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In order to capitalize on the health benefits of water, it is essential to draw from a clean source of water.

Drinking impure, contaminated water is the leading cause of epidemic disease in developing countries.

There are more than 2100 known drinking water contaminants that may be present in tap water, including several known poisons.

Bottled water does not offer a viable alternative to tap water.

Municipal water treatment facilities cannot always control for the outbreak of dangerous bacterial contaminants in tap water.

The only way to ensure pure, contaminant-free drinking water is through the use of a point-of-use filtration system.

Several types of cancer can be attributed to the presence of toxic materials in drinking water.

Clean, healthy drinking water is essential to a child's proper mental and physical development.

According to the EPA, lead in drinking water contributes to 480,000 cases of learning disorders in children each year in the United States alone.

It is especially important for pregnant women to drink pure water as lead in drinking water can cause severe birth defects.

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The history of water filters is indelibly tied to the history of water, itself. As human industry has grown and water has become more contaminated, water filters have emerged over the centuries in response to the growing recognition of the need for pure, clean water to drink and the realization that such water does not occur naturally.

Water has greatly affected humanity and civilization for millennia. Because water is so absolutely vital to our body systems, we, as living beings, are entirely dependent upon water. In fact, this simple substance, more than any other factor, guided the formation of civilization. Early civilizations were clustered around water sources, and it was water that initiated the first substantial agriculture in the Fertile Crescent, leading to more complex and sedentary civilizations. For centuries, water availability guided the type of foodstuff that could be grown in an area. Water was also the impetus and guiding force behind the first cross-cultural interactions. Early trade was completely dependent upon water, for transportation of goods and sustenance of people and animals.

Throughout the centuries, as technology developed, people have gradually gained more control of water. They have been able to transport water to arid lands, stop and redirect rivers, and even determine when, where, and how much rain will fall. Even with increased control of water resources, water still continues to dominate the political, economic, and social structure of all nations. This statement can be verified by looking at political struggles within the United States over water resources or throughout the Middle East over access to limited water. Concerning conflict in the Middle East, former World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin stated in 2000, "Many of the wars of this [20th] century were about oil, but the wars of the next century will be about water" (Smith, 2000).