10/01/2023
I personally know someone that works at the public water filtration plant in Chicago. He's told me how they dump large amounts of additives to "sanitize" the water.
Beyond that, there's carcinogenic chemicals found in tap water all over the United States: Including Fluoride, Chlorine, Lead, Mercury, PCB's, Arsenic, Perchorate (Colorado River), DDT (insecticide), HCB (pesticide), Dacthal (herbicide), MtBE.
Many cites across america are also testing positive of "forever chemicals"
Ok lets end this "debate" on Fluoride, here's what it is:
A chemical byproduct of industrial waste, like phosphate fertilizer mining and production. The fluoride gases released during the manufacture of synthetic fertilizers used in chemical-based agriculture are trapped by large “wet scrubbers” that turn them into liquids and/or powders, which are then hauled off to municipal water departments to be injected into the water piped into your home.
That same Fluoride is far from pharmaceutical grade, and does not undergo any type of purification before being added to water. Today, approximately 72 percent of Americans with homes connected to a community water supply receive fluoridated water [source: Pew]. This is problematic in and of itself because many other harmful chemicals such as arsenic and lead are oftentimes present in addition to the fluoride. These chemicals, as you may already know, are both known carcinogens.
Imagine whats going on inside your body if you smoke, drink tap water and an unhealthy diet. You're not giving your body a fighting chance to survive.
On April 12, 2010, Time magazine listed fluoride as one of the “Top Ten Common Household Toxins” and described fluoride as both “neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed.” In Europe, fluoride is rarely added to water supplies. In Britain, only about 10 percent of the population has fluoridated water. It has been a controversial issue there, with critics arguing people shouldn’t have “medical treatment” forced on them. Truth be told, in almost every country in the world (including the USA), it’s against the law to “mass medicate” an entire population with a substance that everyone admits is toxic.
I cant even find a 10" flouride water filter to put into this 3 stage system. Which has me thinking of moving to a Berkey gravity system.