Household Contamination

Frequent ear & eye infections, diarrhea, urinary tract infections, skin diseases.

In children: hearing loss, inability to concentrate, hyperactivity, reduced IQ
In middle aged med: hypertension, brain & kidney damage, strokes, heart attacks
In pregnant women: increased blood pressure, early delivery, low birth weight babies, minor birth defects.

May cause cancer.
May cause liver and kidney damage.
May cause thyroid and reproductive organ damage.
Nervous, immune, and circulatory system effects.

In babies and children: methemoglobinemia (“blue baby syndrome”, Oxygen deprivation which may be harmful to developing nervous systems or cause death by suffocation).
In adults: may cause cancer.

Loss of energy, fatigue, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, watery or bloody diarrhea, thickening or discoloration of skin…leading to skin cancer, numbness in hands & feet.
Affects young children, older adults, people with long-term illnesses, and unborn babies first.

Coliform contamination in drinking water.

Lead contamination in drinking water, in paint & paint dust
Live in home built before 1978
Does not eat regular meals
Live with people who work in lead-related jobs
Play in places contaminated with lead
Lead poisoning comes from:

  • Moving parts of doors & windows making lead dust
  • Lead-based paints
  • Soil nest to exterior of buildings or near busy streets
  • Drinking water
  • Colored newsprint
  • Car batteries
  • Glazed pottery and cookware produced outside the U.S.
  • Removing old paint to paint house or refinish furniture

Herbicide & pesticide contamination in drinking water.
Herbicide & pesticide contamination comes from rain water runoff of farm fields and laws.

Nitrates in drinking water.
Nitrate contamination comes from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, and sewage.

Arsenic contamination in drinking water.

Contamination Levels

Coliform

Lead

Nitrates

Arsenic

Nitrites

Fluoride

Sulfates

Sulfide

Iron

Sodium

Cyanide

Chromium

Zinc

Nickel

Mercury

Cadmium

Barium

Copper

Any

0.015 mg/L

10 mg/L

0.01 mg/L

1 mg/L

4.0 mg/L

250 mg/L

0.1 mg/L

0.3 mg/L

20 mg/L

0.20 mg/L

0.05 mg/L

5.0 mg/L

0.1 mg/L

0.002 mg/L

0.005 mg/L

2.0 mg/L

1.3 mg/L

Certifications

Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, NELAP, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin.