Water Testing Facts
August 31, 2006
Using proprietary technologies, Silver Lake Research Corporation, a Monrovia, California based biotech firm has developed the Watersafe? product line, the first do-it-yourself test kits to monitor levels of potentially harmful contaminants in drinking water.
Watersafe drinking water tests kits yield reliable, lab-accurate results.
• Until now accurate testing for contaminants was only available through expensive, analytical laboratories using complicated and time-consuming methods.
• Despite modern facilities, water remains an all-too-common source of both acute and chronic illness – simply because it is by far the most ingested substance on the planet.
• Chronic exposure to chemical contaminants is particularly dangerous and these toxins are highly insidious, causing damage over months and years, often with serious or deadly effects. Water contaminants can be man-made or naturally occurring.
• The E.coli bacteria is responsible for an estimated 73,000 cases of infection and 61 deaths per year in the United States (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
• Chlorine, used for disinfection, can react with organic matter to form cancer-causing trihalomethanes.
• Pipes can leach lead, which causes a wide variety of systemic and developmental problems.
• Until 1988 pipes and fixtures containing lead were used in construction. Most homes and offices built before then may have lead-containing pipes and fixtures in current use.
• Pesticides have been discovered in every large watershed in the US and in a large percentage of groundwater wells.
• In the US about 1,000,000 children under the age of six have a blood lead level exceeding the level of concern.
• Acute pesticide exposure can be deadly, and chronic exposure, even at low levels, has been linked to cancer, neurological damage, and developmental problems.
• The EPA Maximum Contaminant Level for the most commonly used pesticide, atrazine, is 3 parts per billion – that’s less than one drop in a very large swimming pool.
• When animal or human wastes or fertilizers make contact with water, they become nitrates and nitrites.
• Blue Baby Syndrome, a lethal form of nitrate and nitrite poisoning, can strike infants exposed to contaminated water. According to the National Pesticide Survey, more than 65,000 babies may be exposed to water with nitrates exceeding EPA-mandated limits.
• Though most Americans depend on their local water utility to provide a safe water supply, testing and monitoring water contaminants is not as routine as most people think.
• The vast majority of the nearly 100,000 water systems in the US never or rarely test for most listed water contaminants because it is wildly cost prohibitive. Complete implementation of the testing requirements of the Safe Water Drinking Act would cost most small towns more than all police, fire and municipal services.
• More than 11,000,000 US households whose water supply comes from a private source must pay for their own tests or risk contaminant exposures.
• Watersafe drinking water test kits are the only ten-minute, do-it-yourself water safety tests on the market today. They are affordably priced, easy-to use, easy-to-understand, and offer quick, remarkably accurate results.
• Even if you don’t drink tap water, chances are you cook, bathe and brush your teeth with it… allowing toxins into your system.
• For the first time ever, enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing exactly what’s in your water before you or your children and pets drink it!
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