Don’t Drink Water If You Are Pregnant or Plan on Getting Pregnant Until You Read This!

Water, The Basis of Life

Water, water, everywhere,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, everywhere,

Nor any drop to drink.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Water is essential to life. Every living creature depends on it. We pride ourselves with having the cleanest water we can. There is something you should know about the water you drink. It may not be as clean or as healthy to you or your baby as you might think.

Water, Where Does it Come From?

Water whether it is bottled or from your tap all comes from various processing plants that run it through a system of filters and separators to remineralization and then is either bottled or run through the infrastructure to your house. Sounds pretty straight forward but there is a lot of debate over the processes that have led many to believe that there are things in your water that may not be so healthy. I have been doing research for many years and having worked in the water processing industry, I wanted to prepare a paper on what I know and have backing documentation for, about water.

Water, The Process of Unhealth

I want to start by telling you all the things that have been found in water in your tap and bottled.

1.       Fluoride. This one is pretty straight forward. Except there is a major language problem when “experts” talk about fluoride. There is calcium fluoride which is found naturally in nature, fluorosilicic acid and sodium fluoride which are synthesized artificially by industrial reaction [Cited from National Library of Medicine Article]. Fluorosilicic acid is the industrial byproduct of the phosphorus fertilizer industry.

a.       While calcium fluoride is what everyone talks about when they say fluoride. It is highly non-absorbent to biological life. It is in fair concentrations in the ocean and does not affect marine life.

b.       Sodium Fluoride and Fluorosilicic acid are soluble and are also what is known as a calcium chelator. Chelation is a medical process that doctors would use to remove heavy metals mostly lead, from your body. Basically, they introduce a substance to your body that is ionic and it binds to the lead and makes it possible for your liver to send it out of your body. These compounds in water are chelators that prefer calcium and is why they say it binds to your teeth. It displaces calcium and binds as a chain to your teeth to be an anti-cavity protection. Problem is that it is not selective. There are many sources of calcium in your body like bones. So, if you take a calcium vitamin tablet or drink milk then have a glass of water then it will end up binding with that and making your body unable to use the mineral. This phenomenon is really the reason why I titled this paper for women and pregnancy.  There are also other concerns of this type of fluoride that affects an estimate 47 million people as of 2021 and 65 million in China, btw. It is known as fluorosis caused to over exposure to fluoride. It is earmarked by yellowing of the teeth or yellow and brown spots on the teeth. Some say this is the only effect but doing a general web search shows it can lead to scoliosis to heart failure as described in [Cited from National Library of Medicine Article], for a young girl who ate a whole tube of concentrated dental gel. Remember that calcium fluoride is natural in nature but that same article states that water with concentrations of ~1 ppm caused horses, frogs, chinchillas, alligators to die prematurely that consumed treated water continuously for extended periods of time. I also do recommend that you do not use fluoride tooth paste for yourself or your child. Simply instill the 2-3 times a day brushing with non-fluoridated tooth paste. In all its forms fluoride affects health in a bad way. Please take the time to fully read the article from the National Library of Medicine.

2.       Chlorine or chloramine. Chlorine is added to water to kill biologicals in the water like bacteria. It is a compound that also has a language issue like fluoride because there are different types of “chlorine”.  The type they use for disinfecting water is made from a process of chloride and ammonia. Skin conditions have been reported from exposure to these types of chemicals as well as asthma. Also, when you wash leafy greens in water with chlorine in it the plant will absorb the chlorine through its leaves.

3.       Microplastics. Microplastics are a major concern worldwide because it doesn’t really degrade. All plastics are a polymer of petroleum in one form or another. It is something that can be detected greatly in the oceans of the world and is causing problems with all life.

4.       Pharmaceuticals. All the medications people take find their way into the water table in one form or another. It is not something that is tested for at water processing plants. How do they get in the water? They get there from improper disposal, runoff from pharmaceutical companies and urine. When people take medications, the body absorbs what it thinks it needs and the rest usually gets flushed out through the kidneys.

5.       Mercury, Cadmium, Lead, Arsenic is some of the heavy metals found in drinking water. Mostly a product of runoff from industrial and agricultural processes they end up in the water table.

6.       Pesticides. This is a major problem in the oceans of the world and a major problem in the waters in the US. The problems get higher due to the number of ways that humans come in contact with these chemicals. In food, atmosphere, and water. It is simply not good enough to wash your vegetables in water. Your water has a high possibility of having pesticides in it already.

7.       Flocculants and coagulants. Something that most people don’t even have an idea of. Coagulants are chemicals that are added to your water to thicken up organic materials in water production and wastewater. They then use flocculants to it to make the organic material to make it either float or sink in a tank so the matter can be skimmed off and removed. This still leads to some of the chemicals used to do this in the water. It is a major contributor to aluminum in drinking water.

Water, So I Will Just Drink Bottled Water

While bottled water sounds like it is a logical choice. There is no real truth in advertising. Many natural stream products have been exposed as just bottling tap water. Even it truly comes from the sources they claim they may or may not add Fluoride or Chloride to it. There is a good chance of pesticides in it and mercury has been measured in nearly all major waterways on earth. Your best option that we all should have had the information about since the beginning is to use your tap water. Not the way it is but filtered. 

There are a number of Reverse Osmosis systems that you can get for your countertop that will remove all of the contaminants listed above. They cost a little bit more, but they are the best option for drinking, cleaning and cooking water in the kitchen. I recommend a whole house filtration system if it is possible. The other system is the best choice for renters because it is portable, or homes where a whole house system is not possible.

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