| Buying water purification products can be confusing, | | | | drink and breathe. |
| but you need to take your time and buy the right | | | | Since, RO does not remove chemical contaminants, |
| product or you'll simply be wasting your money. Here, | | | | you would be getting a glassful of chlorine or other |
| we look at the best and worst water purification | | | | chemical disinfectants, disinfection byproducts, |
| systems for home use to help clear up some of the | | | | primarily THMs, volatile organic compounds like |
| confusion. | | | | perchlorate, bug spray, weed killer, industrial solvents, |
| This is one of those situations where the companies | | | | traces of drugs and who knows what else. Of |
| that do the most advertising provide the lowest | | | | course, minerals are removed through RO, but if your |
| quality. Whenever you buy anything that you see in | | | | mineral content is too high, you can simply choose ion |
| television and magazine ads, you are paying for the | | | | exchange, which also removes lead and other metallic |
| company's advertising budget. | | | | traces. |
| When it comes to water purification products, the | | | | Ion exchange water purification systems for home |
| thing that you want to pay for is quality. In order to | | | | use can be adapted even to clean up brackish wells. |
| get the best for the least, you have to be able to | | | | It's the latest technology, but it costs less than RO. |
| buy directly from the manufacturer. | | | | Brita and PUR water purification products use ion |
| Brita, PUR and GE do the most advertising. The | | | | exchange to remove lead, but they don't include a |
| quality of GE depends on the product purchased. | | | | step that removes THMs or volatile organic |
| They offer single stage reverse osmosis, as well as | | | | compounds. There is a large group of different |
| water purification systems for home owners that | | | | chemicals that fall into this category. The health |
| include multiple stages. | | | | problems they cause include nerve damage, |
| The units have a limited capacity. The higher the | | | | respiratory disorders, skin problems and cancer. |
| capacity, the more they cost. The most effect GE | | | | With water purification systems for home kitchens |
| models are the ones with multiple stages. They have | | | | and baths that do not remove them, you are taking |
| priced themselves out of the market with those. | | | | a risk every time you drink, shower or even breathe. |
| Their single stage reverse osmosis water purification | | | | Unlike other types of contaminants, they become |
| products cannot technically be called purifiers. They | | | | gases when you turn on the faucet. |
| don't remove chemical contaminants. Practically | | | | The best systems are selective filtration devices with |
| everyone has tap-water that has been treated with | | | | multiple stages that include ion exchange and carbon |
| chlorine. So, practically everyone has some variation | | | | block with micron sized pores to remove even |
| of chemical contaminants. | | | | chlorine resistant bacteria. Water purification products |
| Reverse osmosis water purification systems for | | | | like that can be purchased for the kitchen or the |
| home use are an unnecessary investment. There are | | | | shower for ultimate safety, wherever you go in the |
| always better options, both for your pocketbook, | | | | house. |
| the great outdoors and the quality of what you eat, | | | | |