Tap and Bottled Water Hidden Toxins Threatens
Our Health
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants,
mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water
supplies in many cities in the US and the UK. Tap water in 42 states is
contaminated with more than 140 unregulated chemicals that lack safety
standards. In an analysis of more than 22 million tap water quality tests,
most of which were required under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act,
found that water suppliers across the U.S. detected 260 contaminants in
water served to the public. One hundred forty-one (141) of these detected
chemicals — more than half — are unregulated. Researchers have also
found potentially toxic trace element in bottled water.
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"A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants,
mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water
supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation
shows. The presence of so many prescription drugs — and over-the-counter
medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen — in so much of our drinking
water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences
to human health. In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered
that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major
metropolitan areas — from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from
Detroit to Louisville, Ky."
How
do the drugs get into the water? People take pills. Their bodies absorb
some of the medication, but the rest of it passes through and is flushed
down the toilet. The wastewater is treated before it is discharged into
reservoirs, rivers or lakes. Then, some of the water is cleansed again
at drinking water treatment plants and piped to consumers. But most treatments
do not remove all drug residue. And while researchers do not yet understand
the exact risks from decades of persistent exposure to random combinations
of low levels of pharmaceuticals, recent studies -- which have gone virtually
unnoticed by the general public -- have found alarming effects on human
cells and wildlife.
The federal government doesn't require any testing and hasn't set safety
limits for drugs in water. Of the 62 major water providers contacted, the
drinking water for only 28 was tested. Among the 34 that haven't: Houston,
Chicago, Miami, Baltimore, Phoenix, Boston and New York City's Department
of Environmental Protection, which delivers water to 9 million people.
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Understanding
Water Contaminants, Filtration and Ionizers Virtually all water ionizers contain some type of internal filtration.
IonWays' Biostone filter is the industry leader and helps significantly
reduce contamination in your water, there are a few contaminant-specific
situations where some customers may wish to add other optional treatment
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* Arsenic/Lead/Fluoride
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* Heavy Metals
* Hydrogen Sulfide
* Nitrates
* Iron
* E-Coli and Cyst
* Reverse Osmosis
* Virtually all known contaiminants (Reverse Osmosis
with a remineralization cartridge) learn
more...
Albert Schatz, Ph.D -
"Fluoridation
is the greatest fraud that has ever been perpetrated and it has been perpetrated
on more people than any other fraud has."
Professor
Albert Schatz, Ph.D. (Microbiology), Discoverer of streptomycin and Nobel
Prize Winner
Joseph M. Price, MD - "Chlorine
is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times. It is an insidious
poison."
Zoltan P. Rona M.D. - "During nearly 19 years of clinical practice
I have had the opportunity to observe the health effects of drinking different
types of water. Most of you would agree that drinking unfiltered tap water
could be hazardous to your health because of things like parasites, chlorine,
fluoride
and dioxins. Many health fanatics, however, are often surprised to hear
me say that drinking distilled water or purified water on a regular, daily
basis is potentially dangerous." Tap water in 42 states is contaminated
with more than 140 unregulated chemicals that lack safety standards, according
to the Environmental Working Group's (EWG's) two-and-a-half year investigation
of water suppliers' tests of the treated tap water served to communities
across the country. In an analysis of more than 22 million tap water quality
tests, most of which were required under the federal Safe Drinking Water
Act, EWG found that water suppliers across the U.S. detected 260 contaminants
in water served to the public. One hundred forty-one (141) of these detected
chemicals — more than half — are unregulated; public health officials have
not set safety standards for these chemicals, even though millions drink
them every day. Each year, bottled water sales grow about eight to
10 percent. In 2005, bottled water sales surpassed milk, beer, juices —
everything but carbonated soft drinks. Home purification systems are becoming
more common. They come in all types: simple filters, compound carbon filters,
reverse osmosis and combined systems. Visit
the
National
Tap Water Quality for detailed information - also: Health Hazard
of Chlorinated and Fluoridated
Tap Water Dr. Zoltan P. Rona is a graduate of McGill University Medical
School (1977) and has a Master's Degree in Biochemistry and Clinical Nutrition
from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut (1985). He is a past president
of the Canadian Holistic Medical Association and is a consultant on nutritional
medicine to the Motherisk Program of the Department of Pharmacology of
the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.
Dr. Mercola
- "If you have not heard of DBPs before, you need to pay close attention
as it turns out that DBPs, not chlorine, are responsible for nearly all
the toxic effects of chlorinated water. Chlorine by itself is relatively
harmless, but its side effects, by producing DBPs, is what causes nearly
all of the problems. As it turns out, DBPs are over 10,000 times
more toxic than chlorine, and out of all the other toxins and contaminations
present in your water, such as fluoride and miscellaneous pharmaceutical
drugs, DBPs may be the absolute worst of the bunch." Robert Slovak has
devoted himself to the science of water chemistry and water treatment for
thirty years. In this video, he explains how attempts to disinfect your
water may actually be killing you. Tap
Water Toxins: Is Your Water Trying to Kill You?...
