Second Blog

I'm very sorry about this blog being late. I slipped my mind. My online source that I found was extremely interesting and has made me chose the side of how bad drinking Tap water is rather than it being good. I found out that 24 states, which is almost half of the states in our country, had drinking outbreaks of harmful chemicals in the water. What things that were found in the water were: viruses, chemicals, parasites, and bacteria. Some of the effects of this were gastrointestinal illnesses, respiratory illnesses, skin irritations, and even an outbreak of hepatitis. I think this is absolutely appalling and we should have better regulations in monitoring such diseases that can really affect our health. I know my mom and I drink a ton of tap water and this, quite frankly, has turned me against it now. I am going to change my inquiry question from "Is tap water good or bad for you?" to "How does drinking tap water effect your health?" I think the major problem for me will be dealing with knowing what I have been drinking over the past 18 years has been potentially dangerous to my health. I know that I picked a good topic that interests me and that there is a ton of information on this topic. I can't wait to read up more on it and begin writing my essay. I plan on going to the library today and picking up two books that I found when we were work shoping online in the library last Thursday.