Over the past four or five months we’ve created many blogs, all with a connection to your drinking water, and ultimately, the health of you, your family, your friends and business associates. We have covered instances where there was E-Coli and Cryptosporidium and sewage in the drinking water. We … [Read more...]
Is my tap water safe to drink?
Unfortunately, it depends upon your definition of “safe”. This may sound ridiculous, but when the government says that your tap water is safe, they mean that it has met their legal definition of “safe drinking water”. But consider this; even if your tap water meets the legal definition of “safe … [Read more...]
Congress Takes Further Steps to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water
The Lame Duck session of Congress certainly packed a lot into a few weeks. One of the Bills passed by the House and the Senate and sent through to the President for his signature was a Bill to reduce lead used in plumbing fixtures used for drinking water transmission. The old Federal level allowed … [Read more...]
Chromium in Drinking Water
Chromium is a mineral which is widespread in nature. It is odorless and tasteless. Chromium is found naturally in rocks, plants, soil and volcanic dust, humans and animals. There are two relatively common forms of Chromium – chromium 3 (trivalent chromium) occurs naturally in many vegetables, … [Read more...]
Terrorists May Strike Food – Can Water be Far Behind?
CBS News has reported that the Saudi’s have uncovered an Al Qaeda plot to possibly poison food in the US with ricin and cyanides. Apparently the plan is to simultaneously attack hotels and restaurants over a single weekend. Should that occur, most victims would be unaware of their exposure until … [Read more...]
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas…
‘Twas the month before Christmas, and I was sitting in my house, “What to get my loved ones?” I whispered like a mouse. Catalogs were spread on the counter with care, in hopes that the perfect gift I would soon find there. I thought of glassware or sheets for their beds, but something more … [Read more...]
Happiness Distilled!
Today, I want to give you a few different perspectives on what we really do here at Pure & Secure. The first perspective is that we hand-craft the absolute best water distillers in the world. You can compare us against any other water filter, reverse osmosis system or competitive water … [Read more...]
Well Water and Your Drinking Water.
If you live in a rural area and have a private well, the well construction quality is important when considering the quality of your drinking water. Fortunately most newly commissioned wells have been found to be vast improvements over older wells and hence the chance of bacterial contamination in … [Read more...]
Wake up to a Beautiful Morning!
Do you want to feel better in the morning? Do you want to wake up faster, be more alert and start the day with a bounce in your step? Then drink a glass of pure water right when you wake up! Your body loses moisture just by breathing and perspiring. As you sleep through the night you are losing … [Read more...]
Private Well-Water Issues and the Solution
In cities and suburbs in the USA consumers obtain their water from public water utilities which are required to purify water to meet the standards in the Safe Drinking Water Act. In our opinion, no one should rely on these standards, but at least someone is keeping an eye on the water quality. But … [Read more...]
Water Biosecurity – What You Can Do Now!
In today’s information age there is so much material available on issues and problems and so little on solutions. This is also true of drinking water. Yesterday I introduced the topic of “Water BioSecurity” and tried to provide a concise overview of why an understanding of it is important in this … [Read more...]
Water Biosecurity – What is it all about?
One of the five important categories of water contaminants is biological. Biological contaminants in water by and large are invisible to the naked eye, so a perfectly clear glass of water may contain biological contaminants. Some of these contaminants are relatively harmless but others can be … [Read more...]
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