Studies discovered the cancer
agents, benzene Freon, kerosene, toluene, trichloroethylene, and xylene
in a number of bottled waters. Through relentless advertising,
the Big-4 companies have turned bottled water into “America’s most affordable
status symbol”. Using images that evoke ‘activity’, ‘health’, ‘relaxation’,
‘pureness’ and ‘replenishment’, the bottled water giants dupe consumers
into buying something that largely exists in an imaginary environment.
Industry slogans like ‘get hydrated or die’ expose internal corporation
contradictions such as the fact that the same companies that sell dehydrating
soft drinks are promoting bottled water as a solution to dehydration. more....
German
researchers have found that the longer a bottle of water sits on a store
shelf or in a household pantry, the higher the dose of antimony it contains.
Amounts of this potentially toxic trace element were measured for 15 brands
of Canadian bottled water and 48 European brands. Concentrations reached
more than 100 times the average level of antimony in pristine groundwaters
(2 parts per trillion).
However, the concentration was even higher after the bottles were left
to sit at room temperature for six months. Antimony concentrations in the
Canadian bottled waters increased by 19 percent, concentrations in the
European brands increased by 90 percent. Most of the water tested was packaged
in bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Antimony trioxide
is used as a catalyst in the manufacture of PET. The different concentrations
of antimony in the various brands might have been caused by differing temperatures,
water pHs, or exposure to sunlight. more...
We Americans pitch 38 billion water bottles a year into landfills --
in excess of $1 billion worth of plastic. And 24% of the bottled water
we buy is tap water repackaged by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. (Bottled
water: A river of money). There is a perception among many people
that bottled water is somehow more healthy or pure than water from their
tap. This is simply an illusion of marketing. A four-year study by the
National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), released in 1999, found that
one-fifth of the sampled bottled waters contained known neurotoxins and
carcinogens such as styrene, toluene and xylene. Another NRDC study found
that, out of 103 brands of bottled water, one-third contained traces of
arsenic and E. coli. This means that out of a sample of 1,000 bottles sold
in the U.S., at least 300 would have some level of chemical contamination.
A Suffolk County Study in the USA tested 88 bottled waters and what
they found was horrifying. It was this study which discovered the cancer
agent, benzene, in Perrier and caused it to be withdrawn, but they also
found: Freon, kerosene, toluene, trichloroethylene, and xylene in a number
of other bottled waters. The NRDC in the USA reported that one-third of
bottled water products they tested were found to violate an enforceable
state standard or exceed microbiological purity guidelines, or both, in
at least one sample. Despite popular misperceptions (spawned primarily
by advertising), bottled water is not regulated as strictly as tap water.
In fact, unlike tap water, regulations allow bottled water to contain some
contamination by E. coli or fecal coliform and don't require disinfection
for cryptosporidium or giardia. And, as Consumer Reports tests discovered,
unhealthy chemicals can migrate from plastic bottles into the water. Ten
Concerns about Bottled Water
Robert Slovak has devoted himself to the science of water chemistry
and water treatment for thirty years. In this video, he explains how attempts
to disinfect your water may actually be killing you. Tap
Water Toxins: Is Your Water Trying to Kill You?...
Sometimes
bottled water is tap water: In spite of the springs, mountains, and other
bucolic scenes depicted on labels, some bottled water is nothing more than
tap water, NRDC and Consumer Reports have found. The Aquafina brand, for
example, is drawn from the municipal water supplies of Detroit, Fresno,
and other cities. Coke and Pepsi - the main producers of bottled water
(under different brand names) also use tap, not spring water.
The most common plastic used in water bottle manufacturing is PET (polyethylene
terephthalate), an environmentally unfriendly substance that actually
requires 17.5 kilograms of water to produce only 1 kilogram of PET. In
fact, more water is used to make PET bottles than is actually put into
them. The production of the plastic also produces numerous byproducts that
are extremely harmful to the environment. The Container Recycling Institute
reported that 14 billion water bottles were sold in the U.S. in 2002, yet
only 10 percent of these bottles were recycled - 90 percent ended up in
the trash. That's an extra 12.6 billion plastic bottles for the landfills;
bottles that contained water that was no more - and often less - healthy
than tap water.
There is a correlation between the consumption of soft water (purified
water is extremely soft) and the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Cells,
tissues and organs do not like to be dipped in acid and will do anything
to buffer this acidity including the removal of minerals from the skeleton
and the manufacture of bicarbonate in the blood. The longer one drinks
distilled water, the more likely the development of mineral deficiencies
and an acid state. I have done well over 3000 mineral evaluations using
a combination of blood, urine and hair tests in my practice. Almost without
exception, people who consume purified water exclusively, eventually develop
multiple mineral deficiencies. Those who supplement their purified or distilled
water intake with trace minerals are not as deficient but still not as
adequately nourished in minerals as their non-purified water drinking counterparts
even after several years of mineral supplementation.
