--> If you are at a high risk for osteoporosis, it's worth spending the money on a reverse osmosis water purification system.
Exercise for Strong Bones: Use 'Em or Lose 'Em
Lack of exercise is one of the primary causes of osteoporosis. Using your bones keeps them strong and healthy. Weight-bearing exercise is the only thing besides progesterone found to actually increase bone density in older women. Weight-bearing means exercise that uses your bones. Brisk walking counts as weight-bearing exercise, but add some hand-held weights and it's even better. |  MISCELLANEOUS
Grapefruit-seed extract for purifying water in emergencies (see water purification in Part Three).
Honey, barley malt, or rice bran syrup.
Sterilized needle.
Syrup of ipecac.
Caution: Syrup of ipecac should not be used except at the direction of a doctor or Poison Control Center.
Thermometer.
Tweezers.
Milk of magnesia.
Pepto-Bismol.
An antidiarrheal such as loperamide (in Imodium AD and other products).
Licorice root extract.
Olive leaf extract.
Peppermint tea or extract.
Slippery elm powder.
Turmeric or feverfew.
Umeboshi plum paste. |  Also used in water purification.
PE1-15 THROUGH -2500 See PEI-7.
PELARGONIC ACID Nonanoic Acid. A synthetic flavoring ingredient that occurs naturally in cocoa and oil of lavender. Used in berry, fruit, nut, and spice flavorings. A strong irritant.
PELARGONIUM CAP1TATUM See Rose Geranium. PELLIS LIPIDA Skin fats.
PELLITORY EXTRACT Extract of Pellitory. Parietary Extract. The extract obtained from the leaves and stem of Parietaria officinalis. Used as an emollient, particularly in baby creams and lotions. No known toxicity. PELVETIA CANAL1CULATA A family of rockweed. | | SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE Made by the addition of chlorine to sodium hydroxide, it is used for bleaching paper pulp and textiles, in water purification, in fungicides, as a swimming pool disinfectant, in laundry products, and as a germicide. Liquid household bleaches such as Purex and Clorox are approximately 5 percent sodium hypochlorite solutions. It is also a preservative used in the washing of cottage cheese curd and an antiseptic for wounds. SODIUM IODATE Used in dusting powder and to soothe the skin. White, crystalline powder. Antiseptic, particularly to the mucous membranes. | | Apple cider vinegar - digestion, baths, etc.
23. water purification a. Water tablets b. Tincture of iodine - Boil water. 12 drops to 1 gal clear water, or 24 drops for cloudy water.
24. Water conditioner (don't confuse this with water softeners that use salt.)
25. Cloths and cotton for poultices, bandages, etc.
26. Thermometer and alcohol
27. Enema bags
28. Your own personal needs or favorites. |  SIMPLE TREATMENTS If you're not ready to invest in a water purification system, there are some quick and easy remedies you can try:
¦ Refrigerating water may improve the flavor.
¦ Heavy chlorine tastes and odors will dissipate if the water is kept for several hours in an uncovered pitcher.
¦ Use your blender or mixer for several minutes to aerate water and remove chlorine and other volatile chemicals.
Find a New Source of Water Finding a new source of water is difficult if you're on a public system. | | Stainless-steel housings might re-
COMPARISON OF POLLUTANTS REMOVED
BY water purification METHODS_
Activated Activated carbon carbon Reverse
(granular)
(block)
Distillation osmosis
Asbestos
Some
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bacteria and viruses
Some
Yes
Yes
Some
Chlorine
Yes
Yes
No
No
Fluoride
No
Some
Yes
Yes
Heavy metals
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minerals
No
No
Yes
Yes
Nitrates
No
No
Yes
Yes
Organic chemicals
Yes
Yes
Some
Some
Salts
No
No
Yes
Yes lease some infinitesimal amount of metals into the water, but again, how much of a danger this might be is unknown. | | There are only three basic methods of water purification used in devices designed to further decontaminate the already potable water that comes from your tap: activated carbon (in granular or block form), reverse osmosis, and distillation. Each has its limitations, and it's important to learn what each can, and cannot, do.
Activated Carbon
Activated carbon is the champion for removing volatile chemicals of all kinds, including chlorine and chlorine by-products such as trihalomethanes, chloramines, industrial solvents, pesticides, and radon gas. | | Purify water for drinking, bathing, and gardening with water purification devices.
Drink bottled water if you don't purify your watet.
Eat less meat or switch to a vegetatian diet. This can save mote water than any other single act.
Bottled Water
There are too many good bottled waters on the market to include a list of recommended brands here, but if you know what to look for, you can choose more wisely.
Bottled water is denned by the Food and Drug Administration as simply "water that is sealed in bottles or other containers and intended for human consumption. |  To order a vial of pure food grade wild oregano with proven germ-killing powers for water purification call 1-800-243-5242.
Whooping Cough
This was supposedly eradicated as a result of immunizations. Ironically, whooping cough is perhaps the most commonly occurring disease for which children are immunized. Current research indicates the organism may have at best become repressed but, in fact, is alive and infective. This is edified by a recent study published in JAMA (August, 1998) and performed in Finland, a country which fully immunizes its population against whooping cough. |  Not only have water purification systems been known to break down, but pipes and solder leak poisonous lead into the water, lead that ultimately ends up in our bodies. We have discovered how poisonous lead and copper are to our systems.
In addition, chlorine reacts with organic materials to make carcinogenic substances, such as chloroform, and to further complicate matters, pesticides and industrial chemicals are contaminating our ground water. Most, if not all, of the great underground aquifer lakes are polluted. All these poisons are carcinogenic and cause free-radical formation in the body. | | Chlorine is used in household bleaches; water purification; bleaching cloth and paper; chemical processes; pharmaceutical manufacturing; making solvents for dry cleaning, paint thinners, and degreasing agents; refrigerants; cosmetics; and plastics and resin manufacturing. Storage and transport accidents account for many exposures.
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are found as air pollutants.
Routes of Exposure: Inhalation and ingestion.
Symptoms of Exposure: Respiratory irritation is the major symptom of exposure to these gases. |  Solid-carbon-block water filtration, reverse osmosis, and distillation are the predominant water purification processes. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but all are effective and helpful systems for home water use. (See discussion in Chapter 1, Water.)
All living things need water to thrive and survive. Animals, both domestic and wild, the plants of nature, our garden, trees, and the grass on our front lawnsall require water to stay alive and grow. | |
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