tap water safety

[RockyMountainHeathen]

wow, so I just found out about a website that will tell you all the contaminants in your local tap water that are above regulation. It's free. It's horrible what all is in our tap water. Thankfully I still have lots of Berkey filters and I don't consume the tap water. Unfortunately , we still shower in it. I'd love to find a good shower filter. Anyway, all you do is put in your zip code if you want to know the horrors that are in your local tap water. www.ismywatersafe.com Is My Water Safe . Com

 

[Bud]

Well, that's disturbing...granted these numbers are "Above EWG health guidelines" whatever that is, but apparently my water had a bunch of hex chrome in it.

Here are the EWG standards, which are extremely conservative - which is good, but just know that is the basis for these ultra high numbers, not the EPA guidelines. Like the one for hex chrome which has "no legal limit" but....Erin Brokovich anyone?

https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/ewg-standards.php

 

[S0NWO]

In my town, there are old lead water pipes in parts of the city. Homeowners are required to replace the lead pipes in their houses at their own expense, but the municipality is exempt. So you can have a situation where you have new plumbing, and a lead pipe running into your actual house.

A friend of mine is really into his water, and he has been sending the municipal water away for independent testing along with his personally treated water.

He discovered significant quantities of fluoride in the municipal supply. He contacted them about it, because the city held a referendum about 10 years ago on whether they should start adding this chemical to the water, and the people responded with a hard No.

Turns out that flouride was reclassified as a "ph buffer" and they added it anyway without disclosing it.

 

[Bud]

Turns out that flouride was reclassified as a "ph buffer" and they added it anyway without disclosing it.

I wonder how many places are getting away with that trick, wow!!