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Could Your Well Water Make You More Susceptible to the Flu? By S L Neeley
For those who are dependent upon well water, remember to have your water tested yearly (and in some cases more often). It is advisable to follow a regular maintenance schedule for your well. Wells need to be tested for nitrates and microorganisms such as coliorm bacteria, which can indicate that the well has been contaminated with sewage. Depending upon the depth of the well and what the surrounding land is used for, it may be possible for wells to become contaminated with chemicals.
The importance of having your well tested has increased with reports regarding the fact that coincidentally, Mexico, the initial site of H1N1 virus, has a high incidence of well water usage containing high amounts of arsenic in the water. While it is not known if there is a direct correlation between exposure to the H1N1 virus and chemicals like arsenic, it is known that arsenic negatively affects the immune system. Arsenic is geologically abundant in upper New England (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine), Florida, and large parts of the Upper Midwest, the Southwest, and the Rocky Mountains.* In mice studies, it appears that the arsenic over stimulates the immune system, resulting in an immune response was delayed and then is "too robust and too late.” Initially, the mice that were given arsenic water for five weeks and then exposed to the H1N1 infection had a feeble immune response. Their postponed and then overactive response of the immune system resulted in a higher mortality rate when compared with mice that were not exposed to arsenic. “Arsenic exposure not only disrupts the innate immune system, as the present study shows, it also disrupts the endocrine (hormonal) system in an unusually broad way. Most chemicals that disrupt hormone pathways target just one, such as the estrogen pathway. But arsenic disrupts the pathways of all five steroid hormone receptors (estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, glucocorticoids, and mineralocorticoids), as well as several other hormone pathways. You can imagine that just this one effect could play a role in cancer, diabetes, heart disease, reproductive and developmental disorders–all the diseases that have a strong hormonal component." ** Unfortuantely, water, the elixir of life, can contain numerous substances which can adversely affect the body. Testing is therefore highly advised. Your local and state health experts may offer suggestions as to what specific items should be tested for in your community. A resource for local experts to contact may be obtained from the NIH/National institute of Environmental Health Sciences. __________________________________
*ScienceDaily 21 May 2009. 3 June 2009 |
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