A Drinker's Guide to Pure Water—Is Your Water Safe?--Madison Area Events in November
By Zalman P. Saperstein
Water, earth's most vital natural resource, is polluted with toxic and carcinogenic manmade chemicals that were commercialized mainly since early 1930s. "The Manmade Toxic Chemical Age" is now in high gear and virtually all water contains toxic manmade chemicals. Bottled water is no exception. The author of this important book describes why and how this has happened with virtually no opposition from the public users of water (essentially everyone). Politicians generally are mute about the water crisis as are the conventional news sources dominated by corporate interests. The public must take action to protect yourself, family, and your communities.
Join the author on Saturday, Nov. 25 at The Spring Green General Store from 2:00--4:00pm or at The Room of One's Own Feminist Book Store in Madison on Sunday from 1:00--3:30pm for discussions and book signings. Listen to WORT FM on Wednesday, Nov.22 on Esty Dinur's "A Public Affair" from 12:05--1:00pm for discussions and audience questions with the author. Become active and demand safe water now.
Drinking water toxicity is steadily increasing because of industrial discharges into the ambient surroundings; treated, but still toxic, sewage effluents that contaminate rivers, lakes, oceans, and aquifers; power plant emissions; excessive land developments that poison ground water and cause harmful storm runoff; agricultural use of toxic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; and, our use of manmade products that contain toxic chemical substances.
Governments often fail to protect the public from these toxins and the health harm that they cause. Federal water regulations are inadequate and usually enforced only after health has been compromised. More than 70,000 toxic manmade chemicals are in use today in the USA. Only 119 toxic chemicals are limited according to EPA standards, including some naturally occurring chemicals that also are in manmade products. Even those regulated are as if only one toxic chemical is present at a time. This pretense misleads the public as they normally sip 118 other regulated chemicals with every drink of water (plus many more that are unregulated and unreported in municipal water quality reports). This combination of chemicals is tantamount to a toxic cocktail that we use daily, usually without our knowledge. New regulations are imperative, but unlikely, unless public pressure influences politicians and appointed government bureaucrats. Even so, meaningful remedial actions will probably take many years to accomplish.
Infants entering the world at birth inherit toxic and carcinogenic chemicals transferred from their mothers through their umbilical cords. Consequently, cancer rates among children are now higher than ever recorded. Were it not for new cancer treatments the death rates of children would also be skyrocketing. As it is, only death rates from accidents exceed cancer death rates for children.
Water purification methods can help protect your source of water in your home, but the overall environment is not improved. The toxic backwash from all purification processes return back to earth or sewage systems where they re-contaminate again and again. However, your drinking water will be safer.
Ultimately, we must refuse to buy and use products that contain toxic substances. Economic leverage on producers of these products can induce them to eliminate toxic substances. We must also demand that our elected politicians and top level appointed bureaucrats stop their environmental neglect and acquiescence to corporate interests. The "Manmade Toxic Chemical Age" must come to an end, and we the public must become active to protect ourselves, families, and our communities. The author helps you understand how to accomplish this vital objective and how to protect yourself in "A Drinker's Guide to Pure Water-Is Your Water Safe?" Listen to WORT FM on Nov.22, and join the author in Madison on Nov. 26 and Spring Green on Nov. 25 for lively discussions and questions.
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