Title:  ATTACK ON THE FOOD CHAIN:  HOW SAFE IS YOUR WATER?

Subtitle: Working with a medical doctor, we present the facts to you about the worsening condition of our water supply, with much of the damage coming during the Clinton years, even though he verbally championed Environmental Protection.

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Hypocrites said many years ago. "Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine"

Thomas Edison said, " The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

This article is written with the enormous assistance of Dr. Vic Herlacher. He had a medical practice in Internal and Preventative Medicine for twenty three years. He has  written several articles on exercise, nutrition and water. One of those articles entitled, "Water - Its Effect on Health" appeared in the American Family Physician Journal in Oct. 1994.

Dr. Herlacher appeared on the Education Upbeat Radio Show with Edith O'Donnell in 1985, and he hosted a radio program for Rich Buehler discussing Health and Nutrition.

DEFINITION OF THIS POLLUTION OF OUR WATER SUPPLY

When you think of your health, what comes to mind? The air you breathe? The food you eat? How about the water you drink every day?  Consider this:  Many people make a concerted effort to eat well-balanced meals with good healthy, body building nutrients and vitamin supplements. They jog and exercise regularly all to keep the physical body in good shape. They get good physical rest or as much as their schedule permits. But, then they wash down all these good efforts with water from the kitchen water tap that has been deliberately fouled with -- chemicals, salts, asbestos, heavy metals -- the list goes on and on.

Doesn’t it just make sense to be consistent, that you need -- good food, good exercise, good rest and good pure drinking water?

How many times have we heard that drinking water is good for us?  The A.M.A. [American Medical Association] recommends adults should drink 64 fluid ounces every day and children half as much. Therefore, we need to consume a minimum of eight glasses of water every day.  Water is an essential nutrient--- necessary for maintaining body temperature, transporting nutrients throughout the body, keeping joints moist, digesting food, ridding the body of waste products, and cooling the body. So how much water is in the body? You may be surprised to learn that the body is composed of 60-70% water. In fact, water is so important to the body that we cannot survive without it.

Every day of our lives, we turn the water tap to get a drink of water. We tell ourselves that in the United States, water is basically safe to drink. We reassure ourselves that contaminated drinking water is only in foreign or undeveloped countries.

The Environmental Protection Agency [E.P.A.] has set standards for more than 80 contaminants that may occur in drinking water because chronic, long-term exposure can pose a threat to human health.  Although your local water supplier must comply with federally mandated water drinking standards, don’t assume that water coming out of your facet is without concern. Many individuals do not realize that the local water treatment facilities have only to ensure that the water leaving their facilities meet State Health Standards for drinking water. What might happen if the interconnecting miles of 50-year-old water pipe between the water treatment plant and the consumer is not covered by state health regulations for drinking water?  The old pipes and water fixtures through which the water passes can leach hazardous substances to your drinking water. These include asbestos, and dangerous heavy metals cadmium and lead.  Consumer Reports has also found that many disease outbreaks traceable to public water suppliers are due to contamination of water after it leaves the processing plant.

Across North America, reports about contaminated water occur frequently. Incidents that make news, however, are only a part of the problem. North Americans can be ingesting any number of different contaminants without even knowing it.  Concern about the quality of drinking water is growing. Many residents believe that their tap water quality is poor or only fair at best. Let us look at some of the article titles and reports appearing in Newsweek Magazines, Consumer Reports and ABC National Network News during the past several years.

"New Word for Water: Endangered", L. A. Times, January 21, 1983

"Chemicals in Drinking Water Most Serious Problem" ABC News

"Water We Drink is Becoming a Threat to Life Itself" ABC News

"Experts Believe Poisoning of Our Water is Greatest Treat in Our Time" ABC National Network News

"Studies Have Linked Increased Cancer Mortality With Chlorine"

"The Main Problem Comes From Chlorine" Consumer Reports

" Twenty-two Children Developed Leukemia" Newsweek March 7, 1983. In Woburn Mass. 11 lived within ½ mile circle near two wells closed because of chemical contaminants.

"13 Deaths and Medical Problems Survey 117 children in Los Paseo, California." These were exposed to cleaning solvent that had seeped into a local water well. March 7, 1983

"Most Americans Don’t Know Chemicals in Drinking Water" ABC National Network News.

"Time Bomb in Our Tap Water", Reader’s Digest, Jan. 1985

There was a special extensive report in the L.A. Weekly Oct. 11, 1985 on "L.A. ‘s Troubled Water---Toxic Chemicals in Our Water----The Unreported Story--- A Special Investigation of the Dangerous Carcinogens in L.A.’s Drinking Water."

The U.S. News and World Report, July 29, 1991 pictures a drooping flower in a glass of water, entitled "Is Your Water Safe? The Dangerous State of Drinking Water in America."

