Water Torturing

[Health Dr. 2]

There's something in the water — again
By: William Campbell Douglass MD, II

You've heard me railing about all the poisonous stuff the
government puts in our public drinking water — fluoride,
especially. Don't even get me started on how this darling of
the mainstream is actually nothing more than toxic waste
(once used as a rat poison) that doesn't even help your teeth!
But fluoride's not the only poison Americans are ingesting in
the vast majority of the country's public water systems — not
by a long shot.

Chlorine is another major toxin (it used to be employed as a
chemical weapon, in fact) that the bureaucrats are pumping
into our water in the name of our health. Supposedly,
chlorine keeps water supplies clean and free of many harmful
bacteria. While this may well be the case in swimming pools,
in the aging pipes and pumping stations most of our country
uses to disperse public water, this "harmless" chemical can
interact with small quantities of organic matter to produce
some really nasty toxins — including carcinogens chloroform
and DCA (dichloro-acedic acid).

I know — you've heard all of this from me before. But here's
something you likely haven't heard: Some municipalities in
the U.S. are starting to realize that chlorine's byproducts are
a health hazard, and are implementing alternatives for water
treatment...

Hooray, right?

Not quite. According to a recent Reuters article, a new study
suggests that one class of chlorine substitute used in some
U.S. cities' water supplies can produce byproducts that may
be EVEN MORE TOXIC than those produced by garden-
variety chlorine. Called chloramines (they're a blend of
chlorine and ammonia), these substitutes may be linked to a
family of chemicals called iodoacids, which have been shown
to be up to 300 times more toxic than chlorine byproducts in
laboratory animals.

What's even more disconcerting than this is the fact that only
an estimated 30% of the byproducts of chlorine alternatives
have even been studied for their toxic effects. That means the
government's been adding chemicals to our water that it
doesn't even know how will they affect us. Essentially, we're
the guinea pigs in a huge poison study. Of course, that's
nothing new, considering the fluoride and chlorine we've
already been drinking, bathing, and washing our dishes in for
the last 40 or 50 years.

According to the article, the EPA plans to monitor the effects
of these disinfection agents, but has no plans to regulate the
chemicals at this time.