Purified water tends to be acidic and can only be recommended as a way
of drawing poisons out of the body. Once this is accomplished, the continued
drinking of purified water is a bad idea. People in Canada and the USA
are consuming more bottled water than coffee, tea, apple juice or even
milk. But are they being duped by misleading promises that bottled water
is healthier, purer and fresher than tap water?
"The wars of the next century will be about water." This is a quote
from Ismail Serageldin, former vice president of the World Bank, in 1999.
This is the same World Bank that encourages the privatization of the world's
water supply. The same World Bank whose members have financial ties to
multinational corporations such as General Electric and Enron. The Polaris
Institute’s new book, Inside
the Bottle: An Exposé of the Bottled Water Industry, sheds light
on the deceptive practices of four big companies that dominate the bottled
water industry: Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Danone. Inside the
Bottle provides examples of how citizens can target the “big four” bottled
water companies, control private water-takings, and promote public water
management in their communities.
Bottled water cost more than gasoline! This time last year earth-policy.org
published an article
stating, "The global consumption of bottled water reached 154 billion liters
(41 billion gallons) in 2004, up 57 percent from the 98 billion liters
consumed five years earlier. Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink,
demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and
consuming vast quantities of energy. Although in the industrial world bottled
water is often no healthier than tap water, it can cost up to 10,000 times
more. At as much as $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs
more than gasoline."
Bottled water is not necessarily any healthier than the water from your
tap. In fact, roughly forty percent of bottled water begins as tap water,
says the above referenced earth-policy.org. In addition, "Fossil fuels
are also used in the packaging [and transporting] of water. The most commonly
used plastic for making water bottles is polyethylene terephthalate (PET),
which is derived from crude oil. Making bottles to meet Americans' demand
for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually,
enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year. Worldwide, some 2.7 million
tons of plastic are used to bottle water each year." Coke
Wants to Fool You With Their Bottled Water
You can also protect yourself
from pharmaceutical drugs and other toxins with calcium
bentonite clay. Taken internally, or in a bath, calcium bentonite
clay safely removes toxins from your system.
Do
you have a question or need guidance? Patricia Wilson volunteers
her time to provide guidance and support in your quest to find relevant
information about water ionizer. She can be reached at 281-581-2424
or 206-222-1619 (USA) If you prefer you can click
here to contact Shirley .
The "very clean waters" produced by reverse osmosis, (which also is
use by most bottled companies) is called "hungry" or "death" water. It
is so clean that nothing is left in it. The water is charged with positive
ions instead of negative ions and is also acidic instead of alkaline. The
water you drink is supposed to bring all nutrients to the destination and
to flush out any free radicals.
Free radicals are basically poisoned waste products produced by smoking,
drinking, inhaling polluted air and even by eating and exercising. Your
body is like a car engine, every time you turn it on, it burns fuel to
move your car, but by doing so produces smoke, which is poisoned.
If you take in this totally clean water then, instead of supplementing
minerals to the body it does just the opposite - it takes them away. Can
you see that? Can you see that if you would spill clean water over a dirty
rock you would have some of the dirt being washed away with the clean water?
That is what happens with hungry (totally clean water) - except it does
not take away the dirt but it depletes the body of minerals, calcium and
anything else, as it passes trough the body: Everything except the free
radicals because they are charged positively. This is also the case with
the reverse osmosis water and the bottled water. As you know from school
to positive magnets push each other away. So the solution is to drink water,
which has a range of minus 250 to minus 800 mV with a PH in the range of
8.5 to 9.5. (a
high pH range can easily be produced with an ionizer water machine)
THIRST investigates eight recent high-profile controversies over the
corporate takeover of water in the U.S, and illuminates how citizens are
fighting back in heartland communities like Stockton, CA, Lexington, KY,
Holyoke, MA, and Mecosta County, MI. Political corruption, high stakes
financial takeovers, and behind the scenes maneuvering by some of the richest
corporations characterize a David and Goliath battle in which local citizens
muster creative and often surprising organizing methods to preserve their
right to local, public control of this precious resource. The PBS
documentary "Thirst" showed how communities around the world are resisting
the privatization and commodification of water. Now THIRST, the book,
picks up where the documentary left off, revealing the emergence of controversial
new water wars here in the United States.
"Water as a fundamental right is guaranteed in the Universal Declaration
on Human Rights. Under the current system of market-driven economic globalization,
there are no limits placed on where capital can go to 'harvest' nature.
Both the WTO and NAFTA consider water to be a tradeable good, subject to
the same rules as any other good to be managed by market forces- like any
other commodity. 'Blue Gold' will become the hot commodity of the future
and those who can't afford it will be left behind. Huge corporate
factories are moving up the rivers of the Third World, sucking them dry
as they go. Eighty percent of China's major rivers are now so degraded,
they no longer support fish. We must declare that water is a public trust
to be guarded at all levels of government. No one has the right to appropriate
it at another's expense for profit" Food
First, Institute for Food and Development Policy - summer 2001 volume
7 - # 3
Water for Profit In the past ten years, three giant global corporations have quietly
assumed control over the water supplied to almost 300 million people in
every continent of the world. A 12-month investigation by journalists in
Canada, the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America shows that the results
range from questionable to disastrous.
