Clinical Blogs — water

What do you, the trees, and a hamster have in common?  Answer: You all need water. All living things must have water to survive, whether they get it from a water fountain, a rain cloud, or a little bottle attached to the side of a hamster cage. Without water, your body would stop working properly. Water makes up more than half of your body weight and a person can't survive for more than a few days without it. 9 important reasons to drink water: Weight loss - Water often replaces high-calorie drinks like soda and juice with a drink that...

The Truth of Water: Number of people with no safe drinking-water in the world: 1 billion people Number of deaths from unsafe water and sanitation: 2 million deaths per year Number of people without access to improved water source: 1 billion Number of countries reported to have Cholera (disease transmitted by contaminated water): 50 countries 80% of human diseases are caused by water pollution and poor hygiene1  10% of world population are consuming food harvested by polluted water; it contains disease-causing micro-organisms1 2,000,000 children die yearly from diseases caused by polluted water2 50% of hospitalized patients are hospitalized due to...

Isn't bottled water safer than tap water? No. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) conducted a four-year review of the bottled water industry, and their conclusion is that there is no assurance that just because water comes out of a bottle it is any cleaner or safer than water from the tap. And in fact, an estimated 25 percent or more of bottled water is really just tap water in a bottle!!!  1 Is bottled water actually unsafe?  Most bottled water appears to be safe. Some brands was spotty, however, and such products may pose a health risk, especially for people...