Tap Water Quality:

Your tap water is legal but may be unhealthy, by Dr. Joseph Mercola:

The 35-year-old U.S. federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks, even if it meets all legal standards.

Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States. Government and independent scientists have scrutinized thousands of those chemicals in recent decades, and identified hundreds associated with a risk of cancer and other diseases at small concentrations in drinking water. But not one chemical has been added to the list of those regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act since 2000.

Recent studies have also found that even some chemicals regulated by that law pose risks at much smaller concentrations than previously known. However, many of the act's standards for those chemicals have not been updated since the 1980's, and some remain essentially unchanged since the law was passed in 1974.

For more information on chlorine, fluoride, perchlorate, and drugs in the drinking water go to http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/01/05/That-Tap-Water-Is-Legal-But-May-Be-Unhealthy.aspx

Synergistic effects of toxins found in drinking water and the dangerous effects of chlorine. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/02/28/chlorine.aspx

The University of Cincinnati Water Study: This study summarizes the drinking water quality for 80 major metropolitan areas. This study used local drinking water reports listing EPA standards. This report only shows the contaminants and toxins regulated by the EPA, which is only 2-3% of all known chemicals, toxins, and contaminants. http://www.uc.edu/gissa/projects/drinkingwater/

The National Resources Defense Council - this link is loaded with the condition of many of the bodies of water and drinking water throughout the country. http://www.nrdc.org/documents.asp?topicid=3

Baron & Budd - This website discusses in detail the toxicity of water throughout the country and discloses many legal battles that have been fought and won over the widespread water pollution. Http://baronandbudd.com/legal_services/water_contamination

Tap Water in 19 Cities NRDC -- http://www.home-water-filter.info/blog/tap-water-cities

An excellent resource for viewing water quality in more than 47,000 drinking water utilities (searchable by zip code); and a large database of articles concerning the pollutants, toxins, and chemicals found in our drinking water supply. www.ewg.org/tap-water/home

Distilled Water:

Wikipedia: Distilled water is listed as one of the purest sources of water.

Endocrine Disruptors (Estrogen):

Water Toxicity: This is a government article concerning the toxicity of water and the estrogen issues found in the drinking water supply and its effect on wildlife and humans. (PDF on San Francisco Bay Study)

Documentation on the large amounts of partially treated sewage, toxic contaminants and pharmaceuticals (including estrogen) that end up in our water supply system. (PDF on the Great Delta Toilet Bowl)

Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disruptors on Tap: (PDF on pharmaceuticals on Tap)

Endocrine Disruptors: Wikipedia has a great introduction and explanation of Endocrine Disruptors.

Gynecomastia (Breast Tissue Growth in Men): Information found in the MayClinic.com http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gynecomastia/DS00850/DSECTION=causes

Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water -- University of Arizona http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/awr/july00/feature1.htm

HIH Method to Determine Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in our Water Supply - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20299021

Concentration of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in Waste-Water Treatment -- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20220228

What are Environmental Estrogens -- http://www.envtox.ucdavis.edu/cehs/TOXINS/estrogens.htm

Drugs in Tap Water a Present Threat -- http://www.trcb.com/health-and-fitness/home-health-care/drugs-in-tap-water-a-present-threat-1912.htm

Video Interview (5 minutes) with Nicholas Kristof, New York Times Columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner concerning Estrogen Mimickers and Endocrine Disruption -- http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/232640/july-01-2009/nicholas-kristof

USA Today Article on Pharmaceuticals in the Water -- http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-10-drugs-tap-water_N.htm

Puberty in Children -- http://www.drgreene.com/blog/2002/04/17/sex-changes-frogs-puberty-children

Environmental Health News Article (PDF on Environmental Estrogens)

Fat Loss Resistant Chemicals (including, the Halogens):

What is a halogen? -- http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_chlorine/sec_content.asp?CID=1133&DID=8381&CTYPEID=109

Toxins and Chemicals from A-Z - (See Attached PDF)

What everybody ought to know about food additives - Dr. Christine H. Farlow www.healthyeatingadvisor.com

Food Additives and your Health - (See Attached PDF)

Healthy and Harmful Halogens -- Center for Libertarian Studies by Donald W. Miller, Jr. MD (See Attached PDF)

Iodine and the thyroid (Iodine Deficiency):

Thyroid health and Iodine Therapy -- http://www.womentowomen.com/hypothyroidism/iodinedeficiency-thyroidhealth.aspx

Iodine Deficiency and Therapeutic Considerations -- Patrick, L. 2008 Alt. Med. Rev.,(PDF): http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/13/2/116.pdf

Iodine Nutrition in the United States -- Hollowell, J., et al. 1998 Trends and public health implications: Iodine excretion data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys I and III (1971-1974 and 1988-1994). J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.,: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/83/10/3401

Urinary Perchlorate and Thyroid Hormone Levels -- Blount, B., et al. 2006. Environ. Health Perspective: http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9466/9466.html (accessed 06.15.2009).

Prevalence of Iodine Deficiency -- Hollowell, J., & Haddow, J. 2007 Public Health Nutrition: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18053275

Iodine Nutrition: Iodine Content of Iodized Salt in the US -- Dasgupta, P., et al. 2008 Environ. Sci. Technology: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/es0719071

Iodine Nutrition - More is Better -- Utiger, R. 2006 NEJM: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/26/2819

ADHD in the Offspring of mothers exposed to mild-moderate iodine deficiency -- Vermiglio, F., et al. 2004. A possible novel iodine deficiency disorder in developed countries Clinical Endocrinol. Metabolism : http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/89/12/6054

Iodine Deficiency -- Fuge, R. 2007 An ancient problem in a modern world. Ambio., http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17408193

US Iodine Consumption Declining -- Wright, S. 2002 Boston Globe, July 22, 2002, page A3:http://www.allthyroid.org/news/archive/iodine_deficiency.html

"Iodine: Why you need it. Why you can't live without it" Author Brownstein, D. 2008. 104. West Bloomfield, MI: Medical Alternatives Press.

Metabolism of bromide and its interference with the metabolism of iodine --Pevelka, S. 2004 Physiol. Res., 53 (Suppl 1) (PDF): http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/53%20Suppl%201/53_S81.pdf

MSG and Aspartame (Excitotoxins):

Definition of Glutamic Acid --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid_(flavor)

Website committed to educating the public on the dangers of MSG and changing the laws concerning the labeling of this toxic substance --http://www.truthinlabeling.org/Obesity_Data.html

The Hidden Food Additive that Eats your Brain. (PDF on Food Additive that Eats your brain.)

Wikipedia - Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which nerve cells are damaged. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitotoxicity

Excitotoxins, Neurodegeneration and Neurodevelopment

By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D An incredible PDF on the damage caused by MSG and Aspartame with links to all of the related studies http://landofpuregold.com/the-pdfs/Excitotoxins.pdf

Eleutherococcus Senticosus:

Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleutherococcus_senticosus

Alternative Medicine Review - (See Attached PDF)

Eleutherococcus Senticosus - One of the Russian Adaptogens (See Attached PDF) or for additional information link to http://www.juniperandsage.com/materia/siberian-ginseng.php

Mineral Deficiencies:

What has happened to the soil? - (See Attached PDF)