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1. Chlorine study:
2. VOCs in our water:
- https://mytapscore.com/en-ca/blogs/tips-for-taps/what-are-vocs-and-are-they-in-your-drinking-water
- https://drinking-water.extension.org/drinking-water-contaminant-volatile-organic-compounds-vocs/#Potential_health_effects_of_volatile_organic_compounds_in_drinking_water
3. Heavy metals:
- People that consume high levels of heavy metals risk acute and chronic toxicity, liver, kidney, and intestinal damage, anemia, and cancer
- https://www.epa.gov/privatewells/potential-well-water-contaminants-and-their-impacts#:~:text=Heavy%20metals%20can%20contaminate%20private,damage%2C%20anemia%2C%20and%20cancer.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28643849/
- https://www.breastcancer.org/risk/risk-factors/exposure-to-chemicals-in-water
- https://dceg.cancer.gov/research/what-we-study/drinking-water-contaminants
4. Parasites:
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32417583/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5877040/#:~:text=Cysts%20of%20Giardia%20and%20oocysts,Giardia%20%5B23%2C24%5D.
- https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/60/8/e36/2462908
- https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/contamination/germs.html
5. Fluoride studies:
- Harvard study on fluoride & bone cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16596294/
- JAMA study of fluoride in pregnancy & lower IQ scores in kids https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2748634
- Study on the impact of fluoride on thyroid hormones https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323016912_Impact_of_Drinking_Water_Fluoride_on_Human_Thyroid_Hormones_A_Case-_Control_Study
- Fluoride linked with brain cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9866357/
6. Pharmaceuticals in tap water
- Study on the endocrine disruptors in water & their effects on the reproductive system https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139484/
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b05592
- https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1206244
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789304/
- https://home.drinkflowater.com/blogs/posts/what-pharmaceuticals-are-found-in-tap-water
7. Personal care products
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8170769/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459316/
8. Microplastics
9. PFAs aka "Forever Chemicals"
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-023-00236-y
- https://www.ewg.org/research/national-pfas-testing
Other:
- EWG - https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/
- Project farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0ioX6GSz0
- Watch more about tap water: https://youtu.be/ddHUNK3CBBs
- Checking your water: https://watercheck.com/collections/symptom-checker & https://mytapscore.com/products/advanced-city-water-test
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