ARE THEY DRUGGING US

English Paper Idea—Conspiracy Paranoia

IS THE GOVERNMENT DRUGGING US?

The most basic compound of the human body is water, without water for extended periods of time (such as a week) human life ends. As a pure compound, the simple molecule maintains itself through hydrogen bonding. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates what co-exists with in our drinking water with pure water. The most simple question to ask, is why does our water need to contain anything but water… The more potent question is, if bodies of water naturally exist with other compounds than water, why do we need a purer version of water, assuming that the water is not excessively contaminated. The EPA complied a list of 60+ compounds that exist in watersheds and existing bodies of water that could be termed contaminates.
Why are so many contaminates allowed to exist? The government answers this question through the broad field of health advantages or disadvantages. I would rather suggest that the EPA, a government run agency, is making decisions about hazardous levels of naphthalene (a moth repellent and intermediate manufacturing product) for reasons beyond health. The Safe Water Drinking Act was amended in 1996 (remember amendments take x amount of legislation time prior to actually being an amendment) interestingly enough soon after the riots of 1994. The amended act takes on a certain urban focus as well. I intend to prove that the EPA in association with other government agencies is trying to calm and regulate the behavior of urban populations by allowing certain contaminants to exist in drinking water. As some of my supporting evidence I will call upon the fact that fluorine, an element that does not exist naturally by itself is added to water to help prevent tooth decay. However, fluorine is only added to city water supplies in the amount of 1 part per million. I will further call on evidence that suggests some of the chemical interactions between elements such as fluorine and hydrogen when ingested have side effects including being lethargic.

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