*the role of healthy hydration in the world and your area.
There are always new reports on the effects of dehydration and incidence and effects of contaminated water.
Be informed to stay assured.
6)Danbury Connecticut convened a panel on the topic: "How to keep athletes safe and healthy"
Briefly, the panel advised medical persons to be aware of "care of the collapsed athlete, and addressed causes of collapse, including injury, heat stroke, cardiac problems, electrolyte imbalance and dehydration."
I believe that the role of healthy hydration on sports performance & injury prevention is much discussed but not sufficiently acted on.
In fact, it is possible that lots of mysterious decreases in performance and injuries following dehydration are caused by loss of fluids during exercise or play. For full article, click here.
5)Water contamination may be a particular problem in old schools.
Many old schools may have pipes that leak lead into drinking water fountains. As replumbing may be too expensive and impractical, at least one school in Baltimore has decided to just install water coolers.Click for more
4)Recent blog from November 7, 2007, points out what we know about bottled water. They do not solve the problem of water contamination & so are not good solutions to dealing with symptoms dehydration.
"The NRDC tested more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of bottled water and found about one-third were contaminated with varying levels of synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria, and in some cases, arsenic." Click for more
3)An example of how many reasons and ways that water could get contaminated. An excerpt from ABC news in West Australia.
"West Australian Newspapers' printing press in Perth has been listed as a contaminated site.
The Department of Environment has found that chemicals used in printing leached into the soil and ground water at the Osborne Park site five years ago."For more, click here
2)Health Concerns for Marie Osmond on Dancing with the Stars By Jim Roberts, Nov 5, 2007
The problem of the effects of dehydration was nationally front & center as Marie Osmond fainted from a combination of things including dehydration while competing on the hit show, "Dancing with the Stars."
Story points out the importance of a good diet including water, especially when you are engaging in strenuous activity.More
1)Runners Stunned by News of Death, New York Times, 11/4/07
By LYNN ZINSER and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
A professional runner dies during Olympic trials. Healthy Water has has discussed how a seemingly healthy person could die under conditions of marathon exercising (see navigation bar: Water Intoxication).
For more on this story, click here.
