| Reverse osmosis water purification is used quite a lot | | | | straight out of a tap, just like tap water Companies |
| in agriculture and industry. It's also a common method | | | | spend billions on advertising to lead us to think their |
| for purifying your water at home. There a few issues | | | | water comes from remote underground aquifers. The |
| you need to know about reverse osmosis, however, | | | | truth is entirely different! |
| before you chose that type of system for home | | | | No, filtering and purifying your own water at home |
| use. Read this article to find out what they are and | | | | has become something you just absolutely must |
| what might be the best water purification system for | | | | consider. And reverse osmosis water purification is |
| you and your family. | | | | certainly one of your options. |
| Home water purification has become big! And it's | | | | Reverse osmosis is the process of pressuring a |
| completely understandable why! With all of the | | | | solvent through a membrane that filters out the |
| information that's surfaced recently regarding our | | | | impurities. And this method of water purification |
| water supply, I would imagine nearly everyone has | | | | works well. It's used to desalinate sea water and also |
| wondered about installing a home purification system. | | | | to make pure water for drink manufacturers, car |
| The water that comes out of your tap potentially | | | | washes, and agriculture, among many other industries. |
| contains everything from pesticides to prescription | | | | The problem with reverse osmosis is that it filters |
| drugs to microorganism cysts. Even the chlorine used | | | | out everything. Yet, there are certain "impurities" we |
| to kill bacteria and viruses can combine with some | | | | actually need in our drinking water. |
| organic material to form carcinogenic compounds! | | | | We need our water to be pure, but for optimum |
| The Environmental Working Group did a study of 29 | | | | health and also for good taste, our water needs |
| US cities recently. Every single city's water supply had | | | | certain trace minerals in it. Calcium is a good example |
| trace amounts of at least one pesticide in it. Some | | | | of a mineral that our bodies need that should be |
| had two or even more! | | | | present in our drinking water If your body doesn't |
| Bottled water might seem like the safe alternative, | | | | get enough calcium, it will leach it out of your bones. |
| but actually the controls on bottled water are less | | | | (Not good!) |
| strict than those governing tap water! | | | | There are several other ways of purifying water |
| For instance, federal law says tap water cannot have | | | | other than reverse osmosis. Some of these might |
| e-coli bacteria in it. No such restriction exists for | | | | really be better for home use. What you need to do |
| bottled water If the bottled water has not crossed | | | | now is to learn which methods are best and which |
| state lines, then there are no federal regulations | | | | water filters are the ones that use these better |
| covering it! | | | | methods. |
| Besides, the truth about bottled water is it comes | | | | |