For 55 years, fluoride has been added to the water supply in many communities to help prevent tooth decay. But after all this time, surprising new research is raising such serious doubts about its safety that entire communities are abandoning the practice and many of the world's best scientists are urgently calling for change. As one doctor aptly stated: “No physician in his right mind would prescribe for a person he has never met, whose medical history he does not know, a substance known to be extremely toxic in low doses, with the intention of creating bodily change, with the advice: 'Take as much as you like for the rest of your life because some children suffer from tooth decay.’ It is a preposterous notion.”

Surface water sources (like water from streams, rivers and lakes) is full of leaves, decaying vegetation, fish and animals, algae, and other forms of plant life. When this matter decays in water it becomes dissolved organic matter. When chlorine is added to water that contains dissolved organic matter, the formation of “disinfection by-products” (DBP’s) occurs. These include “trihalogenated methanes” or trihalomethanes (THM's) and “haloacetic acids” (HAA’s.)

People are increasingly concerned about the safety of their drinking water. Water supplies once considered safe are now found to be polluted with drug residues, pesticides, gasoline additives and biological pathogens. The most important key to a human being's health is a reliable supply of clean, safe water.

To understand more about the nature of these contaminants, government standards, and what you can do to insure a safe supply of water, read on.

Water Is Medicine

Ancient systems of wisdom like Ho'ala Huna point to the fact that water is a "balancing medicine". Huna also teaches the common sense notion that "life energy flows where there is balance." Apparently, people who lived thousands of years ago knew that drinking an ample supply of healthy water is one of the most important "medicines" available to restore a balanced flow of life energy. It is still true today

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CHLORINATION PROCESS TO SHOCK DISINFECT A WATER SYSTEM
(taken from a Boulder County Health Publication)

1. Determine the total water holding capacity of the system. Add the well capacity, cistern capacity, and pressure tank capacity together. The system installer may be able to help you obtain this information. Use the calculation below to determine the amount of bleach to use in order to disinfect the system.