flyingrose/water

Water is the new gold or oil. Water rights are a major issue across the United States and elsewhere.

From the page: "Docks and piers at T-Bones, a shoreline restaurant on Lake Wylie, sink into the mud, showing the effects of increasingly low water levels 20 October 2007 in Lake Wylie, South Carolina. An extreme drought in the southeastern United States has fueled a bitter tri-state battle over dwindling water resources."

Water will be the new gold or oil - shortages have been affecting large areas for years now. Water rights are and have already been a major issue for the majority of the states in the U.S.

There is widespread contamination of food and water sources.

From the page: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Think a bottle of mineral water might have poisoned you? Then test it on a chicken. One Chinese family on the southern island province of Hainan had just that idea when one of their number started vomiting blood after drinking a bottle of water, a newspaper said.

They fed the luckless chicken the rest of the water to see what would happen, the Beijing News said, citing a report in a local paper. "The result was the chicken died within a minute," it said, showing a picture of a man holding a plastic bottle squatting over the crumpled body of the bird."

Another way to get healthy minerals into your body.

Here's the home page for the source of mineral water in Mineral Wells, Texas

Healthy mineral water is critical to life. Here is another source of water naturally high in minerals.

From the page: "1. I have been researching the literature on fluoride for just over three years. I approached this issue with an open mind. If I had any bias when I set out it was that those who were opposed to fluoridation were `crackpots'.

2. However, the more I have read the more concerned I have become over the dangers posed by fluoride and the very poor science underpinning its supposed efficacy in protecting children's teeth. How we ever allowed such a toxic substance into the drinking water is staggering. Even though fluoride's toxicity is rated higher than lead, the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) maximum contaminant level for lead in water is 15 ppb (parts per billion) whereas the level allowed for fluoride is 4,000 ppb. The recommended level for artificial fluoridation of the drinking water of 1 part per million (1 ppm = 1,000 ppb) was established in 1945, and it hasn't been changed since, even though today we (and our children) are getting fluoride from many other additional sources, including toothpaste, other dental products, mouthwashes, processed food, some vitamin tablets, and beverages.

The benefits to teeth are questionable."

Results of a four year study of bottled water. If you're buying bottled water you'll want to know whether it is better, worse, or the same as the tap water you already have.

Obtaining healthier water has to be the single most important thing we can do for ourselves, families, and pets. I believe the reason we don't already drink more water is that it tastes bad and the toxins make us feel worse instead of better so we've automatically avoided it.

I find that when I have better water I automatically drink more of it and favor it over other drinks. If all I have is tap water I have to force myself to drink it and would much rather drink almost anything else.

I found that it was necessary to switch from Firefox to Internet Explorer to read this. The right side of the text is cut off in Firefox.

From the page: "This is the online version of NRDC's March 1999 petition to the FDA and attached report on the results of our four-year study of the bottled water industry, including its bacterial and chemical contamination problems. The petition and report find major gaps in bottled water regulation and conclude that bottled water is not necessarily safer than tap water. The online version contains all of the report's text, tables and figures; it does not include the accompanying Technical Report or additional attachments to the petition."