Drinking Water

Lead in Drinking Water

Pure water is vital to our children's health and development and must be a priority. To that end, Healthy Child has researched many different water filters to find the most effective water filter and offer it to parents at the lowest price possible. The Aquasana AQ-4000 Counter Top Filter was voted "Best Buy" by Consumers Digest Magazine 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006! Aquasana Counter Top Water Filter Lead in Drinking Water Lead in drinking water is the

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Bottled Water, is it better?

Pure water is vital to our children's health and development and must be a priority. To that end, Healthy Child has researched many different water filters to find the most effective water filter and offer it to parents at the lowest price possible. The Aquasana AQ-4000 Counter Top Filter was voted "Best Buy" by Consumers Digest Magazine 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006!   Bottled Water, is it better? According to the National Water Quality Association, 56%

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Clean Water Is Crucial To A Child‘s Development

Clean Water Is Crucial To A Child‘s Development Other than just being smaller‚ children‘s bodies are really quite different than that of an adult.Because many of the crucial defense systems that help protect adults from disease are not fully developed in children‚ they are much more sensitive to carcinogens‚ lead and water-borne parasites than adults. Just as medications and other chemical compounds affect children differently than they

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Thyroid Trouble

Thyroid Trouble: UNDER PROPOSED ROCKET FUEL STANDARDS, MANY WOMEN WOULD NEED TREATMENT TO PROTECT BABY Report Finds Drinking Water Limits for Perchlorate InadequateOctober 30, 2006 OAKLAND, CA - Exposure to a rocket fuel chemical widespread in the U.S. drinking water and food supply, at levels equal to or lower than national and state standards, could cause thyroid deficiency in more than 2 million women of childbearing age who would require medical

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More than 140 contaminants with no enforceable safety limits found in the nation’s drinking water

More than 140 Contaminants with No Enforceable Safety Limits Found in the Nation's Drinking Water Utilities Need More Money to Monitor for Contaminants and Protect Source Waters The first ever nationwide compilation of tap water testing results from drinking water utilities shows widespread contamination of drinking water with scores of contaminants for which there are no enforceable health standards. Examples include the gasoline additive MTBE,

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