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- There are 35,000 registered pesticides containing 600 chemical compounds. Yet, municipal water systems are only required to test for six.
- Many of these chemicals are known to cause bith defects, nerve damage, sterility and cancer. – ABC News
- Chemical compounds found in pesticides if not removed from water will destroy beneficial organisms use in organic food and drug cultivation and have the potential to increase pest immunities to these compounds creating super pest.
- "The World Health Organiation estimates 75-80% of cancer may originate in our water and environment." – Forever Living
- "The General Accounting Office reports that 20% of the nation's 65,000 community systems are unable to meet minimum standards set by the Safe Drinking Water Act." – Readers Digest
- "A recent government study found that more than 25% of all U.S. public water systems contain traces of one or more toxic substances…public water systems do not test for the carcinogens liand other dangerous chemicals that are being found." – Wall Street Journal
- "One Federal study found 87% of the conventional sewage plants discharge excess pollutants. Even when the plants work well, they can't remove most nitrates, heavy metals or pesticides. – Wall Street Journal
- "In 1982 alone, there were 70,000 violations of drinking water standards by municipal water systems." – Readers Digest
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