Re: Contaminates in Drinking Water

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Call your local health dept., ask them about the levels, this is public info. I would not let them know it is the schools water....................................

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Hello ,

I keeps coming up that the page is not available. Do you have another address for it?

Thanks,

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I drink Dasani water in bottles. It is strained through reverse osmosis. Meaning it is very filtered through a fine membrane. Will not touch tap water as pipes under ground are moldy.

Janet

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As much as we would like to drink " pure " water, that is a reality nowhere.

Some organics are present naturally in all locations, seepage from the earth

and decay from leaves and animal wastes. Others are present due to human

activity, such as trichloroethylene, not natural anywhere. EPA has

established tolerable drinking water limits for many chemicals. If levels in

your report exceed safe drinking water limits, your local water treatment

plant is not doing an adequate job. The water in your home is probably

similar to that in your school. You might want to consider adding an

activated carbon filtration system for all drinking water, even for bath

water, since organics in water can be inhaled in the shower. Work with other

parents to get an institutional size filtration system for your school. You

might also lead a drive to add ozone pretreatment and activated carbon

filtration to your municipal water supply, as has been done in many areas.

Gil

Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 06:31:41 -0000

From: " melissa_funaro <whimsy999@...> " <whimsy999@...>

Subject: Contaminates in Drinking Water

Hello..hopefully someone can help us. We just received a water test

that was done in our local school. It seems that there are high

levels of contaminants such as Xylene, Triethylene and many others.

Is there anyone out there who can help? We have been told that most

do not exceed the maximum levels, yet others have no levels set. I

showed the test to a chemist who feels these should not be present in

the water in any levels. (they are all related to gasoline and/or

cleaning solvents.) Anyone that can help would be so appreciated!

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