Herbicides are actually found in well water and city water. This article discusses where they come from and how water testing can detect them. Once water testing tells you the level of herbicides in your water, you can install the right water filter to remove them.

It's estimated that more than 600 million pounds of herbicides and pesticides are applied in the United States each year for commercial and residential use. These are chemicals used to control weeds and pests. Unfortunately, these chemicals are also leaching into public water supplies. In fact, atrazine, possibly the most heavily used herbicide in this country, is found in many public water supplies.

Atrazine is thought to cause many health problems. For example, several recent studies have found exposure to atrazine increases the risk of prostate cancer. And this pesticide is linked to congestion of the heart, lung and kidneys, as well as low blood pressure, muscle spasm, weight loss and damage to the adrenal glands.

Due to atrazine's risks, several European countries have already banned the chemical, and the European Union has announced it will ban it entirely by early 2005.

If atrazine is in your water supply, you can be exposed to it from the water you drink, use for showering/bathing, washing clothes, or cleaning eating and drinking utensils. So find out if this chemical is in your water. And if it is, remove it promptly!

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