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I watch DrI watch Dr. Oz every evening at five o'clock, and I do power yoga in

front of the TV at the same time. Anyway, he had a show on recently

about all the carcinogens in drinking water. So I decided to find out

what was in our town's water supply. It turns out that they use

chloramines to clean our water. Now, I guess chloramines are good

because they can kill off all that bacteria, but from everything I've

read and heard about this kind of chemical, no one knows for sure if

it might cause cancer or not. Aren't there other ways my town can

disinfect our public water? I thought to myself. I figured the best

thing to do would be to raise this issue at a Monday night meeting of

the town council, when they open the floor to residents. So maybe I

or one of my friends will do that someday soon. Now, even though I'm

sure the town council will pretty much dodge my questions and

ideas--they'll probably say stuff like "we'll look into that"--I still

feel like it might be the best way to educate our neighbors about this

issue. (Then again, I'll probably embarrass my kids because I'll be

on the local cable channel.) Another idea I came up with is to start

some kind of a petition online to demand that scientists or the EPA or

someone in charge really investigate the safety of chloramines as soon

as possible. My philosophy is that everyone should stay informed

about public safety and always stick up for their rights!

Rage Against the Chloramine

By: David Cassell

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