| Other than just being smaller, childrens bodies are really quite different than that of an adult. |
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| Because many of the crucial defense systems that help protect adults from disease are not fully developed in children they are much more sensitive to carcinogens lead and water-borne parasites than adults. |
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Just as medications and other chemical compounds effect children differently than they do adults so do contaminants in our air drinking water and foods. Unfortunately there is little we can do about toxins in the air or chemicals in our foods which only makes the purity of our water even more important. Water is the bodys only way to flush out these toxins and the purer the water is to start with... the higher its capacity is to collect and cleanse these harmful compounds from the body. Pure water helps a childs defenses grow stronger and perform better; giving them the protection they need during those fragile developing years.
A childs immune and detoxification systems are still developing into and throughout their early teens. Exposure to trace levels of chlorine, toxic chemicals & lead in drinking water during childhood years has been linked to increased risks of disease and learning disorders in later years. A recent Baltimore study showed that children with higher blood-lead levels have a significantly higher rate of problem behaviors than children with low blood-lead levels. "This study lends support to the belief that undue exposure to lead in childhood years may have a pervasive influence on the prevalence of juvenile delinquency in this country."
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| A mixture of chemicals such as chlorine lead herbicides pesticides and a host of other contaminants are commonly found in our water supplies and in many bottled waters. These trace levels of water borne chemicals have been documented to have adverse health effects on humans and especially on small children. |
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| A recent report by the Environmental Working Group called "Into The Mouths Of Babes" found that of 29 Mid Western cities tested all had at least one agricultural chemical present and that most had 5 or more in a single glass of tap water! The report also points out that 45000 mothers in these 29 cities were unknowingly making infant formula with tap water containing three or more toxic chemicals. |
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| Often there are out breaks of chlorine resistant parasites like Cryptosporidium and Giardia in city water supplies as was the case recently in Milwaukee WI when over 100 people died and 400000 became sick in less than a month mostly children and the elderly when the water system became contaminated with Cryptosporidium. This intestinal parasite causes flu like symptoms but can be fatal to small children and older adults... and is not controlled by chlorine. |
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| Childhood Asthma Cancer Leukemia and immune disorders have all risen in the last decade. Many experts and studies suggest that this is partially due to childrens increased exposure to environmental toxins and their decreased ability to detox. Water plays a major role in a childs exposure to toxins and in their bodys ability to get rid of them. |
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| A child consumes 3 times as much water per pound of body weight than an adult does so they get a bigger dose of the chemicals in their water and theyre developing bodies are simply much more sensitive to the harsh effects... |
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| An increased intake of clean healthy water is one of the easiest and best ways to help promote good health for our children. |
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| Childhood asthma and many other illnesses have been directly linked to a child's level of exposure to chlorine and other chemicals from drinking and showering with tap water. Home water filtration products are a great investment in the health of our families. |
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