| Don't cooks everywhere want to bring out the | | | | Herbert Schwartz, "Chlorine is so dangerous that it |
| "oohs" and "ahs" their skills deserve? Have you ever | | | | should be banned. Putting chlorine in the water is like |
| prepared your favorite recipe only to have your | | | | starting a time bomb. Cancer, heart trouble, |
| family, or your customers, give you a "so-so" | | | | premature senility, both mental and physical, are |
| response? Did you ever consider the reason might be | | | | conditions attributable to chlorine treated water |
| the water you used to prepare the meal? In this | | | | supplies." |
| article we will look at this question, and the best way | | | | Not to mention, again, the bad taste! |
| to remedy it, so you can draw more smiles from | | | | And, if you are running a restaurant, think of the |
| your family and/or, more customers to your | | | | marketing mileage you could get out of removing the |
| restaurant. | | | | chlorine, and other contaminants, from the water, |
| Think about this. Did you ever go into a restaurant | | | | and letting your customers know you did it! Better |
| and have to take the waitresses' word that she just | | | | tasting and healthier food is what you're all about - |
| served you coffee? It happened to me. That's why | | | | tell them that. And, having a new customer like me |
| I'm writing this article. She brought me this delicious | | | | anxious to come back, rather than wanting to throw |
| looking cup of coffee and I took that first, wonderful | | | | up at the thought, would not be so bad either! |
| sip of the day and - Ewww! Yuck! Ptooey! | | | | Restaurant owners, consider installing your filter |
| It tasted like somebody dumped the dregs from the | | | | system in a glass case, so the public can see it, and |
| garbage disposal into a half cup of bleach and served | | | | read about the health benefits, and realize another |
| it up. If she had not said, "Here's your coffee," I | | | | reason why your food tastes so great. Read through |
| would never have known what it was. | | | | a few of my articles and you'll get all the ad copy |
| Then, I proceeded to make matters worse by taking | | | | you'll ever need, only, please, reference my articles or |
| a sip of the glass of water she had left. It was a | | | | website (below) when you do. |
| first cousin, in flavor, to the coffee. While I was | | | | You'll only need to filter the tap water used for |
| sitting there, wishing I wasn't sitting there, the | | | | cooking, or drinking, so look for counter top, or under |
| waitress sat my order in front of me and said, with a | | | | the counter, units large enough to serve your needs. |
| smile, "Enjoy your breakfast!" Erp! | | | | For larger restaurants, you may want to go to a |
| I know, I know, sometimes we get so caught up in | | | | bigger, whole house system, or a commercial system. |
| what we are doing that we miss the obvious. But, I | | | | For family use you should know you can purchase |
| have gone into restaurants before where I could | | | | tap water filters that sit on your counter top, or fit |
| smell the chlorine as soon as I walked in the front | | | | under the counter, shower water filters, and even |
| door! | | | | whole house filters. |
| Virtually every city in the U.S. "purifies" its water with | | | | What type of system should you use? |
| chlorine, i.e. bleach. As I noted, chlorine stinks, it is also | | | | I use, and would recommend, a selective filtration |
| a deadly poison, and you might get the "oohs" and | | | | system. These systems filter in stages, using |
| "ahs" again, if you quit serving chlorine to your family | | | | granulated carbon, a carbon and multi-media block |
| or customers. | | | | with a sub-micron filter, and ion exchange. This is |
| And, there is another reason it is a great thing to do | | | | state of the art water filtration technology, however, |
| for them. | | | | they are easy to use and simple to install. |
| What you ask? | | | | One caveat though, any water filter system will |
| Well, organic compounds are what make up plants or | | | | reduce, somewhat, the water pressure on the water |
| animals that are very likely to be present, on a | | | | line it is attached to. So, for restaurant use, you |
| microscopic level, in the water you are using. These | | | | might want to explain your particular needs to a |
| tiny particles combine with chlorine to produce very, | | | | company tech rep before ordering. That way you'll to |
| very deadly, cancer causing compounds, called | | | | be sure to have the full, rush hour, capacity you |
| trihalomethanes, or THMs. There is a lot of evidence | | | | need. |
| that THMs, in our drinking water, are the leading | | | | Go for it! You, your family, and/or your customers |
| cause of cancer and heart disease in America! | | | | will be glad you did! |
| For example, according to biologist/chemist, Dr. | | | | |