The most toxic commercial beverages that people consume (i.e. cola beverages
and other soft drinks) are made from purified water. Studies have consistently
shown that heavy consumers of soft drinks (with or without sugar) spill
huge amounts of calcium, magnesium and other trace minerals into the urine.
The more mineral loss, the greater the risk for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
hypothyroidism, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and a long
list of degenerative diseases generally associated with premature aging.
"Most
people never give the dangers of chlorine
a thought. After all, our elected public officials keep assuring us that
chlorinated city tap water is completely safe for human consumption. Numerous
scientific studies report that chlorinated tap water is a skin irritant
and can be associated with rashes like eczema. "Chlorinated water contains
chemical compounds called trihalomethanes which are carcinogens resulting
from the combination of chlorine with compounds in water. For many
years, researchers thought that the “exposure” came only when chlorine
was ingested. But, current studies are showing that drinking the water
is not the only risk. And is likely not even the most severe. more...
These chemicals, also known as organochlorides, do not degrade very
well and are generally stored in the fatty tissues of the body (breast,
other fatty areas, mother's milk, blood and semen). Organochlorides can
cause mutations by altering DNA, suppress immune system function and interfere
with the natural controls of cell growth. Chlorine has been documented
to aggravate asthma. Several studies also link chlorine and chlorinated
by-products to a greater incidence of bladder, breast and bowel cancer
as well as malignant melanoma. One study even links the use of chlorinated
tap water to congenital cardiac anomalies. Anything you can do to filter
tap and shower water that eliminates or minimizes chlorine would certainly
be helpful and possibly curative for some immune system problems."
(The law firm of Baron &
Budd, P.C provides information about water contamination problem)
In his compelling book, The Miraculous Properties of
Ionized Water Bob McCauley clearly explains what Ionized
Water is, how it is made, what properties it posesses, and how these
properties can positively impact your health. Discover for yourself why
the author calls ionized water a powerful antioxidant, an effective
alkalizing and hydrating agent, a detoxifier, and "one of the greatest
health advances in human history"
Ionized
Alkaline Water (also
referred as energized water, antioxidant water, live water, clustered water),
helps to naturally flush toxins and acidic waste from your body and is
a powerful antioxidant. Water is one of the best sources for detoxification.
Ionized Alkaline Water makes more oxygen available to your cells than distilled,
reverse osmosis, filtered only, bottled or tap water. Cancer doesn't
thrive in an oxygenated body. Alkaline Ionized Water
will help to optimize your body's pH. You could try to achieve an
alkaline state with foods but alkaline water will turbo charge your efforts.
As a result, it enables your body to better absorb and utilize nutrients,
minerals and supplements.
Drinking alkaline water helps our body dissolve acid wastes and make
it easier for the body to dispose of them safely. Since the accumulation
of acid wastes is aging, the reduction of acid wastes is reverse aging.
Alkaline water is not a medicine to cure any disease. However, if consumed
regularly, alkaline water gradually reduces the accumulated acid wastes.
As a result of acid reduction, there are many reports of natural health
improvement in Japan. One American cancer center showed significant improvements
in their cancer therapy by getting 1,000 patients to drink 7 glasses of
alkaline water a day. Their research concluded that the alkaline minerals
in natural, alkaline water with a pH 7.5 helped to neutralize acidosis
and thus helped to prevent cancer.
"Ionized
Water is a Powerful Antioxidant that provides our body with an abundance
of oxygen which gives us energy. It posses a negative charge, which is
also an antioxidant. It balances our body pH, which helps prevent disease
because it is alkaline. It is a Powerful Detoxifier and Superior Hydrator,
up to six times more hydrating than conventional water. As things oxidize,
the ORP rises. Rust is metal that has oxidized.
In the human body oxidation is caused in part by free radical oxidation
damage. As we age, our body's ORP continually rises because we are oxidizing
faster. The higher the number, the greater the oxidation. Alkaline Ionized
Water has a negative ORP therefore it offsets the positive ORP of our body
as it is oxidizing or aging. Thus, we counteract the aging process by putting
a negatively charged liquid which dampens the positive ORP of our oxidizing
body. Realistically, we need to drink at least 1 to 2 gallons of strong
Alkaline Ionized Water per day in order to expect significant slowing and
reversal of the aging process.
The book is detailed and has an abundence of scientific references to
back his claims that we need to move to a raw food diet if we expect to
be healthy. He also explains ionized water
and why we need to consume it each and every day. (more info about
spirulina,
chlorella,
raw foods)
Dr Sherry Rogers M.D.. - "Alkaline water
rids the body of acid waste... After carefully evaluating the results of
my advice to hundreds of individuals, I'm convinced that toxicity in the
form of acidic waste is the primary cause of degenerative disease."
