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"These toxins enter the groundwater via industrial processes and discharges from manufacturing facilities. Some scientists estimate that approximately 560,000 people each year become sick from contaminated drinking water, and kids drink more water per pound of body weight than adults, so they're at an even higher risk. Make filtering your water a priority. If you have the money, I recommend installing an under-the-counter reverse osmosis system, which eliminates not only the chlorine but also the other toxins present in the water system." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"On military bases, TCE has frequently been used as a cleansing solvent to hose down planes, tanks, trucks, and other machinery, often draining off into streams or groundwater. Other common sources of TCE runoff range from dry-cleaning companies to airplane and machine manufacturers, where TCE is used in stripping metal parts, to leather production, as well as through household use of everything from paint thinners and strippers to many glues and adhesives." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Noshing at the top of the food chain, we all receive a concentrated level of the environmental chemicals that persist in the air, water, and ground—because these contaminants have been ingested by all the animals that feed underneath us at each step, all the way down to the plants that grow in soil nourished by groundwater that has been steeped in industrial runoff before being eaten by the cow in the field." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Such water picks up inorganic minerals as it travels through the ground into the groundwater. Some maintain that drinking distilled water alone can even be dangerous, as it can cause the body to lose minerals by osmosis. Promoters of distilled water claim that the only minerals released are toxic, denatured and not absorbable by the body and therefore needed to be removed." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"For ten years water laced with TCE has been leaching into the groundwater from those nearby landfills and ending up in Eno Road residents' coffee cups and water glasses. There are many, many other Eno Roads. In 2002, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and its partners prepared public-health assessment documents for 122 toxic waste sites. Of those sites, 28.5 percent were found to be leaching contaminants into the community, posing a public health hazard. In another 2002 assessment, ATSDR estimated that more than 1." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Groundwater and Human Health. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has estimated that a nationwide initiative to add calcium and magnesium to soft water (low magnesium) might reduce the annual cardiovascular death rate by 150,000 people in the United States alone. Jean Durlach, M.D., president of the International Society for the Development of Magnesium Research, has also noted that heart disease is less prevalent in areas where the water has a high magnesium content. Studies also show that a high magnesium intake is associated with lower blood pressure." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Rains caused TCE-laden runoff to course into the stream and railroad spur area, and TCE and other VOCs were continuing to leach slowly into the area groundwater from the facility's chemical spillage. Full remediation of the soil would be a huge and costly challenge. Little was done in the 1980s to address the problem. At that time, only the four below-ground tanks of degreasing solvents, fuels, and unknown chemicals were emptied." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Glacial water crystals show one to three levels of hexagon structures, whereas the New Zealand groundwater crystals show seven or more hexagonal layers. Another observation made by Mr. and Mrs. Excelex was that biophotons composed of several levels of hexagonal structures have a brighter radiating light (energy field) surrounding them than a single-hexagon level biophoton. This brighter light is a clear indication of higher energy within the water, which explains why Mr. and Mrs. Excelex's plants that were fed structured water grew so well compared to others given different water." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Any changes in our solar system (the activity of the sun, the movement of the planets, the daily oscillation of the Earth in its rotation) or geological changes on Earth (the presence of groundwater or the movement of the Earth's molten inner core) can alter the strength of the Earth's GMF on a daily basis. Storms in space transfer some of the energy of the solar wind to the Earth's magnetosphere, causing wild fluctuations of direction and speed in the particles in the Earth's magnetic field." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Drugged Drinking Water Pharmaceutical drugs prescribed at high rates such as antidepressants and antibiotics are now turning up in rivers and groundwater. In addition to people dumping excess or expired prescription drugs down the drain or toilet, pharmaceuticals are also making their way into drinking water through human waste after people take these drugs. They enter sewage treatment centers, which don't weed out these chemicals before drinking water is processed." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "In 2000 the hit movie Erin Brockovich was based on one woman's crusade to prove that a chemical leak into the groundwater of a small town led to a disturbing array of health problems in the community. Another case that made headlines recently involved a military base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where 75,000 Marines and their families were exposed to toxic tap water that may have caused cancer and birth defects." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The Maya started draining and canalizing swamps at least two thou- sand years ago, turning agriculturally useless land into highly productive acreage as long as there was ample groundwater. They also began cultivating steep hillsides. Back in the late 1920s, a number of scientific travelers had noticed extensive tracts of abandoned terracing on steep hillsides in the Maya lowlands. But no archaeologists investigated these ancient field systems until the wetland research made them aware of the diversity of Maya agriculture." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"In 2005, the United States Geological Survey found that by-products of common chemical products used by humans, including antibacterial soap, steroids, bug sprays, and prescription drugs, were entering streams and groundwater, causing a disruption to fish reproduction while increasing people's resistance to antibiotics when they consumed the fish." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The International Bottled Water Association wants you to leave the industrial polluters to their own devices: Comprehensive groundwater resource management is critical to maintaining this renewable natural resource . . . No industry should be identified as a threat to the water resource without the benefit of sound scientific evidence of the impact on the groundwater quality and quantity which therefore diminishes the resource for other users. In other words, they say, you should not be worrying about polluters; trust us and buy bottled waters." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"Water supplies must originate from somewhere, but those sources are becoming infected with pollutants from a variety of places—power plants, factories, septic systems, sewage spills, waste disposal sites for hazardous materials that sink into the groundwater, animal feed lots, landfills, acid water runoff from mines, disposal wells, land disposal of sludge, spray irrigation, buried storage tanks and pipelines, and even from us dumping things down the drain like cosmetics and unused drugs. This list goes on and on." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"I was concerned about unmitigated discharge of pollutants in the air and in the groundwater. "Yet the decision is hard, because Clairton was a very important job center. They are balancing, do we shut this plant down because it's the worst environmental site in the hemisphere? I can tell you this: I've been to thirty or forty superfund sites and Clairton was the worst." "Why did you stop working there?" I asked. "I couldn't take it anymore. I got to the point that I couldn't smell anything anymore." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"The burning of fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and therefore places the earth at risk from this effect. groundwater Water that seeps through the soil or rocks underground. fa groundwater is a source of water for many communities through springs and wells, fa groundwater can be contaminated by chemical pollutants. (See water pollution.) hail Pellets of ice that form when updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops to high altitudes, where the water freezes, and then falls back to earth. Hailstones as large as baseballs have been recorded. Hail can damage crops and property." - E. D. Hirsch, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Get the book.)

