Drinking Pesticides?

Wells in some schools, nationwide, are so contaminated with residue from pesticides that posted warnings tell people not to drink water from the tap.

Along with raising a whole host of other questions and concerns, my number one question was, "WHAT? How is the water contaminated again?"

It seems that it's a super common problem. Chemicals, pesticides, and run-off from farms, gardens, land-fills and other such places sink into the ground, and get caught in our well systems, which are meant to capture rain water. So these chemicals get mixed in with our water supply, and get pumped up along with our 'pure and clean' water. What happens then? We, unknowingly, consume varied amounts of the contaminated water, and reap the consequences of accumulating these toxins in our body systems.

See the news video HERE.

I guess my next question would be - if it's in our school's water system, wouldn't that same problem affect homes as well? Wells should be the safest and most reliable source of clean water - we are poisoning ourselves! What has happened?

So groups take water and put it into some kind of collecting pool and 'treat it' - adding chemicals to counteract other chemicals - then put the whole city on a water system that is 'safe.' Tell me, isn't there any way of just getting plain old-fashioned wonderful clean water?

What are our options, if we want any? Buy spring water from the store, get purifier systems in your home/school/work, or invest in water filters/water pitchers to filter your own tap. That's what we've done. There are inexpensive ways to be smart and take better care of yourself.

Stay informed. Check out your area. Then, if you feel you must make a change - do it.