Prof. Watanabe Ifao, Watanabe Hospital - "Antioxidant
water improves body constituents and ensures effective healing to many
illnesses. The uses of antioxidant water in gynecological patients have
proved to be very effective. The main reason for its effectiveness is that
this water can neutralize toxins. When given antioxidant water to pre-eclamptic
toxemia cases, the results are very significant. During my long years of
servicing the pre-eclamptic toxemia cases, I found that the women with
pre-eclamptic toxemia who consumed antioxidant water tend to deliver healthier
babies with stronger muscles. A survey report carried out on babies in
this group has intelligence above average."
Dr. Batmanghelidj M.D. - "I have used water to cure people who
were suffering from "incurable" diseases. I have cured people who suffered
for 10 years, 20 years, even 30 years from painful conditions produced
by dehydration." Clean, live, energized water, plays an important
role in our health recovery and maintaining optimum health.
Dr Theodore Baroody, author of "Alkalize
or Die", offers a list of symptoms that may be precipitated by Acidosis
(Chronic Acidity's Effect on Our Health)
.
Do
you have a question or need guidance? Patricia Wilson volunteers
her time to provide guidance and support in your quest to find relevant
information about water ionizer. She can be reached at 281-581-2424
or 206-222-1619 (USA) If you prefer you can click
here to contact Shirley .
A
quality water ionizer takes in regular tap water which has both acid and
alkaline minerals in it and has a typical pH value of 7. The system then
releases water with a pH value of 9 or higher with all the alkaline minerals
from the original tap water. At the same time it releases acidic water
with a pH value of 5 or lower with all the acid minerals in the original
tap water. More
about Alkaline Antioxidant Ionized Water.
Prof. Kuwata Keijiroo,
Doctor of Medicine - "In my opinion, the wonder of antioxidant water
is the ability neutralizes toxins, but it is not a medicine. The difference
is that the medicine can only apply to each and individual case, whereas
the antioxidant water can be consumed generally and its neutralizing power
is something which is very much unexpected. Now, in brief, let me introduce
to you a heart disease case and how it was cured. The patient was a 35
years old male suffering from vascular heart disease. For 5 years, his
sickness deteriorated. He was in the Setagays Government Hospital for treatment.
During those 5 years, he had been in and out of the hospital 5 to 6 times.
He had undergone high tech examinations such as angiogram by injecting
VINYL via the vein into the heart. He consulted and sought treatment from
many good doctors where later he underwent a major surgical operation.
Upon his discharge from the hospital, he quit his job to convalesce. However,
each time when his illness relapsed, the attack seemed to be even more
severe. Last year, in August, his relatives were in despair and expected
he would not live much longer. It so happened at that time that the victim's
relative came across antioxidant
alkaline water processor. His illness responded well and he is now
on the road to recovery."
Dr.
Young discusses alkaline water and alkaline diet
Ionized
Alkaline Water helps to naturally flush toxins and acidic waste
from your body and is a powerful antioxidant. Water is one of the
best sources for detoxification. Ionized Alkaline Water makes more oxygen
available to your cells than distilled, reverse osmosis, filtered only,
bottled or tap water. Cancer doesn't thrive in an oxygenated body.
Alkaline
Ionized Water will help to optimize your body's pH. You could
try to achieve an alkaline state with foods but alkaline water will turbo
charge your efforts. As a result, it enables your body to better
absorb and utilize nutrients, minerals and supplements.
Water
therapy has been used for centuries to heal the sick. Hydro-
and hydrothermal therapy are traditional methods of treatment that have
been used for the treatment of disease and injury by many cultures, including
those of ancient Rome, China, and Japan. learn more
Dr.
Hidemitsu Hayashi, M.D. - "Water has the ability to attract
and accumulate bio-energy. It also stores an energy memory of harmful or
helpful vibrations to which it was exposed in the past. Chlorinated
tap water is polluted with non-biological chemicals and negative energy
imprints. It is also devoid of bio-energy and so may be regarded as being
badly polluted as well as 'dead'. Alkaline living water is regarded by
a growing number of health care professionals as the best water to drink
and is listed as a medical device in Japan for the treatment of degenerative
diseases." read Dr. Hayashi's article
"When you drink alkaline water, you are drinking water with excess oxygen,
not in the form of O2, but in the form of OH- which is very stable because
it is mated with positively ionized alkaline minerals. Two of these hydroxyl
ions can form a water molecule (H2O) and give out one oxygen atom. The
alkaline mineral is used to detoxify poisonous acid compounds and when
that happens the hydroxyl ion is freed to supply excess oxygen to the cells
to prevent the development of cancer." Reverse
Aging, Sang Whang, 1990, page 51
Alkaline neutralizes acid. Drinking alkaline water
helps our body dissolve acid wastes and make it easier for the body to
dispose of them safely. Since the accumulation of acid wastes is aging,
the reduction of acid wastes is reverse aging. Alkaline water is not a
medicine to cure any disease. However, if consumed regularly, alkaline
water gradually reduces the accumulated acid wastes. As a result of acid
reduction, there are many reports of natural health improvement in Japan.
