Poisoning of America’s Water Supplies
How much are we aware of as American citizens and laymen.
The simple answer is basically, only what we are introduced to through
mainstream media, which unfortunately is controlled mostly by current financial
and political trends. Clearly there is major problem in how information related
to public heath is disseminated in our society.
This link to an article about toxins in public water supplies was
recently posted by a friend on “Facebook” the new media source for
disseminating important Need to Know Information.
"The
government is hiding the fact that the drinking water is not usable," says
medical scientist Dr. Winn Parker who tells us that the most at-risk groups
from chloraminated water are the fetus in the first trimester, children to age
three, people over age 60 and those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Women in the 35-45 age group are at risk of recurring rashes on the inner
thighs and chest, he added. Parker is calling for government funding of
alternative disinfection methods, such as ultra-violet and reverse osmosis,
which would make harmful chemical disinfection methods obsolete. "We need
to amend the Constitution," Parker said, "to give the people in each
state the right to vote on what goes into their water."[viii] A recently
discovered disinfection byproduct iodoacetic acid, found in U.S. drinking water
treated with chloramines, is the most toxic ever found according to Dr. Michael
J. Plewa, a genetic toxicology expert at the University of Illinois [ix].
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