Now copper, especially with the increase in acid rain, is increasingly a threat. Electrolysis in copper tubing can put excess copper into solution, and this is implicated in childhood learning disorders, memory loss, senility, and birth defects. Check this recent 'Science Daily' report. . Imitate Nature's Water Cycle Water distillation is the only purification method that follows Nature's blueprint. Boiling kills microbes but concentrates the rest of the pollutants.
Filters work briefly for chemicals but become a haven for bacteria and virus.
Reverse osmosis is an energy glutton and still does not remove enough pollutants. Under the 'Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974', the E.P.A. set 'acceptable standards' for over two dozen water contaminants, including bacteria, radioactive substances, and inorganics like lead, nitrates, and pesticides. Writing in the Weekend Australian , Michael Boddy cites the experience of mountain climbers to support the claim that excessive fatigue can result from a buildup of poisonous waste in body cells. The same writer tells of a Harvard University experiment that also bears out the value of drinking water. They kept going for about three and a half hours.