WaterShield

A disturbing story was recently released by the investigative team at the KHOU news station.  This story revealed that Houston is one of the only major cities in Texas that has radioactive elements like uranium and radium in the drinking water.  This information is based on data provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental and [...]

Do you have chromium-6 in your tap water?  There is a good possibility that you might!  A recent report was released by the EPA that 31 U.S. cities could be drinking tap water contaminated with the harmful chemical hexavalent Chromium.  The dangerous carcinogen also known as Chromium-6 was first discovered in the water supply of [...]

Rocket fuel chemical perchlorate has been found in the water of at least 35 states.  The EPA is proposing a much lower standard for perchlorate in drinking water.  The Pentagon and military contractors are responsible for most of the perchlorate found in our drinking water and strongly oppose the new standards proposed by the EPA. [...]

Many major U.S. cities are switching from chlorine to chloramines and telling consumers that it is a better and safer disinfectant  than chlorine. The real reason for chloramines use is because it is less expensive and it lasts longer than chlorine, not mentioned is that it creates more toxic by-products than chlorine and is an [...]

A chemical used in the production of polycarbonate plastics, bisphenol A (BPA), is raising concern over its effects in fetuses and children,  according to a draft report from the NIH.  The report, from the National Toxicology Program, concludes that BPA presents “some concern” that exposure of fetuses and children “can cause changes in behavior and the brain, prostate gland, [...]

Some Colorado residents are finding out they are not protected.  Residents of Silt are be exposed to excessive amounts of Trihalomethanes which are known carcinogens.  The city recommends that residents should drink bottled water until the problem is resolved, but it is not likely to be fixed until late 2011 or early 2012. What You [...]

Now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are raising concerns about the level of bromide in the Monongahela River which supplies water for 13 different water companies and serves the greater southwestern Pennsylvania residents and businesses.  Unfortunately this not only happens to these residents but to many others across the nation. Increase in bromide is due [...]

Dr. Oz discusses the dangers of breathing in chlorine vapor in a hot shower.  You should be aware that the small shower head carbon based filters are not adequate enough to fully pull chlorine out of the water.  Water flow in the shower is too high and the water does not have enough contact time [...]

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How safe is your drinking water? Probably not as safe as you think—especially if you live in the Midwest. During the Spring spraying season,  waterways in the middle of the country—including those that supply our drinking water—are infested with atrazine, a widely-used herbicide.  Atrazine gained national attention last fall when 43 water systems in six [...]