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i thinking selling or remax all stars realty inc stouffville tribune weekender mercedes beni repair specialist 172 bullock drive unit 3 1 markham 4718660 tribune exclusive water quality suspect tracy kibble staff reporter the water you drink could be hazardous to your health it might even be killing you people who are not hooked up to communal water systems and who rely on drinking water from private wells are at greater risk of contracting a host of diseases including gas tric cancer and blue baby disease if tap water is not properly and regularly tested residents at mus- selman lake and other kettle lake citi zens should especial ly take note since reports have already indicated high nitrate levels which are spreading at a rapid pace a 1990 report by town consult ing engineers giffels associates ltd and architects entitled ballantraemusselman lake water works project states twentyfour per cent of pri vate wells in musselman lake did not meet the drinking water standards for nitrate concentra tions and some had elevated nitrate values that was nearly four years ago so the numbers are expect ed to be significantly higher with the continued absence of a commu nal water system in the musselman lake and ballantrae areas according to j n bishop vice presi dent of environmen tal protection labo ratories inc in toronto and a for mer director of water resources for ontarios environment ministry canada has some serious problems with its municipal water supplies and has no framework to correct the prob lems canada doesnt have legally binding standards for drinking water instead we have guide lines that are established by the federal government and which have no legal status the for mer civil servant said in the 82 square miles that make up whitchurchstouffville about 50 per cent of the commu nitys nearly 7000 single family dwellings rely on private dug or drilled well systems the water these people use every day to make coffee baby formula and prepare meals could contain high levels of nitrate or sodium highly toxic and potentially fatal substances if ingested over long periods of time studies have proven ingesting sodium nitrate or a host of other harmful bacteria through tap water leaves people whats ihyour drinking water sodium sm m liquidized crystalline salt used in ertihzer faecal polffqrm bacterial breakdown sxyiift sewage coljform bacterial breakdown animal susceptible to human disease such as typhoid fever diarrhea and a variety of intestinal dis eases including a type of blood disease known as methe moglobinemia which is weakly linked to drinking contaminated water states a health depart ment booklet entitled well water supply information there has already been two confirmed typhoid fever cases in this vicinity from 1991 which are gov ernmentacknowl edged and which are on file with the health ministrys reportable commu nicable diseases report drinking water with levels of nitrate at or greater than 10 milligrams per litre should not be consumed regard less of age new research infor mation obtained from the min istry of health indicates a weak association between gastric can cer and high levels of nitrate in drinking water york regions health department warns boiling water only increases the levels of nitrate and other bacterias and is not a safe alter native studies have proven the disease methemoglobine mia attacks and alters the amount of the oxygencarrying pigment and protein source of the blood called hemoglobin nitrates poison the hemoglobin which could result in a v symptom known as cyanosis a bluish discoloration of the skin due to a lack of reduced in the photozioerd witteveen is your tap water polluting your body with dangerous chemicals about half of whitchurchstouffvilles 7000 homeowners rely on private well systems for their drinking water supplies and are at greater risk of contracting a number of diseases or hemoglobin blood this is more commonly referred to the oftenfatal blue baby disease because it 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