One American cancer center showed significant improvements in their cancer
therapy by getting 1,000 patients to drink 7 glasses of alkaline water
a day. Their research concluded that the alkaline minerals in natural,
alkaline water with a pH 7.5 helped to neutralize acidosis and thus helped
to prevent cancer. Water, the origin of Life, contains 2 parts hydrogen
and one part oxygen. Alkaline water is water that contains a larger amount
of oxygen as compared to hydrogen. By drinking alkaline water, we increase
our intake of oxygen compared to drinking plain water. The advantage of
drinking alkaline water is that while being absorbed by the body, it helps
neutralize acidic wastes, making them more soluble in the blood vessels.
Thus, acidic wastes will be easily drained out of the body in the form
of urine or sweat.
Tap water can contain impurities, including inorganic poisons
and pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Magnetic resonance
imaging reveals that most tap water is organized into microclusters of
about 12 water molecules each. In alkalinized water, the microclusters
are reduced in size to only six molecules per cluster. This enhances the
permeability, solubility, and absorption of the water, thereby boosting
its detoxification effects. Nutrients, including water-soluble vitamins
such as vitamins B and C, will be absorbed more fully. Drinking more water
can boost detoxification. It takes 32 glasses of pH 10 alkaline water to
neutralize one glass of pH 2.5 cola. Why
Purified Water and Distilled Water are Bad For You
A quality water ionizer takes in regular tap water which has both acid
and alkaline minerals in it and has a typical pH value of 7. The system
then releases water with a pH value of 9 or higher with all the alkaline
minerals from the original tap water. At the same time it releases acidic
water with a pH value of 5 or lower with all the acid minerals in the original
tap water. more..
Since this alkaline water has twice as many alkaline minerals as the
original water but NO acid minerals, it is more than twice as potent as
the original water. Inside our body, it will neutralize only acidic elements
and discharge them safely out of the body. Drinking 8 glasses of regular
water can leach out acidic wastes as well as some valuable alkaline minerals
such as potassium. That's why doctors test your blood when you are going
through a serious diet program. With this alkaline water there is no worry
about losing potassium from your system.
According to Herman Aihara, the father of modern Macrobiotics, we still
carry our own inner sea within each of us in the form of a saline interstitial
fluid. This is the fluid that carries nutrient, messages, energy and even
toxins to every part of our body, and that carries away the same toxic
elements and more, as a result of daily metabolic process. It is very different
to the water we drink, yet without even that, grossly contaminated and
deconstructed form of H2O that we call tap water, we soon lose life force.
Four days without food is tolerable. Four days without water is fatal.
Not only is our body 75% water, our brain is 80% water and our blood 90%.
Water is more than a carrier of other materials. It is a solvent, an infiltrator
of cells, a digestion aid, a dilutor, a dilator, a nutrient transport system,
a waste disposal system, an electrical message system, a chemical conduit,
an energy combustor, a lubricant, a coolant and a latent heat bank. Some
people even believe that water is the repository of emotion. And we thought
all it did was quench our thirst.
ORP
is a "potential" energy that is stored and ready to be put to work. It's
not necessarily working, but we know that the energy is there and we can
measure it. Another way to look at this potential might be to look at pressure.
If you blow up a balloon, and there is air pressure inside. As long as
the balloon is closed, the pressure remains and can be measured. When released,
this potential energy becomes kinetic energy.
In electrical terms, potential energy can be measured.
When we use the term "potential" in describing ORP, we are actually talking
about electrical potential as expressed in millivolts. This potential is
measured in water with an ORP meter. What you measure is the very slight
voltage in water. We are actually measuring the presence of oxidizing or
reducing agents by their specific electrical charge, thus Oxidation Reduction
"Potential". High pH water has more "reducing" agents (-ORP) and low pH
water has more oxidizing agents (+ORP).
Oxidation is what turns an apple brown after it is cut
or causes metal to rust. Rust weakens metal and signifies the deterioration
of the apple. The process of oxidation “steals” electrons from the surface
being oxidized. When we measure a something’s oxidizing potential, it is
expressed in +ORP and measures the concentration of OH+ ions or oxidizing
agents.
A “reducing” agent is simply something that inhibits
or slows the process of oxidation. The reducing agent does this by “donating”
an electron. When we measure a something’s oxidation reduction potential,
it is expressed in terms of –ORP and measures the concentration of OH-
ions or reducing agents. In its most basic form a reducing agent is an
“antioxidant” ~ reducing oxidation. Follow this link to read more detailed
info about the science of pH and ORP.
The ORP of most tap water in the
USA is between +200 to +600mv and so is an oxidizing agent. High pH ionized
water demonstrates a –ORP and so is a reducing agent or “antioxidant”.
Most bottled waters are very acidic (low pH) and also have higher ORPs
(over +400mv). (use info from Excel table titled pH of Bottled Waters )
Aging or premature aging
is a process of oxidation within the body. In other words the body rusts
and is damaged by oxidation. The antioxidant molecule has an extra ion
and donates it to the free radical effectively neutralizing it which is
very important to our health and longevity. This antioxidant
effect is also known as Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP).
