disease Control and their updated (April 2009) information regarding our drinking water. Healthy Drinking Water | CDC is a new CDC link with valuable information.

Drinking Water Fast Facts

All public water systems in the United States are required to follow the standards and regulations set by the EPA.
EPA regulations that protect public water systems do not apply to privately owned wells or any other individual water system. Owners of private wells are responsible for ensuring that their well water is safe from contaminants.
Community water fluoridation prevents tooth decay safely and effectively. Water fluoridation has been named one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century (4).

However, we have had some disturbing news as of late and lots of pros and cons:

What is safe drinking water?

This is what we learn from the EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water

And many readers are noting rather sadly that one site will no longer be bringing news of safe drinking water, and here is why Safedrinkingwater.com - Premier information source.

Bottled water

In a few days, I will talk about some of the bottled water issues. But it is ironic that so many years after Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring, we pay more for water than we do for gasoline?

Here is more about Rachel Carson, considered to be the founder of the environmental movement long before it was a popular cause. RachelCarson.org : The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson.