Water & Health

When chlorine is added to water it reacts with organic matter present in the water resulting in the formation of hundreds of chemical compounds called chlorination byproducts. Although these byproducts are not yet well understood, they are known to be toxic. Only 9 of them are regulated... 

Trihalomethanes (THMs) are a group of 4 chemical compounds that form in water disinfected with chlorine. They are known to be toxic but are not yet well understood by science. Of over 700 known chemicals that result from adding disinfectant to water, only 9 are currently regulated...

Chloramine is used as an alternative to chlorine for disinfecting drinking water. Canada is currently (2019) in the process of updating its guidelines for the use of chloramine in drinking water. Chloramine is a more persistent but less effective disinfectant than chlorine...

Best methods to remove disinfectant chemicals from your shower or bath water depend on whether your tap water is disinfected with chlorine or chloramine, and whether you are allergic to sulfites.

Vitamin C is the standard means of dechlorination for critical medical applications such as dialysis where the presence of chlorinated water would be catastrophic. It is also used for the de-chlorination of lab samples. Water utilities must remove chlorine and chloramine before discharging... 

1000 mg of Vitamin C dissolved in bath water will instantly neutralize chlorine or chloramine in a medium size bathtub. Vitamin C is the most effective medium to use in shower filters for removing chloramine from shower water.  Vitamin C will decrease the pH of water which is an added benefit...

Drinking water filters are excellent life companions. They should do the filtering instead of your kidneys. A well-chosen water filter can do a great job of capturing your local water contaminants ...until its filtration capacity is reached. At that point the internal filter will start working against you rather than for you.
Regular cartridge replacement is important.

Molecular hydrogen is completely natural and has no known toxicity.
Our intestines produce it! But often not in the quantities we need to deal with the stressors that assail our bodies. This article describes what molecular hydrogen is, why we need it, and how we can access more of this substance that is now used therapeutically for over 170 different disease conditions.

In this video Dr. Jack Kruse talks about how the water in your body and the dielectric constant are impacted by fluoride.

Fort St. John, Cranbrook and Terrace are the only communities in British Columbia that currently add fluoride to tap water. Fluoride is NOT added to water in Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island or the Okanagan. The results of community...