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Other than just being smaller‚ children‘s bodies are really quite
different than that of an adult.
Because many of the crucial defense systems that help protect adults
from disease are not fully developed in children‚ they are much more
sensitive to carcinogens‚ lead and water-borne parasites than
adults. Just as medications and other chemical compounds effect
children differently than they do adults‚ so do contaminants in our
air‚ drinking water and foods. Unfortunately there is little we can
do about toxins in the air or chemicals in our foods‚ which only
makes the purity of our water even more important. Water is the
body‘s only way to flush out these toxins and the purer the
water is to start with... the higher its capacity is to collect and
cleanse these harmful compounds from the body. Pure water helps a
child‘s defenses grow stronger and perform better; giving them the
protection they need during those fragile developing years.
A child‘s immune and detoxification systems are still developing
into and throughout their early teens. Exposure to trace levels of
chlorine, toxic chemicals & lead in drinking water during childhood
years has been linked to increased risks of disease and learning
disorders in later years. A recent Baltimore study showed that
children with higher blood-lead levels have a significantly higher
rate of problem behaviors than children with low blood-lead levels.
"This study lends support to the belief that undue exposure to lead
in childhood years may have a pervasive influence on the prevalence
of juvenile delinquency in this country."
A mixture of chemicals such as chlorine‚ lead‚ herbicides‚
pesticides and a host of other contaminants are commonly found in
our water supplies‚ and in many bottled waters. These trace levels
of water borne chemicals have been documented to have adverse health
effects on humans‚ and especially on small children.
Unfortunately the health standards that determine how much and what
levels of these toxins are permitted in our drinking water are all
based on the potential effects on adults. These "Maximum Contaminant
Levels" (MCLs) are also based on the false assumption that we are
only exposed to one chemical at a time. We commonly find traces of
several dozen different toxic chemicals in tap water.
A recent report by the Environmental Working Group‚ called "Into The
Mouths Of Babes"‚ found that of 29 Mid Western cities tested all had
at least one agricultural chemical present and that most had 5 or
more in a single glass of tap water! The report also points out that
45‚000 mothers in these 29 cities were unknowingly making infant
formula with tap water containing three or more toxic chemicals.
Often there are out breaks of chlorine resistant parasites
like Cryptosporidium and Giardia in city water supplies‚ as was the
case recently in Milwaukee WI‚ when over 100 people died and 400‚000
became sick in less than a month‚ mostly children and the elderly‚
when the water system became contaminated with Cryptosporidium. This
intestinal parasite causes flu like symptoms‚ but can be fatal to
small children and older adults... and is not controlled by
chlorine.
Childhood Asthma‚ Cancer‚ Leukemia and immune disorders have all
risen in the last decade. Many experts and studies suggest that this
is partially due to children‘s increased exposure to environmental
toxins and their decreased ability to detox. Water plays a major
role in a child‘s exposure to toxins and in their body‘s ability to
get rid of them.
A child consumes 3 times as much water per pound of body weight than
an adult does‚ so they get a bigger dose of the chemicals in their
water‚ and they‘re developing bodies are simply much more sensitive
to the harsh effects...
An increased intake of clean healthy water is one of the easiest and
best ways to help promote good health for our children.
Childhood asthma and many other illnesses have been directly linked
to a child's level of exposure to chlorine and other chemicals from
drinking and showering with tap water. Home water filtration
products are a great investment in the health of our families.
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