"The Environment Agency has revealed that Prozac is building up both in river systems and the groundwater used for drinking supplies. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Prozac has been in major waterways for months already. A Baylor University toxicologist (Brooks) discovered traces of Prozac's active ingredient (fluoxetine) in the tissues of blue gill fish in a lake in Dallas, Texas. Brooks speculated that the fluoxetine made its way from the urine of Prozac users through a water treatment plant and into the lake." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"If a factory farm operation in North Carolina or a manufacturing plant in Louisiana is polluting the groundwater with dangerous chemicals and everybody knows it, rhat farm or plant ought to pay a tax, instead of shifting the burden ro consumers. ?Influence Behavior. Providing tax credits for conservation and renewable energy sources has had tremendously positive influences on consumer behavior and corporations. Many of society's leading-edge conservation projects today were initiated, in part, as a response to societal rewards via credits and deductions." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Lawn and garden pesticides and herbicides often don't stay only where they're applied; many can contaminate groundwater as well as indoor air. Organic, toxin-free products include corn gluten for lawn weed control. (Remember, weeds may cause eyesores, but they won't cause cancer.) IN MJCTS The best air filter for your home is a high-efficiency particle air filter (HERA). Replace your air-conditioner filter yearly and clean your air ducts every three years. Partial cleaning of ducts can make your air worse, so do a good job when you attack the clumped-up material." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida all have serious perchlorate-con-tamination issues, polluting the groundwater in large regions of these states. A recent sampling of breast milk taken from mothers at random from around the country showed that all samples were contaminated with perchlorate at levels which could disrupt thyroid function in their infants. Additionally, a newborn or infant drinking perchlorate-contaminated water is at particularly high risk for damage to thyroid function." - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"Groundwater accounts for almost half of the water we use for drinking and domestic uses, such as cooking and bathing. We extract approximately 40 trillion gallons of groundwater yearly. groundwater is created when precipitation that has made its way through the soil becomes trapped at a subterranean layer of the earth's crust and fills in the spaces between the rocks. The places where we extract water, called aquifers, slowly fill up with water, which accumulates over thousands of years." - Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D., The complete Book of Water Healing - Using the Earth's most essential resource to cure illness, promote health, and soothe and restore body, mind, and spirit (Get the book.)

