Water Is Life 水是生命之源

Next to oxygen, water is the most important nutrient for life. Over two-thirds of your body is made up of water, and your brain, your most vital organ, is approximately 85 percent water.

Water regulates body temprature, is responsible for the transport of nutrients and wastes around the body and is crucial in maintaining a healthy and balanced homeostasis (control and regulation of the body's functions). Despite how vital this substance is to our health and survival, most of us, and especially the oldest of us, do not drink enough water to enjoy the best of health.

• 水是生命之源
• 人体内含有百分之八十的水份
• 水能调节地球的温度,同时也能调节人体的体温
• 水也是负责将营养与氧气运输至人体内各部份的细胞组织
• 水能清除人体内的杂质,而且有助于新陈代谢的作用

Drink For Your Health 饮用水与您的健康

Replenishing our bodies with soft drinks, coffee and tea is not appropriate as they often contain sugar and caffeine both of which increases the level of metabolism, lead to further dehydration and act as diuretics. Diuretics cause our bodies to eliminate more water than they provide.

Eight full glasses of fresh, clean water are the bare minimum for optimum health and well being. Distilled water does not contain essential minerals that are naturally occurring and important to our health.

• 汽水,咖啡或茶都含有糖和兴奋剂(咖啡因/茶硷)的成份
• 糖和兴奋剂(咖啡因/茶硷)都是人体的利尿剂,使人体大量脱水而加速新陈代谢
• 纯水或蒸馏水所含的天然矿物质不足,而这些天然矿物质对人体是非常重要的
• 人体每天都须要八杯干净而且有营养的水

The Problem 水质被污染的问题

Even when water is properly treated by a municipality, much can happen to it between the treatment plant and your tap. Contamination can occur due to old or leaking water mains, from storage tanks, from pesticides or industrials chemicals, even from lead plumbing or solder inside your home.

In these ways and more, water can become contaminated with organic contaminants, mercury, industrial chemicals and pesticides, along with bacteria and viruses. Even if water does not have an unpleasant taste or odour, these contaminants may still be present in your tap water.

• 空气与环境的污染都直接影响到我们的水质
• 从蓄水池到我们家中的自来水也潜伏着被污染的可能性
• 以下是自来水被污染的几个可能性: 旧或泄漏的输水管/水箱,杀虫剂,工业化学原料(铅/水银/化学物),细菌与病毒的潜伏,家里陈旧的水管
• 就算自来水无异味或颜色,并不代表没被污染

Potential Household Water Contaminants 污染水质的来源

Coarse and Fine Particulates
Dirt, pipe scale, sand, clay, etc.

Chlorine
Often added during municipal water treament, chlorine has an unpleasant taste and odour.

Chloroform, Trihalomethanes (THMS)
By-product of chlorine disinfection.

Chemicals
Compounds — such as pesticides, herbicides, industrial solvents, lead and mercury — that may enter from soil or through leaking pipes.

Protoza
Cysts, like Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia that may escape municipal water treatment.

Bacteria / Viruses
Disease-causing micro-organisms may enter through leaky pipes or storage tanks.

• 粗细的杂质粒子 — 尘土,管垢,砂土,泥巴等等
• 氯 — 通常在滤水厂处理时添加于水中,有令人不悦的口感与气味
• 氯仿,三卤甲烷(THMS) — 用氯消毒所馀的副产物
• 化学品 — 可能由土壤或破裂水管渗入的化合物,例如:杀虫剂,除草剂,工业用溶剂,铅与水银等等
• 原生动物胞囊括 — 滤水厂处理时可能无法消灭胞囊,例如:隐鞭胞子虫胞囊及梨形虫胞囊
• 细菌 / 病毒 — 可能至病的微生物,可能由渗漏的水管或蓄水库进入