Contaminación Del Agua
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Publicado: 29 de mayo de 2012
Contamination of water
"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth." Albert Schweitzer.
That is a pretty shocking quote, but when you study theimpacts and choices the public and corporations in the US are making regarding the production and farming of food along with the pollution and additives deposited into our water you'll begin to get thepoint.
The causes of water contamination are numerous and range from agricultural runoff to improper use of household chemicals and everything in between. While the standard use in our society of over75,000 different chemical compounds has offered added convenience and productivity in our lives, it has also come at a tremendous price.
Drastic increase in degenerative diseases. In the early1900s, before chlorine, pesticides, herbicides and the tens of thousands of other chemicals that we are exposed to, the average person had a 1 in 50 chance of getting cancer, today 1 in 3 can expect toget cancer in their lifetime, one out of every 2 men.
If you doubt this, you might want to watch the documentary, "The Future of Food." A real eye opener and illustrates a lack of understanding of theimplications of the use of pesticides and the desire to manipulate mother nature.
Water Treatment Facilities are Not Enough
Our municipal water treatment facilities are not designed oreffective for removing these synthetic chemicals and typically only consist of sand bed filtration and disinfection, much like a standard swimming pool filter.
For the most part today's water treatmentfacilities are much the same as they were at the turn of the century. "Drinking water plants are old and out of date, and water supplies are increasingly threatened by and contaminated by chemicals andmicroorganisms." Natural Resources Defense Council. "The way we guarantee safe drinking water is broken and needs to be fixed."
Man Made Chemicals and Contaminants in Our Water
Our use of man...
"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth." Albert Schweitzer.
That is a pretty shocking quote, but when you study theimpacts and choices the public and corporations in the US are making regarding the production and farming of food along with the pollution and additives deposited into our water you'll begin to get thepoint.
The causes of water contamination are numerous and range from agricultural runoff to improper use of household chemicals and everything in between. While the standard use in our society of over75,000 different chemical compounds has offered added convenience and productivity in our lives, it has also come at a tremendous price.
Drastic increase in degenerative diseases. In the early1900s, before chlorine, pesticides, herbicides and the tens of thousands of other chemicals that we are exposed to, the average person had a 1 in 50 chance of getting cancer, today 1 in 3 can expect toget cancer in their lifetime, one out of every 2 men.
If you doubt this, you might want to watch the documentary, "The Future of Food." A real eye opener and illustrates a lack of understanding of theimplications of the use of pesticides and the desire to manipulate mother nature.
Water Treatment Facilities are Not Enough
Our municipal water treatment facilities are not designed oreffective for removing these synthetic chemicals and typically only consist of sand bed filtration and disinfection, much like a standard swimming pool filter.
For the most part today's water treatmentfacilities are much the same as they were at the turn of the century. "Drinking water plants are old and out of date, and water supplies are increasingly threatened by and contaminated by chemicals andmicroorganisms." Natural Resources Defense Council. "The way we guarantee safe drinking water is broken and needs to be fixed."
Man Made Chemicals and Contaminants in Our Water
Our use of man...
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