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• They Say: Pool Water's Toxic for Baby

  Nobody wants to think of their kids taking in sips full of toxic water. But a new study says all the disinfectants we've been using to keep our drinking and swimming water clean may be doing just the opposite.  The ten-year study funded by the Environmental Protection Agency found that disinfectants mixing with organic matter in our water to create "disinfectant by-products" (DBP) with some pretty risky consequences. Read More... Posted Apr 05 2009, 02:21 PM by JeanneSager with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: health, Cancer, babies, toxic, summer, toxins, water, swimming, green, pools, drinking water, Jeanne Sager, contamination, growing

• Feeling Sleepy? It Might Be Your Drinking Water

  Sedatives, anti-depressants, anti-convulsants... These are just a few of the prescription drug traces found in drinking water in several major cities including New York and Detroit. Scientists are unsure whether trace amounts of these drugs can have a long-term impact on human health, but the findings are worrisome nonetheless, especially for households with young children...    Read More... Posted Mar 10 2008, 04:01 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with no comments Filed under: safety, water, environmental contaminants, drinking water