written by
Ian Blair Hamilton AlkaWay Founder

Is It True? Are There Really Pharmaceuticals in our Drinking Water?

WATER FILTRATION 5 min read

When the World Health Organisation decides to commit to a study on pharmaceuticals in our water, you know there`s a reason.

Here`s an excerpt from the study.

Pharmaceuticals are synthetic or natural chemicals that can be found in prescription medicines, over-the-counter therapeutic drugs and veterinary drugs. Pharmaceuticals contain active ingredients that have been designed to have pharmacological effects and confer significant benefits to society. The occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment and the water cycle at trace levels (in the range of nanograms to low micrograms per litre) has been widely discussed and published in literature in the past decade. The increase in detection is largely attributable to the advances in analytical techniques and instrumentation. Many surveys and studies have confirmed the presence of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater and effluents, and these have been identified as a major source of pharmaceuticals in drinking water.

So yes, it is in our water. It comes from many sources, but one that surprised me was the simple act of taking a dip in a river. It appears that if we are ón meds`, then we are also sweating them out. This med-laden sweat ends up in the water.

Activated carbon is the simplest way to reduce pharmaceuticals in your home water. No, we can`t tell you exactly how much of every pharmaceutical they will remove, but the WHO report recommends their use.

(In my filter, I use catalytic carbon – around 8 x more effective than common activated carbon.)

Carbon, the report says, can achieve high removal of pharmaceutical target compounds, especially hydrophobic compounds. As with all contaminants, removal efficacy is a function of contact time, organic loading, chemical structure, solubility and carbon type (Ternes et al., 2002; Yoon Y. et al., 2003; Snyder et al., 2006) And there are some that are still resistant, such as: Iopromide, ibuprofen, meprobamate, sulfamethoxazole and diclofenac . (Khiari, 2007).

Here`s my take on this issue.

1. It`s a good thing we know about the problem.

2. The amounts of pharmaceuticals in our drinking water and their effects on us will relate – obviously – to how much tap water we drink.

3. We have had people criticising us about being alarmist to sell water filters.
I understand where they are coming from. The world has two kinds of people: those who believe they are taking in contaminants in a therapeutically negative amount, and those who simply choose not to believe it despite the evidence.

4. I am inspired by Erin Brockovitch more than by the Managing Director of Monsanto. Erin understood that we are all living on a polluted planet. She acted to change her region, and she succeeded.

We absorb contaminants through the plastics we use for almost everything, through the air, through our water, our food, through our clothes, even through our mattress as we sleep!

A report I read some years ago concluded that an average US female had a minimum of 600 contaminants in the body.

So yes, pharmaceuticals in your water are still what our experts label as low dose. But we all know that`s not all, is it? There`s the carcinogenic chlorine, its nasty co-carcinogen chloramine, there`s brain affecting fluoride, lead from old pipes…. and that`s just the water!

I prefer to see myself as a pragmatist than an alarmist and what I do with the lives of myself and my family matters first to me. In my position I read hundreds of reports on adverse water quality.. but I don`t snasties.ee it as the total picture. I see it as a factor I can affect – something I can consciously subtract from the daily list of contaminants I have unthinkingly absorbed and stored. By doing so I`m reducing the possibility of a tipping point event where my body metabolism simply gives up due to the overload of `safe`doses of hundreds of nasties.

Here`s my personal bottom line. What`s yours?
If indeed we do already have hundreds of different contaminants in our cells, my awareness gives me the chance to begin dismantling this growing threat to my health, even if I have to do it one by one.

I can`t dismiss the obvious observation that as a nation we all seem fat.
And yet we are also also seeing stranger symptoms. Manboobs. Sterility. Ongoing seemingly infinitely variable undiagnosable symptoms. As I see it, it`s very likely that these unheard-of symptoms may relate to a toxic soup of contaminants from all of the sources I mentioned earlier. Fat may simply be inflammation. medically speaking, it`s called chronic low level inflammation. Hmm. that word again. “Low level”.

I can`t remove all of them..
well, I may be able to – but it`d be a concerted and painful detoxification process… but I do have the power in my own hands to identify their source, and do whatever it takes to remove them from my life.

Just a water Filter Salesman?

To answer my critics who say I`m just trying to sell you a water filter.. yes, they are right.

But is there anyone else who has alerted you to the problem and handed you a solution? No.

If a doctor walked up to you on the street and said I am a doctor and I can tell you have …. disease, would you judge him for it?

I`m not a doctor. I`ve only spent the last 18 years studying our drinking water and supplying solutions.

So you make the call.
Am I worth listening to? Or am I just trying to sell you something? Or both?

I am the inventor of what I believe is the most advanced simple water filter on the market. We`ve broken the rules of the industry – one that (I have observed) prefers to tell the customer as little as possible about how well their products really work.

