Originally Posted by
Rbt
Don't
forget many places also put flouride in your drinking water. Another chemical that by itself isn't nice.
After
many years of upset stomaches on a regular basis I experimented wtih using bottled spring water. Within a couple of
weeks my discomfort vanished. When I mentioned this to some other local friends it turned out they (and their entire
families) had discovered the same thing (although one was using "delivered" water and one was using a home filter).
Our city water department still insists they meet the guidelines for "safe" water, but I have my doubts about those
guidelines.
"Dangerous" chemicals, when applied "correctly" can be beneficial (many prescription medications are
poisons in a way, and known to be dangerous, if not fatal). However some are better than others, and as individuals
may vary in how they react to those various chemicals, you have to monitor your own health closely. Universal
flouridation and chlorination is an example of someone else deciding what and how much is good for you, and they
could be very wrong.
My opinions