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The Water:

The chemicals that get into our water ways can be water soluble and mix with the water or they can remain residues or plumes on or in the water. The particulates that become silt may affect the ph of the water or possibly build up enough to redirect water flows. When it rains, chemicals and particulates in the air come back down to the soil or water, often ending up in the water and affect all water consumed, no matter where the source of drinking water.

Even if water is filtered at the source, all drinking water is affected by environmental pollutants including the water that livestock at farms consume. All aquatic life as well are affected by the water they live in; these chemicals become part of them or affect their health.

The Soil:

Chemicals and particulates can end up on the soil and get back into the air or water. If the soil is in contact with ground water, the water can be affected by chemicals leaching into it or the water can move chemicals to other areas of the soil increasing the affected areas. This process can last for years as new water comes into contact with contaminated soils; though levels continually subside, if it is a chemical that is extremely dangerous then even very small amounts have negative health affects on all life that contacts it.

Another consideration is that all of our food, with the exception of sea food, either grows in the soil or is consumed by an animal that is eating this food. Chemicals affect the growth or become part of the plant that survives in it.

Though this is a very simplified explanation, it is no wonder that the direct affects on humans from chemicals and particulates often take years or possibly generations to become health concerns, but eventually we will have to pay the consequences for their use.

Besides being lucky, the only other way to protect yourself is to limit your exposure to these substances by becoming informed on ways to avoid overexposure. And, keeping in mind that if these chemicals can affect our health, think how they may affect the earths' health. We only have one chance to review the long-term study of how the use and disposal of these chemicals may be killing the planet, and we are living that experiment.

Remember, YOU have the POWER!

By: BioD