Probably one of the most dramatic illustrations of our water problem appeared in the September 22, 1980 issue of time magazine entitled, "The Poisoning of America---Those Toxic Chemical Wastes."  On the cover of this issue is a picture of a person partially submerged under water. The part of the body under the water appeared as a skeleton.

This same picture appeared on the cover of Time Magazine dated October 14, 1985 entitled, "The Poisoning of America 85 --- Toxic Wastes." This image shows the same person more submerged under the water. His face shows beads of perspiration and more of his skeleton appears, as well as the skeleton of a fish in the water. The whole key to this understanding is that our water contamination is getting worse.

At the start of 1980’s more than 3,000 different organic chemicals had already been identified in American Drinking Water. Most of these are likely contributors to the ever-increasing rate of malignancy among our populace.  According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that 60-90 % of all human tumors are environmentally induced. In the Environmental Nutrition Newsletter September, 1995, there is an article entitled "Water, Water Everywhere---But Is It Safe to Drink?"

According to this article, "One in Five Americans Drink Water That Violates Federal Health Standards."

Notice that, in these articles warning about water purity, the time period spanned was from 1980-1995.  Thus, since at least 1980, 21 years ago, officials have known about the dangerous condition of our nation's water supply.  Yet, according to Dr. Herlacher, M.D., in a conversation today [April 24, 2001], matters have not gotten any better, but, in fact, have gotten a whole lot worse!  Nothing any government has done since 1980 has cleaned any of these problems up.

A report by the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit research organization based in Washington D.C. says that, "about 25% of communities provide water that contains excessive levels of biological, chemical or radioactive contaminants, and this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg." Let’s look at some of the contaminants which have been found in drinking water.

LEAD ----- Across the continent millions of people are drinking lead-polluted water. In fact, drinking water supplied to 30 million people in 819 cities contains unacceptable levels of lead, according to a survey by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.]  One of the factors in the ultimate fall of the Roman Empire was lead poisoning, coming through their water pipes.  So many people began dying from long-term lead poisoning that the strength of the entire nation was sapped!

Lead is a silent predator. You cannot smell, taste, or see lead in drinking water. But once lead enters the body, it’s there to stay, building up in the body over the years. Those most at risk for lead exposure are pregnant women and children.

Effects of lead poisoning in children:

Effects of lead poisoning in adults:

From the center in "Disease Control" even with low levels in the blood, there is an association of impairment of mental abilities and a dramatic decreasing of intelligence, attention span deficits and learning disorders.  Some of these effects have been misdiagnosed by medical authorities as stemming from other sources than the very water you are drinking!

CHLORINE -- When municipalities began chlorinating their water supplies in the early 1900’s as a disinfectant for cholera, typhoid fever, and other diseases, it was hailed as one of the most effective public health measures of the century. The addition of chlorine saved untold lives. Years later, however, scientists discovered that chlorine can react with organic material in water, such as decaying leaves, to produce chemical compounds called triahalomethanes [THMs]. One of these THMs – chloroform-- is associated with an increased risk of cancer. Over 10,000 people get rectal or bladder cancer each year from chlorine byproducts.

During the summer, when more chlorine is added to water supplies, levels of these disinfection by-products can jump above recommended levels. But technically, cities are rarely out of compliance because their utilities are allowed to average test results over the entire year.  Thus, you can easily see how government regulations themselves are many times designed to hide the problem, instead of solving it or bringing it to public attention.  In fact, you are going to be hearing a lot from us about the fact that the government is actually promoting the very industry they are supposed to be regulating!  Regulation is, by its very nature, confrontive, as government agents are supposed to confront the industry that is doing something to endanger the lives of its citizens.  However, while people think this is what is occurring, the truth is that government agencies are acting in harmony with industry, and really does cooperate with the offenders to keep the offense hidden.

Chlorine is widely used across the country. In fact, 75% of households drink chlorinated water. Chlorine is also one of the most prevalent reasons why water can taste and smell bad. Taste and smell are the leading reasons why people choose alternatives to tap water.

PARASITES --  Unfortunately, common disinfection practices by municipal water suppliers are not necessarily sufficient to kill the parasites that have been found in water, such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia lambia cysts. Cryptosporidium is so resistant that studies show a cyst can survive and spread infection even after 18 to 24 hours in a concentrated solution of bleach.  Ingesting either of these waterborne microbes can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and other flu-like symptoms which can be particularly hazardous for the elderly, children and individuals with underlying diseases.

In 1993, the nation’s worst outbreak of a waterborne illness struck Milwaukee. Cryptosporidium got through the municipal water treatment system, sickening more than 400,000. It took several days before the cause of the problem was linked to the drinking water. The parasite entered the system from barnyard runoff flowing into Lake Michigan near the city water intakes during heavy rains. Residents had no forewarning, because, like many drinking water contaminants, the microscopic parasite is odorless and tasteless.

