Pharmaceutical Drugs In Our Drinking Water.

The headline on CNN is one I have seen before. This time, however, it is worse than before.

46 million affected by trace drugs in drinking water

This is the kind of story that prompted us to contact a major filtration manufacturer and discover that there is no protocol for dealing with this sort of thing. Add to this the fact that cities are reluctant to disclose information related to municipal water supplies, and suddenly I begin to distrust the water supply. This makes the challenge of eliminating chemicals from our diets more difficult than ever. But not only are we drinking this stuff, farmers are irrigating crops with this tainted water. Is it possible that it has an effect?

“We believe that at these levels, based on current science, that the water is completely safe for our customers,” said Colorado Springs spokesman Steve Berry. “We don’t want to create unnecessary alarm, but at the same time we have a responsibility as a municipal utility to communicate with our customers and let them know.”

We don’t want to create unnecessary alarm? This is the kind of media coverage that makes for a complacent public. Read on in the article, however, and you will find this little tidbit.

While the comprehensive risks are still unclear, researchers are finding evidence that even extremely diluted concentrations of pharmaceutical residues harm fish, frogs and other aquatic species in the wild and impair the workings of human cells in the laboratory.

So, if you are eating chemicals in your food and beverages, drinking chemicals in your water, taking a cocktail of drugs that have been recommended by your doctor, breathing chemicals in the air, and being exposed to chemicals in soaps, detergents, and cleaning products etc. , do you suppose that could be a remote chance of some sort of interaction? Is there a link to the tremendous health challenges we are facing and our environment? If ever there was a time to protect ourselves against the harmful effects of these factors, it is now! Stop eating the processed foods put out by those companies whose only goal is to make more money. Start eating the foods produced by people whose goal is to supply healthy food to their community; farmers.

The word locavore is a buzzword that has more meaning than ever before. There are plenty of ways that a person can eat locally and organically, which has many far reaching effects on more than ones health.

• Buy organic vegetables at your local market – Try to eat as much organic produce as you can find or afford. Read labels and avoid organic products shipped from countries whose standards are lax, however.
• Shop at the farmers market- The farmers at the market are friendly, caring, and knowledgeable. We should support them.
• Buy from the source – Buy your fruits and vegetables from the local farms if you can. Many of them are happy to arrange for a tour so you can learn about how your fruits and vegetables are raised.

• Grow vegetables yourself – Learn how to grow and care for a vegetable garden. There are plenty of resources available for instruction, and many people would be surprised at how little space is required to grow enough vegetables to feed a family of four.

With the current growth of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, we should all be concerned with how to stay healthy and avoid these unnecessary chemicals in our diet. remember…

Strength train, practice nutritional excellence, avoid stress in all forms, recreate, get plenty of rest, and drink clean sources of water for a long, healthy life.