I have taken the steps to test its capability for the whole of its life: something I`ve never seen done before for any water filter. I`ve had it approved by the EU safety committee. I`ve run it through an exhaustive University lab. I`ve sourced every filter media from USA rather than the far east. I am proud of what I and my team have achieved in helping over 20,000 people, and receiving their letters of gratitude.
Learn more about my invention, the UltraStream here
Download the WHO report on pharmaceuticals in our water here

Ian Blair Hamilton
Founder
AlkaWay

The first season was expertly presented by Jonathan Ross, and the second and third seasons after that have been hosted by
the Penn & Teller: Fool Us a Host Alyson Hannigan.

Each episode starts off by introducing the reason for the series. Penn & Teller come out and sit down at the stage. The eager magicians will perform their magic in front of them with a live studio audience. Following each show, Penn & Teller privately discuss the show while the host questions the magicians. Penn & Teller then reveal their knowledge of how the trick was executed, usually using cryptic language or writing down the method and presenting it privately to the magicians to confirm, so as to avoid publicly exposing the method behind the trick.

Season 5 will premiere on the 18th of October, 2022.

10 Times Penn & Teller Made An Error

Fool Us was filmed at Fountain Studios in London, England (season one) and at the Penn & Teller Theater in Las Vegas (season two onward). After each performance, when Penn & Teller cannot figure out how the trick was done, then the magician(s) that performed it win a Fool Us trophy and a five-star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller`s show in addition to The Rio Hotel & Casino.

The ninth season began on October 3, 2021.

Teller notes that the doublespeak is a way to teach people new techniques without ruining the trick. Should Penn & Teller are wrong or are unable to come up with how they did it, the magician will be awarded the Fool Us trophy and the chance to perform again at one of Penn & Teller`s Las Vegas shows. A backstage judge, who is well-versed in the art of magician`s trade and is intimately informed how the trick is done before the performance, makes needed calls to determine if Penn & Teller were properly fooled. At the end of each show, Penn & Teller perform the magic trick on their own.

Penn and Teller have a friendly rapport with the magicians who appear on their show. Penn and Teller`s hosting tasks were temporarily handled from Jonathan Ross in the first season, but they returned to host the show from season two onward. Penn & Teller The Fool Us series was shot in Fountain Studios in London, England during its initial season before moving onto the Penn & Teller Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada for its second season onward.

The magicians presenting tricks in Penn & Teller: Fool Us are typically skilled illusionists and sleight-of-hand artists. They typically add to the mystery of the trick by performing the trick in complete darkness or creating distraction through conversation or sounds.

Penn & Teller have a cozy relationship with the magicians who appear on their show. Some magic acts, such as the ones from Francis Menotti, are invited to be part of Penn Teller`s Vegas illusion show, in line with
the world-class illusionist
Jon Finch.

Season three onward, from season three, the top ten performers who successfully fooled Penn and Teller are invited to return for an exclusive episode from Fool Us in which they each will show off their tricks again and try to fool Penn and Teller for an additional $10000 cash prize.

Teller remains taciturn throughout the the show, but they do communicate through subtle gestures with each other. They have been known to talk with magicians performing and ask for them to repeat specific actions or to provide additional information.

Penn and Teller are known for their contributions to magic. They have published books on deceit as well as instructional videos on the art of card manipulation, and toured with a magic show called Penn & Teller Fool Us.

Nine Bizarre Reasons Why Penn & Teller Decided on The New Host of Fool Us – Fool Us

Penn And Teller are two of the most celebrated magicians in the industry. They`re known for their incredible illusions, and have been featured on countless TV shows and on tours. Their magic act is satirical in nature and they are always able to seduce their audiences with jokes. Their magic routines change frequently. In the end, the shows they perform are new and entertaining. Their parlor magic tricks are especially fun to watch. Penn (the one who is louder) and Teller often tell the story about how they first met. They first met when they were both in college, and formed bonds over their mutual fascination with magic. They began performing together couple of years later, and have been performing together since. Penn And Teller are more than magicians. They also write books and do other skits and jokes in their show.

Penn & Teller

will forever be two of the most loved in all of magic.

They combine magic, comedy, and theatre.
Their show, Vaudeville, is unique. They perform live magic in theaters, and are also the host of their own television show called
Penn and Teller – Fool Us.

Penn Jillette once said that if the magician believes it, the spectators will probably believe it and magic is something they don`t observe. The trick is to believe in what the magician is doing and follow the magician.

finchmagician.com/

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If you require roadside assistance but aren’t in the state that offers this service, could you make use of the phone book to find assistance? There’s no one answer. In order to determine if roadside assistance through your member’s network is suitable for you, you must evaluate your individual situation. This article will provide the steps you should do to be eligible for roadside assistance.

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Why do Towing companies replace flat tires?

What is “EDI (emergency Roadside Service)”? I have only one spare tire. I need to jump-start my vehicle. Millions of Americans say these words each day. Many drivers aren’t aware that towing services can help solve these problems and many more before they occur.

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