OTHER CONTAMINANTS

In addition to lead, chlorine, and parasites, many other contaminants have been identified in drinking water.

     RADON….Virtually everyone has some level of radon in their water and almost no one knows it. It’s a tasteless, odorless, and colorless radioactive gas that’s produced by the natural breakdown of uranium found in many soils and rocks. There is accumulating evidence of a relationship between the ingestion of radon in drinking water and the increased risk of stomach cancer.

     FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES --- Agricultural pesticides and fertilizers have been detected in drinking water from Connecticut to California. In 1994 study by the Environmental Working Group revealed that 14.1 million Americans routinely consume pesticides in their drinking water.

        METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)  --  On Jan. 16, 2000 there was a segment on CBS "60 Minutes" which viewed this chemical as a significant groundwater contaminant. What is MTBE? The Clean Air Act of 1990 mandated that MTBE, which is an oxygenate, be added to our nation’s automobile gasoline to make fuel burn cleaner. However, MTBE’s effect on our drinking water is a devastatingly different story. Just one cup of MTBE can make 5 million gallons of water undrinkable. Now consider that MTBE is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the United States. Four and a half billion gallons are produced annually. The next time you are filling up at the gas station please note the warning label on the pump:  'MTBE'.

For every 10 gallons of gasoline purchased, one gallon is pure MTBE.

MTBE is one of the many chemicals that leach into our groundwater through leaks from underground fuel storage tanks. While the Clean Air Act ordered that leaking tanks be replaced by 1998, fully 400,000 tanks were not covered by the order, and are still in the ground. Worse yet, some of the newer replacement tanks have already developed leaks. 

You may wonder why MTBE is different from other leaking chemicals, including gasoline itself. Other contaminants decompose before they reach groundwater. MTBE doesn’t decompose and tends to move into the groundwater more quickly and is therefore more difficult to clean up.

Thus, in the name of cleaning our air, our government has allowed a significant new source of water contaminant to develop.  Government research undoubtedly knew that MTBE was a powerful water polluter when Congress passed the legislation, and when President Bush [Senior] signed it; additionally, even though the facts are now a matter of public record, the government is taking no action to rectify the situation. 

Did you know that the addition of MTBE to automobile gasoline is primarily responsible for the dramatic rise in fuel costs?  To comply with the MTBE legislation requirements, refiners had to invest in very expensive new equipment; many independently-owned refiners could not afford this new equipment, so they simply went out of business, leading to a shortage now of refining capacity nationwide.  Thus, when President Bush puts forth his plan to open new pristine reserves to oil drilling in order to "solve" the problem of high oil prices, he knows fully well the problem is a refining problem.  Why is he not addressing this refining capacity problem, rather than throwing out a non-solution to us?

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS TO SOLVE THIS TERRIBLE WATER PROBLEM --

Based on people’s perception, information and concerns about the safety of their drinking water, we see several distinctly different approaches to the problem.

Some people use one or more of the following in their home:

Even though people are concerned about possible solutions there is so much misinformation or plain lack of information.  The following information is being provided for your consideration.

Water Softeners  -- These systems improve water for laundry and bathing but do nothing to remove toxic chemicals. Water softeners exchanges calcium, magnesium, and iron in the water for sodium. They also remove beneficial minerals and increases sodium content in the water. However, water softeners do absolutely nothing to remove Trihalomethanes and other pollutants.

However, you may take a step to improve the effectiveness of a water softener in your home, using it for the benefits it was designed to produce. Make sure that your water softener by passes the water you drink from the cold water faucet in your kitchen.  Dr. Herlacher has seen many patients with swelling of their ankles that he traced to their drinking water, that passed through the water softener, therefore increasing their consumption of sodium. In his own present home, Dr. Herlacher found that his water softener was hooked up to the cold water from his kitchen faucet, forcing him to re-route the water.

DISTILLED WATER -- Distilled water contains no solid matter of any kind and is essentially free of sodium. It often tastes flat and dead because beneficial minerals have been removed. The water is first evaporated into steam, which leaves many impurities behind, and is then recondensed. Think about it; any chemicals that are near the boiling point of water will be transferred over, recondensed, and then redeposited in the water. One of these chemicals is chloroform, a known carcinogen. (cancer causing)

In addition, distilled water is extremely aggressive on your body, as it has these physical side-effects:

Distilled water should only be used for:

REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS -- Reverse osmosis or "R/O" as it is more commonly known, is simply a mechanical, micro-filtration system, which removes physical particles from the water.  However, it has some significant drawbacks if you are planning to use it extensively.  These drawbacks include:

BOTTLED WATER -- Probably the most common alternative to common tap water is bottled water. So the question we need to address is: "Does bottled water contain less impurities and have more benefits than tap water?"

