Below are comments from a wide array of respected experts and periodicals concerning the current state of our drinking water.

"Drinking tap water that is chlorinated is hazardous if not deadly to your health." HEALTHY WATER FOR LONGER LIFE - DR. MARTIN FOX

"Known carcinogens are found in drinking water as a direct consequence of the practice of chlorination." MUNICIPAL ENVIROMENTAL RESEARCH LAB - FRANCIS T. MAYO, DIRECTOR

"Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine." US COUNCIL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

"Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times. While it prevented epidemics of one disease, it was creating another. Two decades ago, after the start of chlorinating our drinking water in 1904, the present epidemic of heart trouble, cancer and senility began." SAGINAW HOSPITAL - DR J.M. PRICE

"The National Academy of Sciences estimate that 200-1000 people die in the United States each year from cancers caused by ingesting the contaminants in water." SCIENCE NEWS, VOLUME 130 - JANET RALOFF

"The cause of atherosclerosis and resulting heart attacks and strokes is none other than the ubiquitous chlorine in our drinking water." CORONARIES/CHOLESTEROL/CHLORINE - DR. JM PRICE

"Chlorine gas was used despicably during WWI. When the war was over, the use of chlorine was diverted to poisoning the germs in our drinking water. All water supplies throughout the country were chlorinated. The combination of chlorine and animal fats results in atherosclerosis, heart attacks and death." WATER CAN UNDERMINE YOUR HEALTH - DR. N.W. WALKER, D.S.

"Drinking chlorinated water may as much as double the risk of bladder cancer." NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE - KENNETH CANTOR

"Scientists discovered that chlorine reacted with organic material in water to produce hundreds of chemical by-products, several of which have proved in animal studies to be carcinogenic." U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT - JULY 29, 1991