| Other than just being smaller, children's bodies are | | | | toxins in the air or chemicals in food, which only |
| really quite different than those of adults. | | | | makes the purity of water even more important. |
| Because many of the crucial defense systems that | | | | Water is the body's only way to flush out these |
| help protect adults from disease are not fully | | | | toxins, and the purer the water is to start with, the |
| developed in children, they are much more sensitive | | | | higher its capacity is to collect and cleanse these |
| to carcinogens, lead and water-borne parasites than | | | | harmful compounds from the body. Pure water helps |
| adults. Just as medications and other chemical | | | | children's defenses grow stronger and perform |
| compounds affect children differently than adults, so | | | | better; giving them the protection they need during |
| do contaminants in the air, drinking water and food | | | | those fragile developing years. |
| supply. Unfortunately there is little we can do about | | | | |