Air, food and water have
an Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) value which can be measured by an
ORP meter which is a millivolt measurement of negative and positive electrical
values Picture of an ORP meter in a glass of water.indicating
electron or ion activity .The higher the negative ORP value the healthier
is for us and more powerfully we can neutralize free radicals. Click on
the image for a demonstration of different water being tested with an ORP
meter.
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Watch the video: Oxidation
Reduction Potential (ORP).
The pH stands for "potential hydrogen" and is a measurement that
provides an indication of the level of hydrogen in a substance. It is measured
by the pH scale. Proper body pH is an important factor in good health.
If
any substance changes from pH 7 to pH 8, it has become ten times more alkaline.
Conversely, if it has changes from neutral pH 7 to pH 6, it is 10 times
more acidic. As an example, a popular Cola, at pH 2.5 is almost 50,000
times more acidic than neutral water, and needs 32 glasses of neutral (pH
7) water to counteract the consumption of one glass of Cola. (Active ingredient:
Phosphoric Acid) You can now see that a change from the normal level 7.365
to pH 7 would mean that your blood would suddenly be around 4 times as
acid as it should be. You would die from poisoning by your own blood. This
is why every body system is used to support the correct blood pH.
You can also understand from this that our blood pH
can be affected at any time of the day by a myriad of events; food, drink,
stress, pollution, exercise, or beneficially, by meditation, by drinking
alkaline water, by deep breathing, even by being happy.
The other way an ionizer alters the water is in ORP.
This stands for Oxidation Reduction Potential (also referred to as "Redox"
- it's the same thing). Most leading water researchers from Asia agree
that in ionized water the elevated pH is good, but that ORP is more important.
Alteration to the OPR is what causes the microclustering, antioxidant and
oxygenating effects. more:
pH and ORP alteration is a highly variable
and depends primarily on three factors:
1. The source water and its natural mineral content – water varies widely
in this respect
2. The voltage applied to the water during electrolysis
3. The flow rate through the ionizer’s water cell
These variables have a dramatic effect on pH and ORP.
An ionizer works primarily on the mineral content in the water. It is
the dissolved mineral content (referred to as TDS) which creates the pathway
for the “ionization” (or more correctly electrolysis) to occur. Water without
mineral content or TDS, like reverse osmosis or distilled water, will not
conduct the current and therefore can not be “ionized”. This first variable
is the most crucial to performance. Tap waters vary widely in the dissolved
mineral content. The higher the mineral content (“harder” water), the higher
the levels of pH and ORP alteration an ionizer can achieve; the lower the
mineral content (“softer water”), the lower levels the of pH and ORP alteration.
The importance of this variable can not be emphasized enough.
The
heart of an ionizer is the water cell which contains the electrodes. The
electrodes are what deliver the current and creates the “ionization”. We
control the voltage conducted through the electrodes and then to the water
by selecting the different "Alkaline" settings on an ionizer. The higher
the Alkaline setting (or voltage), the more alteration you will achieve
in pH and ORP. Effective conductivity is the primary determinant – not
electrode size - of effective delivery of the current or voltage into the
water needed to create electrolysis. Do not be fooled by the claim some
manufacturers make that larger electrodes will necessarily deliver better
performance. Generally the larger electrodes have poorer conductivity –
so they have to be larger.
The flow rate through the machine determines how long
the water is actually in contact with the electrodes receiving the voltage
and the effects of electrolysis. If your flow is fast (say you could fill
a quart or liter in 15 seconds) then the water is not processing very long
and not receiving much alteration. Conversely, with a slow the flow rate
(say the same quart or liter took 60 seconds) the water is in the chamber
in contact with the electrodes longer and will receive more alteration.
You can always achieve higher pH and ORP readings with reduced flow rates.
So controlling the flow is an important variable in performance.
On most ionizers you can only adjust the flow rate by using your faucet
or tap. If your faucet is all the way "on", the water will process very
fast through the machine. If your faucet is just barely "on", this reduces
the flow and the water will process for much longer. With a fast flow rate
you may only achieve slight alteration in pH and ORP, slow it down and
you will get higher pH and better ORP. Simply put, speed it up, you get
a less alteration; slow it down and you'll get more.
To illustrate this whole principle lets look at two
very different tap waters and their effect on performance. Remember the
crucial variable is the dissolved mineral content or TDS (total dissolved
solids) which is measured in parts per million. This creates the pathway
for the ionization to occur. In Carlsbad, California the tap water tests
at 385 - 501ppm of total dissolved solids. The tap water in Seattle, Washington
tests at approximately 40 – 47ppm. You could test water from an ionizer
in Carlsbad at a given setting and flow rate and you would get a certain
result. You could test the exact same ionizer in Seattle without altering
the setting or flow rate and you would get dramatically different results.
Is it the ionizer? No. It is the water as the main variable in performance.
There is much less pathway in Seattle’s water. To further illustrate variability,
you could alter the voltage or flow rates through the ionizer in either
Carlsbad or Seattle and you would get different results again.
