Showing posts with label Water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water. Show all posts

Friday, August 9, 2013

LOVE this New Filter!!!

Have you been totally grossed out by what Doc and I have shared over the past month?  I had all sorts of comments from his first post
Don't Drink the Water.  Primarily I was asked "What should I do?"


Well we did our research.  For an entire month we looked at water filtration systems, city water contamination stats as well as online reviews of current filters on the market.

My husband decided that he could create a water filtration system that would not only remove 99.9% of contaminants and chemicals, it was also capable of filtering arsenic, lead, fluoride, iron and nitrates.

Very Important! 

We had previously used a filter but it just wasn't doing the job.  We think that contaminated city water may have played a part in making our Cat sick which ultimately killed her.

The first thing I noticed about the water from our new filter is taste!  It's delicious!  Our 2 remaining cats also LOVE the water!  They are drinking almost twice what they were before we started using the new filter.






We're giving you a chance to get your own high quality 
We only announced these filters on Monday 
and we've already sold half of our inventory. 
This is not surprising considering the cost is only $75.50 plus shipping compared to $300 for other filtration systems.

These are also great as emergency water filters.  In case of hurricane, earthquake or other natural disasters when there is no power THIS will allow you to have clean water! 

The filtration efficiency is 0.2 micron; removal capabilities as follows:
95% Chlorine and Chloramines
99% Taste
99% Odor
98% Aluminum
96% Iron
98% Lead
90% Pesticides
85% Herbicides
85% Insecticides
90% Rodenticides
85% Phenols
85% MTBE
85% Perchlorate
80% Trihalomethanes
95% Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons
99.999% of particles larger than 0.5 micron (Staffordshire University Labs) (includes Anthrax)
99.7% of particles larger than 0.3 micron (Staffordshire University Labs)
98% of particles larger than 0.2 micron (Staffordshire University Labs)
100% Giardia Lamblia
100% Cyclospora
100% removal of live Cryptosporidium (WRc Standard)
100% removal of Cryptosporidium (NSF Standard 53 – A.C. fine dust – 4 log challenge)
100% removal of E. Coli, Vibrio Cholerae (Johns Hopkins University)
99.999% removal of Salmonella Typhil, Shigella Dysenteria, Kiebsiella Terrigena (Hyder Labs)

My post on WATER
From the NY Times " Millions in the US Drink Contaminated Water"

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Arsenic-Laced Flouride in YOUR Drinking Water

My friend Joyce from It's Your Life (and partner in GMO Free Worldwide) sent over an article that made my blood BOIL!!!


In case you were wondering...We are being poisoned by our drinking water.  This is not something I take lightly nor am I sharing this to sell our water filters.  This is serious, no-nonsense Fact.

From The Sleuth Journal

Fertilizer Industry’s Arsenic-Tainted Fluoride Laced into Drinking Water of 150 Million Americans

In early August, the Environmental Protection Agency is set to decide on a petition to change the source of fluoride in U.S. drinking water.

Currently, the source of fluoride in most public water supplies is fluorosilicic acid, according to government records. The petition calls for the EPA to instead require the use of pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride in water fluoridation, which is the addition of fluoride to drinking water for the purpose of preventing cavities.
Fluorosilicic acid is often contaminated with arsenic, and recent research has linked the arsenic from fluorosilicic acid in drinking water to as many as 1,800 extra cases of cancer yearly in the United States, said William Hirzy, a chemistry researcher American University in Washington, D.C. Hirzy, who worked at the EPA for 27 years, submitted the petition. 
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Allow me to simplify.  The "powers that be" are allowing YOU and your family to drink Arsenic which causes CANCER and now they want to vote on it.  WHAT?!?  No WTF?!?

Can you tell I'm a bit angry?  NOW they want to decide to change the type of flouride?  Because it causes cancer!!  They should have thought about that BEFORE they poisoned the nation.
Just like with GMOs, the government regulators are allowing deadly chemicals not meant for human consumption to enter our homes before they know the effects.  It makes me mad!!!

Now is the time to educate yourself.  Don't wait til you're sick or your family is sick.  By then it will be too late!

My post on WATER
From the NY Times " Millions in the US Drink Contaminated Water" 

Sharing this recipe HERE and Wildcrafting Wednesday 

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Facts about America's Drinking Water

From the NY Times " Millions in the US Drink Contaminated Water"
More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.

That law requires communities to deliver safe tap water to local residents. But since 2004, the water provided to more than 49 million people has contained illegal concentrations of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as dangerous bacteria often found in sewage. 

From AlterNet:
The human right to water and sanitation entitles everyone to water and sanitation that is available, accessible, affordable, acceptable and safe without discrimination. But de Albuquerque found that people of color and Native Americans disproportionately suffer insufficient access to clean water and sanitation services.

That Sucks!

From an article published in 2011 from Mother Nature Network

But despite four decades of work that made U.S. tap water safer in general, a flood of dangers still lurk below the surface. In a 2009 report, the EPA warned that "threats to drinking water are increasing," adding that "we can no longer take our drinking water for granted." And late last year, the Environmental Working Group proved the EPA right, issuing a landmark report that chromium-6 is prevalent in at least 35 U.S. cities' water supplies. Made famous by the 2000 movie "Erin Brockovich," chromium-6 is listed as a probable human carcinogen, and the EPA is now considering whether to regulate it nationally.

Things like arsenic, E. coli and PCBs are well-known water contaminants, but another potential threat is often overlooked by the public — underground injection, an industrial practice that involves blasting high-pressure liquids into deep underground wells.

Is bottled water better?
Many Americans seemed to think so throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, but the financial and environmental costs of bottled water are now widely seen as outweighing the slim chance of being poisoned by the kitchen sink. For one, bottled water is often little more than packaged tap water anyway, since many companies use the same municipal water sources that supply homes and businesses. Even if the company treats the water further before bottling it, the accumulated cost of buying bottles is a steep price to pay for no guarantee the water is any safer.

Are you outraged yet?  Disgusted perhaps?  I know it can be pretty frustrating.  This is what my husband and I have been researching for the past few weeks.  These are just several examples of dirty "drinking water" in the US.  THIS is why we have created our own Water Filtration System.

You don't have to pay an arm and a leg for clean water!

We have recently added Water Filtration Systems at Mary's Heirloom Seeds.  They are great for everyday use as they last approx 12 months per filter.  Or, save em for a rainy day in your emergency preparedness kit.  Clean water is a necessity.  Serious!

Sharing this informative post HERE and  Wildcrafting Wednesday

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

The Poop Cycle

Remember Monday when I shared Doc's second guest post 
"Are you Drinking the water?"  It was the part 2 to Don't Drink the Water.

I found a very simple video to illustrate WHY we recommend a high quality water filtration system.



Did you watch the video?  Need I say more?  
Go get yourself a good Water Filtration System!