"The burning of fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and therefore places the earth at risk from this effect. groundwater Water that seeps through the soil or rocks underground. fa groundwater is a source of water for many communities through springs and wells, fa groundwater can be contaminated by chemical pollutants. {See water pollution.) hail Pellets of ice that form when updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops to high altitudes, where the water freezes, and then falls back to earth. Hailstones as large as baseballs have been recorded. Hail can damage crops and property." - James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Get the book.)

"Every new irrigated field raised the local groundwater table a little more. Each summer, evaporation pumped more salt up into the soil. Hilgard realized that, like a lamp's wick, clay soils brought the salt closer to the surface. Better drained, sandy soils were less susceptible to salt buildup. Hilgard also realized that alkali soils could make excellent agricultural soils—if you could just get rid of the salt. Hilgard fought the then popular idea that salty soils tesulted from sea-water evaporated after Noah's flood." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"But nothing we "wash away" is actually gone—chemical residues remain, floating into the bathwater, and the rest flows into sewers and groundwater, and ultimately cycles back into our lives one way or another. Fortunately, nontoxic products are increasingly available and affordable. A healthy home and a clean conscience don't have to result in an empty bank account. 5r & jf Ingredients: The Good and The Bad Kitchen Cleaners: Safety in the kitchen is important to most people. It's a paradox, though, that scouring countertops and sinks with poisonous chemicals gives us peace of mind." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Students can learn to be solar engineers, hand-pump mechanics, groundwater experts, teachers, midwives, accountants, communicators (in videogra-phy, photography, street theater, puppetry), and apprentice in a range of traditional handicrafts. One of the most notable aspects of the program is that women are trained in nontraditional occupations, such as solar engineering and hand-pump mechanics. People throng to the Barefoot College from all over India to learn about the award-winning program and bring what they've learned back to their own communities." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Farming pesticides already contaminate groundwater in 32 states and half of the U.S. population relies on groundwater for drinking. • Children are at greater risk for pesticide-related health problems and millions of U.S. children already receive their lifetime dose of some carcinogenic pesticides by age 5. Natural fibers such as hemp and linen are made into fabrics and clothing and are available on the Internet or in stores. These fabrics are generally made from plants that are organically grown and untreated with chemicals." - Elson M. Haas, M.D., The New Detox Diet: The Complete Guide for Lifelong Vitality With Recipes, Menus, and Detox Plans (Get the book.)

"Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons plant near Denver, Colorado, was shut down in 1989 because a slew of environmental violations—leaking storage drums, tanks, and pipelines; on-site landfills; unlined disposal trenches—had thoroughly contaminated the soil and groundwater. Today the site contains what might be the largest remaining tallgrass prairie in North America, as well as several endangered or threatened species, including peregrine falcons. The most iconic nuclear wasteland of our time, Chernobyl, is also turning into an immense wildlife preserve." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Trees elevate the groundwater table and draw minerals up into their stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. This plant matter then eventually falls to the topsoil increasing the mineralization of the soil for more vegetation to grow. Deciduous trees, which drop their leaves each year, strongly mineralize the topsoil. The cooking of food is by far the biggest waste of resources on planet Earth. Viktoras Kulvinskas, in his classic book Survival Into The 21st Century, reports that cooking destroys 85% of the value of food. When I first realized this, I was staggered." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"Via biotechnology, the rGH manufacturers are trying to shift away from selling farm petroleum-based farm inputs that are widely associated with polluting the nation's soils and groundwater. From farmers to consumers, great skepticism in the past decade has grown over heavy use of pesticides, herbicides, etc. Biotechnology's promise was "cleaner" ag production inputs. But bovine growth hormone fails that test, since indicated by Monsanto's research files, tremendously higher milk hormone levels result from bGH treatments." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

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