Research states that the ideal level for drinking alkaline water is
between pH8.5 – pH9.5 with an ORP of -250mv. It is unimportant if an ionizer
creates big -ORP numbers at really high levels of pH. For most people,
water over a pH10 begins to acquire an unpleasant taste due to the heavy
concentration of minerals. What is important is drinking water at the mildly
alkaline levels of pH8.5 – pH9.5 with good -ORP. Of course the Athena will
create the big – ORP numbers at the higher pH ranges, but it is designed
to give you the best ORP at the lower levels of pH. These are the levels
that you will actually enjoy drinking. That is where the bang for your
buck is. There is no need for ionized water to taste bad and be the “cod
liver oil” of this generation!
Comparing ORP Lastly, comparing ORP is a tricky business. Stating absolute values
is impossible. Anyone who really knows and understands ionizers/ORP would
agree. Anyone who states absolutes in performance proves their ignorance
on the science behind it. Further, pH and ORP are not tied to one another.
In other words you can measure ORP in two pH9 waters and get two very different
readings. Another factor to consider when comparing ORP is the level of
pH you will drink.
Water with a pH over about pH10 does not taste good
to the vast majority of people. Japanese research states that the ideal
range for drinking alkaline water is between pH8.5 and pH9.5. Given this,
testing ORP at those levels is where the real bang for the buck is; ORP
at a pH level one would actually drink. Therefore, the only salient way
to compare ORP in ionizers is side-by-side, with the same source water
and each machine set to achieve the same drinkable level of pH. If you
drink pH9 then the ORP you get at pH9 is the effective ORP in the ionizer.
Not some “absolute” or even extraordinarily high ORP.
So understanding performance is like understanding a dance between the
three variables. Understanding this dance is crucial to making an informed
decision when purchasing an ionizer, and also in getting the most out of
your ionizer’s performance.
With the advent of electrolysis water treatment in the Japanese marketplace,
electrolysis alkaline water was introduced into the dairy farms. This is
now beginning to impact on dairy farms in the USA and other countries.
In Japan, knowing the positive health benefits and results that were acquired
through human consumption, alkaline water was used in place of tap water
as the sole source of water for dairy cows. The results of this water usage
is reported in the subsequent findings. The information was obtained through
27 dairy farms along with a report from a group of veterinarians. The source
of each report is identified at the beginning of each report.
In general, the following measurable conditions were noted:
1. An increase in milk output by 18% - 28%.
2. A notable improvement in the quality of milk.
3. Elimination of strong feces and urine odors.
4. Healthier skin condition.
5. Minimized injury to the udder.
6. Decrease in diarrhea cases.
7. Strengthening of the legs.
8. Increased appetite.
9. Able to reduce mineral supplements normally added to the feed.
10. Due to an improved health condition coupled with stronger legs,
extended the productive life span of the cows.
11. Improved the fertility rate and reduced still births in new-born
calves.
Aside from the above, the following opinions were noted by the veterinarians:
1. A noticeably increased appetite; no new supplements were added to
their diet.
Increase in appetite noted in older cows also.
2. Well digested foods.
3. A beautiful sheen on the cows' hair.
4. Higher fertility rate; higher pregnancy rate.
5. A new-born calf exposed to alkali water matures quicker.
6. A dramatic increase in milk production.
7. Improved liver condition.
8. Strengthened legs.
9. Minimizing of sicknesses; tremendously improved health condition.
10. No adverse conditions noted with the consumption of alkali water.
Lesser visits made by veterinarians.
By drinking alkaline water, we increase our intake of oxygen compared
to drinking plain water. The advantage of drinking alkaline water is that
while being absorbed by the body, it helps neutralize acidic wastes, making
them more soluble in the blood vessels. Thus, acidic wastes will be easily
drained out of the body in the form of urine or sweat.
Warning - Alkaline Drops
- I would not recommend using drops at all. If you choose to use drops,
be very careful of where you store the bottles. The bottle I purchased
looked just like a Visine bottle and I accidentally put a drop in my right
eye. I am not completely blind but I have some eye DAMAGE DUE TO ALKALI
BURN. Thankfully, my contact lens saved me from being completely blind.
The only emergency instruction on the bottle was "flush the eye." If my
husband had not had the sense to take me to the ER, I would've just followed
the directions and would be completely blind. Please be aware that if any
gets in your eyes, you must GO TO THE ER IMMEDIATELY. Home flushing of
the eye is not sufficient to save the eye from damage. The attending physician
could not believe how innocuous the bottle appeared and how it had very
little warning of how potent the chemicals were.
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If
any substance changes from pH 7 to pH 8, it has become ten times more alkaline.
Conversely, if it has changes from neutral pH 7 to pH 6, it is 10 times
more acidic. As an example, a popular Cola, at pH 2.5 is almost 50,000
times more acidic than neutral water, and needs 32 glasses of neutral (pH
7) water to counteract the consumption of one glass of Cola. (Active ingredient:
Phosphoric Acid) You can now see that a change from the normal level 7.365
to pH 7 would mean that your blood would suddenly be around 4 times as
acid as it should be. You would die from poisoning by your own blood. This
is why every body system is used to support the correct blood pH.
