It scares me to death to know there are thousands of toxic chemicals that can reside in drinking water. What goes down our drain and into our lakes, streams, and rivers doesn’t just go away. Making this worse, we add man-made chemicals deliberately for our “health”, not realizing the effects they can have on our bodies. Listed below, however, are five of the more common contaminants found.
Chlorine
Chlorine in drinking water is added by treatment centers to act as a disinfectant; this has been the standard in most developed countries for over a hundred years. While such is added for our “greater health” the effects it has on our bodies can be damaging. It can form with other organic matter creating harmful compounds, namely trihalomethanes, and especially chloroform (which causes cancer in the long-term).
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