Tap water is great its free and all you have to do is turn the knob and it drips out as if by magic! however to make our drinking water safe companies must add extremely poisonous chemicals to it, sounds a bit strange doesn’t it! add poison to make drinking water safe but this is the way it is. Scientists are now providing key evidence to suggest that consumption of these chemicals over a prolonged amount of time can lead to some serious health problems. Here are some chemicals which show up in most tap water around the globe.

* Liquified chlorine
* Fluorosilicic acid
* Aluminium sulphate
* Calcium hydroxide
* Sodium silicofluoride

doesn’t sound nice does it? Also don’t forget that your drinking water comes through a whole host of pipes before it reaches your home, some of which have been there for 100 years, this means it is almost impossible for any type of tap water to be 100% clean, here is the the typical makeup of tap water:

*  Chlorine
* Fluorine compounds
* Trihalomethanes (THMs)
* Salts of:
o arsenic
o radium
o aluminium
o copper
o lead
o mercury
o cadmium
o barium
* Hormones
* Nitrates
* Pesticides

Surprising! considering water is just meant to be 2 ingredients Hydrogen & oxygen!

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