Chloramine is a new ‘bleach’ on the block that’s added to water.

It is a less effective disinfectant than chlorine but lasts longer so is now used alongside chlorine to help make your water ‘safer’.  

But it’s not safe. Far from it.

As soon as chlorine or chloramines react with any natural matter (such as decaying vegetation in the source water) ‘disinfection by-products’ (DBPs) form and this is bad news.  

DBPs are over 10,000 more toxic than chlorine, are highly carcinogenic, and lead to problems including:
- A weakened immune system

- A disrupted nervous system

- Respiratory problems

- Renal problems

- Cardiovascular damage…and so much more

If the logic is that fluoride is added to harden your teeth, why would you want this same substance in your digestive system?

Most people seem to forget that fact: the fluoride you’re putting into your mouth to harden your tooth enamel actually enters your stomach too.

According to a 500-page scientific review, fluoride is an endocrine disruptor that can affect your bones, brain, thyroid gland, pineal gland and even your blood sugar levels .

In fact, there have been over 34 human studies and over 100 animal studies linking fluoride to brain damage, including lower IQ in children.
 

In 2012, researchers concluded that it would cost Britain £30 billion to rid its water of oestradiol alone.

Oestradiol is a major type of oestrogen that the more than 2.5 million British women on the contraceptive pill flush down their toilets and into our future water supply.

Researchers found this potent hormone in 80 per cent of the water at the 50 sites they tested.

This hormone is directly affecting fertility by reducing sperm production.
 

Unsurprisingly, neither the British government, nor the water suppliers, nor those who pay the household water bills are keen on this clean-up effort, and the pharmaceutical industry is actively lobbying against it over fears that it would have to contribute.

Metaldehyde:  The slug poison metaldehyde was found in 1/8 of England’s sources of drinking water.

Bromochloroacetic acid: A disinfection by-product, was found in the water supplied to 40 million consumers. It induces gene mutations and is associated with damage to DNA.

Perchlorate: Rocket fuel ingredient and toxic to the thyroid gland.

MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether): A gasoline additive was found in water supplied to 12 million people. It is associated with liver and kidney damage, and nervous system effects.

Trihalomethanes: Linked to a range of health problems including bladder cancer, colon and rectal cancer, birth defects, low birth weight and miscarriage.

Di-n-butylphthalate: a chemical from a group of industrial plasticizers called phthalates, was found in water used by 5 million people. Phthalates have been linked to birth defects and reproductive toxicity.

In fact, according to the EWG, despite the potential health risks , there is no legal limit on these chemicals — no matter how high the concentrations — in drinking water.

Studies have positively tested drinking water for a startling list of pharmaceuticals such as:

ACE inhibitors (heart drug),

antibiotics, antidepressants,

beta-blockers, blood thinners,

calcium-channel blockers (heart drug),

carbamazepine (anti-seizure drug),

digoxin,

fibrates (cholesterol drugs),

naproxen (an anti-inflammatory),

painkillers like paracetamol and codeine, and tranquillizers.

High amounts of antidepressants have also been found in the brains of some freshwater fish.