| Make no mistake about it, mineral water alone is not | | | | But this mineral purification problem is a balancing act. |
| the answer to the water-purity problem. Simply | | | | Mineral water benefits our bodies because of its |
| because you buy bottled sparkling water doesn't | | | | nutritional content. Trace levels of things like |
| mean it's all you should drink or somehow safer. The | | | | potassium and sodium in water improve the taste, |
| contaminant level for bottlers is no less than at public | | | | too. The latest purifiers on the market use ion |
| treatment facilities. If you think the bottled mineral | | | | exchange to balance the water content, but prevent |
| water benefits outweigh other sources, you should | | | | hard-water and taste problems. |
| read on. | | | | In turn, mineral revitalization water purification |
| The mineral water wake-up call rang rather loudly. It | | | | systems remove all of the naturally occurring minerals |
| happened when the most popular mineral water | | | | that are present in groundwater and then replace |
| bottler in the United States, Perrier, issued a recall. | | | | them. The initial idea seems to be a good one. Since |
| The company found levels of the chemical benzene | | | | drinking de-mineralized water is poor for your |
| in a batch of their water bottles. So what is this | | | | digestive system and reverse osmosis filters take |
| benzene anyway? It's a natural component of crude | | | | out minerals, adding them back in would be a good |
| oil that has been proven to cause cancer in lab | | | | thing. But some say it only makes sense in big |
| animals, and quite possibly in humans, too. The levels | | | | treatment plants, not in the local home. |
| found in Perrier ranged from 12.3 to 19.9 parts per | | | | A home filter can help. When researching a home |
| billion. Note, the EPA's limit for this cancer causing | | | | water filtration system keep in mind that having any |
| chemical is supposed to be at 5 parts per billion. | | | | water filter is better than no filter. And you will be |
| That's not very "pure" now is it? | | | | wise to keep the mineral benefits in your water. The |
| It's true though that mineral water does have | | | | best choice is a filtration system that operates with |
| benefits. These range from cushioning joints and | | | | an ion exchange process. This includes a process that |
| better immune system function to remedying several | | | | works in stages. The steps in the series have a |
| chronic diseases. So completely removing the good | | | | carbon stage, a multi-media block, and a micron filter |
| minerals and electrolytes from your water is not the | | | | to remove bacteria and other bad stuff. |
| way to go either. | | | | Do yourself a favor and drink healthy water. It might |
| Some companies who make purifying systems are | | | | not cost you all that much to get a filtration system |
| trying to tackle this problem. To counter one of the | | | | in place. Even though some filtration systems are |
| many flaws in their filtration systems, they are adding | | | | more advanced than revitalization-based ones, you |
| another feature to their designs. These units are | | | | will be pleased to find that they are reasonably priced |
| referred to as mineral revitalization water purification | | | | and effective. |
| systems. | | | | |