{"id":395952,"date":"2019-02-12T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T10:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/how-to-test-your-drinking-water\/"},"modified":"2019-02-12T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T10:01:27","slug":"how-to-test-your-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/how-to-test-your-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Test Your Drinking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t<!-- S3 Cache --><!-- S3:S3:Non-Original -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While we would love to be able to trust the liquid flowing from our faucets, anyone who pays even half-hearted attention to the news knows that we can no longer expect safety in our drinking water unless we confirm it ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA and Michigan\u2019s Gov. Snyder really added to the list of reasons that I have trust issues.\u00a0Water is one of the most important survival topics around \u2013 it\u2019s so important to me that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Preppers-Water-Survival-Guide-Resource\/dp\/1612434487?imprToken=L9VOiuESjMRAdnOQAdMfKw&amp;slotNum=1&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1612434487\">I wrote an entire book about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flint, Michigan: A Cautionary Tale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every day for more than a year, new horrors were uncovered in relation to the drinking water in Flint, Michigan.\u00a0Residents of the city had been drinking water that was presumably safe for the past year without knowing that it was actually contaminated with chemical byproducts, E. coli, Legionnaires\u2019 disease, and lead.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/01\/21\/health\/flint-water-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the EPA<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/amy-davidson\/the-contempt-that-poisoned-flints-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the governor of Michigan knew<\/a>\u00a0the water was unsafe for quite some time, but no one said a word to warn the people of Flint. To heap insult onto injury,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/flint-water-crisis\/water-bills-poisoned-flint-outrage-attorney-general-says-n503851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0the water company had the audacity to bill people for the poisoned water<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0<a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc12.com\/news\/headlines\/Flint-will-again-begin-issuing-water-shutoff-notices-365331641.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent out shut-off notices<\/a>.<span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Preppers-Water-Survival-Guide-Resource\/dp\/1612434487?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1612434487\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51z%2Br7lrUfL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Preppers-Water-Survival-Guide-Resource\/dp\/1612434487?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1612434487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Prepperu2019s Wate&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">Daisy Luther<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$8.58<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$6.00<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-disclaimer-new\"><span style=\"display:block;color:#888;font-size: .80em; padding: 0 0 3px 0;\">(as of 08:40 EST &#8211; <span style=\"cursor:pointer;\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lrc18-20&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=1612434487&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to get a water testing kit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, do you really think you can trust the water flowing from your own taps? If Flint was the last straw for you, it\u2019s time to take matters into your own hands and test your drinking water for contaminants. Whether your water source is private or municipal, the onus for your family\u2019s safety is on you.<\/p>\n<p>Water testing kits are readily available on Amazon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/1KAREny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Watersafe Well Water Test Kit<\/a>\u00a0was specifically designed to help you test quickly and easily for the 10 most common contaminants found in private well&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2019\/02\/daisy-luther\/how-to-test-your-drinking-water-and-why-you-should-do-it\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we would love to be able to trust the liquid flowing from our faucets, anyone who pays even half-hearted attention to the news knows that we can no longer expect safety in our drinking water unless we confirm it ourselves. The EPA and Michigan\u2019s Gov. Snyder really added to the list of reasons that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-395952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}