| Make a healthy choice - get a water filter that | | | | tap water to disinfect it by killing disease-causing |
| produces the results you are looking for! | | | | bacteria. This same chlorine has a dark side as well. It |
| Are Water Filters Really Necessary? | | | | has been clearly linked with atherosclerosis (gradual |
| Do you obtain your water through a municipal water | | | | hardening of the arteries which leads to heart |
| supply or from a ground well? Do you consider it | | | | diseases and strokes) and cancer. |
| safe for your drinking and for other household | | | | To be more specific regarding cancer, chlorine in |
| purposes? When you turn on your kitchen faucet, | | | | drinking water might combine with organic matter at |
| you expect it to deliver clean drinking water for | | | | the stage of chlorination, i.e. before it reaches into |
| yourself and your family. Don't assume that you are | | | | our home's plumbing system. Trihalomethanes (THMs |
| receiving it clean just because it runs clear when you | | | | for short) or haloforms are produced from this |
| turn on the faucet. | | | | chemical process. These chlorine by-products are |
| What's Wrong With Our Sources of Water? | | | | known CARCINOGENS. |
| · City municipal water treatment facilities are | | | | What Can A Water Filter Do For You? |
| not equipped in a way that makes them effective in | | | | · Remove many substances from your |
| removing many chemical contaminants that have | | | | water that are harmful to your health |
| found their way into our reservoirs, whether through | | | | · Remove substances from your water that |
| accident, or through improper disposal and dumping. | | | | taste or smell bad |
| EPA standards do allow a certain level of | | | | · Provide you with a safe and effective |
| contaminates, and in many cases, the levels are not | | | | emergency water filter system |
| as low as you might think. Testing for some | | | | Top 10 Water Filter Target Substances |
| contaminates does not even occur. | | | | 1. Iron |
| · To expect the porous membrane filter that | | | | 2. Fluoride |
| these agencies use to remove anything that is equal | | | | 3. Sediment |
| to or lesser than the molecular weight of H20 is | | | | 4. Chlorine |
| unreliable. This defect in the water filtration system | | | | 5. Arsenic |
| allows for all manner of contaminants to reach your | | | | 6. Lead |
| family's tap. | | | | 7. Nitrates |
| · In addition, many contaminants may enter | | | | 8. Heavy Metals |
| the groundwater going to your well supply through | | | | 9. Hydrogen Sulfide |
| sewage spills and industrial and storm runoffs that | | | | 10. Radon |
| lead to the lack of clean drinking water. | | | | What Is The Best Solution? |
| · You would be surprised by the many other | | | | Purify your drinking water by using a water filter for |
| harmful contaminants hidden in your water such as | | | | safer and healthier drinking water. There are many |
| asbestos, lead, radon, fluoride, copper, mercury. | | | | drinking water filters on the market. Among the most |
| · Contaminants can also come from the | | | | effective water filters are equipped with activated |
| pipes in your house that transport the water. | | | | carbon and sub-micron filters. These are economical |
| · The use of pesticides and herbicides in | | | | and the filters are capable of eliminating chlorine |
| agricultural areas has contaminated ground wells many | | | | byproducts and the tiniest of synthetic contaminants. |
| miles away from their sources. | | | | The EPA has recognized activated carbon as the |
| What's Wrong With Chlorine? | | | | best technology for filtering volatile organic chemicals. |
| Public water authorities have been adding chlorine in | | | | |