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EPISODE · Aug 17, 2026 · 32 MIN

You’ve Been Thinking About Water All Wrong

from The Same Difference · host Ronald and Randall Gibson

Imagine it’s 1812. Your family is out of water, and your next drink comes from a river, creek or shallow well. You have no idea what happened upstream.Modern water treatment helped end that reality and drove a historic decline in infectious disease. Today, the question is: What remains in the water we drink every day?We examine microplastics, PFAS, lead pipes, nitrates, chlorination byproducts, pesticides, private wells and the association researchers found between golf-course proximity and Parkinson’s disease. Then we go deeper into structured water, EZ water, minerals, movement, sunlight, prayer and whether intention can influence water and living systems.Listen in to understand your local water, choose filtration based on what you need to remove and bring more intention to something you consume every day.SOURCES AND RESOURCESClean water and mortality:https://cutler.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/...Tap water, wells and health:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38649043/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37356308/https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1719...https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6...https://awwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drink...https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26691115/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39837568/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...https://www.usgs.gov/publications/quality-...https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-r...Golf courses and Parkinson’s:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetwo...Intention, blessed water and living systems:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16979104/https://journalofscientificexploration.org...https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34887234/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32507494/Check your local water:https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/Filtration system mentioned:https://www.waterboysolutions.com/If this conversation gave you something to think about, subscribe, like the video and share it with someone who has never seriously asked what is in their water.

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