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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->ONLY half the story was addressed in Tuesday's report, 'Bottled water: People should be told the facts'. The other half is what comes out of your tap at home. There is no doubt that the treated water leaving PUB facilities is 'well within World Health Organisation guidelines'.
The question is what happens to the water once it leaves PUB and travels through the network of water mains and into homes?
From personal observation, which speaks louder than lab results, quite a lot. I use a water filter at home; one had a clear plastic cover so you could see what was being filtered - m&d, silt, numerous unknowns and copper. The copper was from the deterioration of the water pipes in the condominium where I used to live and was easy to detect due to its colour.
An online report states that other people who are highly susceptible to copper toxicity include people with liver damage or Wilson's disease. It goes on discussing other associated health problems including vomiting, diarrhoea, nausea and stomach cramps.
What happens when the water pipes are worked on somewhere between the PUB and your tap?
Dirt and other contaminants enter your water, including micro-organisms that cannot be seen. The next time the plumber pays a visit, ask him to cut a section of your water pipe out. It could look like a clogged artery. The pipes where I was living did. So can yours.
John Kreamer
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->ONLY half the story was addressed in Tuesday's report, 'Bottled water: People should be told the facts'. The other half is what comes out of your tap at home. There is no doubt that the treated water leaving PUB facilities is 'well within World Health Organisation guidelines'.
The question is what happens to the water once it leaves PUB and travels through the network of water mains and into homes?
From personal observation, which speaks louder than lab results, quite a lot. I use a water filter at home; one had a clear plastic cover so you could see what was being filtered - m&d, silt, numerous unknowns and copper. The copper was from the deterioration of the water pipes in the condominium where I used to live and was easy to detect due to its colour.
An online report states that other people who are highly susceptible to copper toxicity include people with liver damage or Wilson's disease. It goes on discussing other associated health problems including vomiting, diarrhoea, nausea and stomach cramps.
What happens when the water pipes are worked on somewhere between the PUB and your tap?
Dirt and other contaminants enter your water, including micro-organisms that cannot be seen. The next time the plumber pays a visit, ask him to cut a section of your water pipe out. It could look like a clogged artery. The pipes where I was living did. So can yours.
John Kreamer
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