When you turn on your faucet what are you expecting? Water, right? Well, in NYC is water unfortunately not the only thing you get from the tap. You may have heard about the controversy over the fluoride added to our water supply, maybe you even heard about the lead increased levels that the EPA has warned us about-or maybe you can actually taste the chlorine when you take a SIP. Anyway, it is important that all New Yorkers know what they are actually drinking and cooking with when using water straight from the tap.
If there is an ingredient label on NYC tap water would look something like this:
Ingredients: Water (H20), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), Fluoride, prescription pharmaceutical products (including Acetaminophen (nonprescription drug) Butalbital (Barbiturate), caffeine (stimulants), Carbamazepine (anticonvulsant), Cotinine (nicotine metabolite), Diazepam (antianxiety drug), Gemfibrozil (antihyperlipidemic), Ibuprofen (nonprescription drug), Nicotine (stimulants), Para xanthine (stimulants), unfortified (antibiotic), sulfamethoxazole (antibiotic)), Cis-testosterone (reproductive hormone), Estron (reproductive hormone), progesterone (reproductive hormone), DEET (insect repellent), Giardia, cryptosporidium (protozoa) (bacteria)(microscopic crustaceans), copepods, ORTHOPHOSPHATE, which may contain lead (Pb)
Let me ask you this ... If your faucet this label on it would you still drinking?
Well it's a verifiable fact that these chemicals and pollutants present in your NYC tap water. Each year the DEP from a water quality report for the previous year. Information on what's in our water is present is indicated by means of this report-you can view this information on the website NYS DEP. in addition, if you visit NYC.gov bring you will find a list of what is often found in tap water, including most of the above listed pharmaceuticals.
So what can you do to protect yourself from the numerous health risks these chemicals and contaminants? Well for starters not go into the bottle. Bottled water is in most cases only bottled tap water-but the plastic bottle it myself a other harmful chemical-BPA introduces. BPA has been linked to many health problems including cancer.
The solution: the fact is that high quality reverse osmosis filtration system will remove all these chemicals and pollutants and provide you with pure, healthy water. For a limited time Pure Planet waters, a leader in the industrial filtration is giving away free home filtration systems to qualified NYC homeowners. Call 1-888-NO bottles (1-888-662-6885) to see if you qualify. Visit http://www.pureplanetwaters.com for more information.