According to a report from the State of California Assembly Legislature a report dated March 4, 1985 indicated that California was the leading bottled water consumer in the nation. "Under current quality standards, bottled water or vended water is not guaranteed to be a safe and wholesome product. Yet many consumers are paying 1,000 times the cost of tap water for that guarantee."

For more important information regarding "Bottled Water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype." Go to the following website: www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp [NOTE:  Dr. Herlacher is aware of the many problems associated with the radical National Resources Defense Council; he has checked their findings on water independently and has found their assertions in this instance to be true].

"Bottled water sold in the United States is not necessarily cleaner or safer than most tap water", according to a four year scientific study made public by the (N.R.D.C) Natural Resources Defense Council. [March, 1999]

N.R.D.C’s study included testing of more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of bottled water. While most of the waters tested were found to be of high quality, some brands were contaminated: about one-third of the waters tested contained levels of contamination--- including synthetic organic chemicals; bacteria, and arsenic.

A key N.R.D.C finding is that bottled water regulations are inadequate to assure consumers of either purity or safety, although both federal government and the states supposedly have bottled water safety programs. Even when bottled waters are covered by the F.D.A.’s rules they are subject to less rigorous testing and purity standards than those which apply to city tap water.

In fact, about one-fourth of bottled water is actually bottled tap water, according to government and industry estimates;  some estimates of tap water go as high as 40%. The marketing of  bottled water is designed to convince the public that bottled water is pure and safe.  Once again, we have the scenario where the government is actually protecting the very industry they are supposed to be regulating.

ACTIVATED CARBON FILTERS -- Activated carbon filters are one of the more popular low-cost home "water purifiers." The primary function of an activated carbon filter is to remove those toxic chemicals that we hear about in the headlines or on the evening news. The activated carbon contained in the filter works like an "electrical sponge", removing chlorine, pesticides, chloroform, chlorinated hydrocarbons, solvents and other man-made chemicals which may occur in varying amounts in drinking water.

Activated carbon filters come in two basic configurations:

Loose Granular---this granular carbon filter has channels which the water may flow through without removal of the contaminants. Since the water will take the path of least resistance the contaminant may not stay in contact long enough with the carbon to be removed.

Solid Block---the pressed carbon filter is solid without channels therefore functions as a physical filter in addition to the "chemical effect."

Of these two configurations, the pressed solid block carbon filter is the most effective.

As we previously discussed the contaminant Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) has been widely found in U.S. drinking water supplies and is a known carcinogen. This Treatment system provides a solution for consumers and has been certified by N.S.F. recently to significantly reduce the M.T.B.E. in water filtered through this system.

SUMMARY

Now that we understand the facts about water purity in this country, what can we do about it?  According to Dr. Herlacher, the only carbon filter system that can effectively remove most of these contaminants in our water is a large pressed carbon filter, which is recommended as the best and most economical for home use. If you want more information, you can go to www.vherlacher.com .

However, we want to emphasize that the intention of this article is NOT to get you to buy a water treatment system, because the damage has long been done to our bodies.  As is the case with all of the Food Chain, we have been eating and drinking the deliberately polluted water and food for so long that the damage is done; however, we can take some action to avoid further damage, depending upon God for the rest.  Our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, and so once we know the problems we are facing, we need to take action to prevent any further damage.

The key facts we want you to understand from this article are these:

1.  Our governments, federal and state, have been aware of these terrible health problems related to drinking and bottled water for the past 40 years.  Yet, they have not been effective in correcting these problems.  In the meantime, people are ingesting water every day of their lives, and are getting more and more pollutants in their bodies.  Many of these pollutants take a very long time -- 20-40 years -- to develop in a person's body to the point where the person may die.  And, many of the autopsies of such victims will list another cause that will take the attention off the real culprit -- our polluted water.

2.  If our Illuminist government wanted to pollute our Food Chain in such a way that no one would ever suspect their involvement, a long-term pollution of water would be tailor-made for this purpose.  The pollutants of which we have been speaking can take 20 to 40 years to begin killing people.

This long time period in which pollutants or active pathogens can build up in seemingly healthy people before acting one day to kill them, is a key common denominator in the several ways in which the basic health of the entire nation is being undermined.

One day, millions of people may be getting sick and dying of a host of seemingly unrelated diseases and illnesses.  The only common denominator will be that the various ailments which are killing people have taken 20 to 40 years to develop.  At the time that significant numbers of people begin to die, the Fourth Seal prophecy of Revelation 6:8 will have begun to occur. 

The world seems very close to the time when the First Seal prophecy [Rev 6:1-2] will occur, which is the appearance of Antichrist on the world scene.  All events necessary to allow Antichrist to arise seem close at hand; should it surprise us to discover that a long-term pollution process of the Food Chain that would suddenly begin killing a lot of people, also seems to be occurring?

Truly, we are living in the final days of time.  Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.

If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.

We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.

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