What is the reason, many people can’t see the connection between the kind of water we consume daily and our health?
The main factor is our attitude towards the issue involved.
“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first time or last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory” Betty Smith, a tree grows in Broooklyn. We must have this sense of wonder and a heart of discovery at learning new things.
“Sit down before fact as a child,
Be prepared to give up every pre-conceived notion.
Follow humbly where nature leads ,or you will learn nothing.”
Thomas Huxley
This is how important it is to maintain an open mind, that Is free from prejudice and welcome facts in examine any new issue facing us.
“It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom” Albert Einstein
Attitude by Charles Swindoll.
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company ... a church ... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude ... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you ... we are in charge of our Attitudes."
Arm with such a sound attitude we are ready to examine the water issue. As William James said,” Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.”
· Ralph Nader Study group after reviewing over 10,000 documents acquired through the freedom of information acts stated that the US drinking water contains more than 2100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer.
· In a 1995 Science Advisory Report to the EPA(Environment Protection Agency) it was stated that “when two or more of these contaminants combine in our water the potency may be increased by as much as 1000 times
· The world health organization and the National cancer institute both suggest that most human cancers,perhaps as many as 90% are caused by chemical carcinogens in the environment.This realization is paramount for change because it means that most cancers could be prevented by minimizing or eliminating our exposure to chemical carcinogens.
· In Malaysia the environment where raw water is extracted to process the tap water the situation is no better than that in America. University Malaya scientist Dr Tan Guan Huat said,” A survey of 25 rivers in the country showed significant level of the banned pesticides DDT and heptachlor among other chemical residues. (Star 30 April 1992)
· The Selangor river dam which provides 70% of the water in Selangor and Federal Territory has a storage capacity of 230 mil cubic meter supplies 65% of the water used by 7.3 million consumers.
· According to to Star newspaper 5th May 2004, 7 out of 10 men age 50 and above in Klang Valley suffer from two or more chronic illnesses, heart diseases, hypertension,diabetes, erectile dysfunction.
· 8 million Malaysians have high blood pressure (25 Sept 2005 New straits Times)
· IN 1900 only one out of 500 had cancer or 200:100,000 but this number has already risen to 1 in 3 or every second person by the year 2000. The American Cancer society now predicts by 2020 everybody in the world will have cancer.
All the above quotes and statements from various authorities are a reality of the health crisis confronting humanity. As water is a big component of our human body, polluted water once enter our bodies will wage havoc to our immune system, and injured our organs over a period of time and manifesting in various diseases such as cancers, heart diseases and other degenerating diseases.
So what kind of water enters your mouth today? It is pure? It is free from toxins? Your health depends on it.
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| Selangor River highly polluted. |
Albert Einstein said insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Many people are dong the same thing exactly. Drink the same water, everybody else is drinking, eating the same kind of food, everybody is eating and expecting to do better in their health.
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