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California air is Polluted, now the Water is Polluted (PFAS), and the Real Estate is Astronomical! Healthy

EP McKnight, MEd
6 min readOct 21, 2019

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Why am I here, why do I stay here and why do others remain. Are there any redeeming qualities given pollution and high cost of living? Some say the weather and the beaches are paramount, while others just remain.

I have been ordering my water for years from Sparklett because years ago since moving to Los Angeles, I was informed not to drink tap water. Everyone here drank bottle water. So Sparklett became my go to water provider. While working on a film location years ago, I noticed the homeowner had a water cooler and she advised it was relatively inexpensive. So I looked into it and discovered it was very affordable. From Sparklett, I’d ordered spring water and no complaints, until some advised purified water was better. So I ordered Purified, then was told that the only difference between purified and spring is that purified had added minerals. So I ordered purified but the taste was a bit daunting, therefor I switched by to spring water and continued for almost twenty years. I am sure Sparklett loved me and hated to see me close my account.

My husband preferred filtered water via the tap. He’d take water from the tap and filter it though a filtering container. This seem a bit antiquated and seem to simple to really work, thus I continued…

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EP McKnight, MEd
EP McKnight, MEd

Written by EP McKnight, MEd

Actress, Stage playwright, Author, Motivational Speaker, Teacher Fitness Coach. www.epmcknight.wixsite.epfitspiration Follow me: Tiktok, imdb.me/epmcknight

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