| It just cannot be denied. The state of water pollution | | | | permeable membrane used inside them. |
| today has never been worse. Literally thousands of | | | | Heavy metals |
| chemicals and other dangerous contaminants can be | | | | As the water travels though the old, rusty pipes of |
| found in our drinking water supply. Can a residential | | | | the water distribution network to reach your home, |
| water filter protect us from them? Let's find out. | | | | it picks up small quantities of lead and asbestos from |
| While it's true that tap water contains many | | | | the joints of the pipes. These heavy metals slowly |
| impurities that are very detrimental for health, it's also | | | | accumulate in your body and cause problems like |
| true that a quality residential water filter can remove | | | | hypertension, miscarriage, hearing loss and a lower IQ |
| them and provide upto 99% pure drinking water. The | | | | in children. Most purifiers are able to remove these |
| only problem is in finding the right kind of purifier. | | | | metals from the water effectively. |
| There are many different types and brands of | | | | Sediment and Organic matter |
| purifiers available in the market. If you choose the | | | | These are the simplest contaminants of all to remove |
| wrong one, then the effects would be the same as | | | | from the water. RO filters, Distillers and even UV |
| having no purifier at all in your home. The right | | | | filters can get rid of them by using a carbon filtration |
| purifier, on the other hand, can provide effective | | | | unit inside. |
| protection against contaminated water and the health | | | | An important check |
| problems it can cause. | | | | RO filters and Distillers remove minerals like calcium |
| To know if the water purification unit you have | | | | and magnesium from the water, which our body |
| selected is really effective or not, check if it can | | | | needs for its internal processes. Make sure your |
| handle the following common contaminants - | | | | chosen residential water filter doesn't do as, as it can |
| Chemicals like chlorine | | | | cause many health problems later. |
| Chlorine is added into the water supply by the | | | | The best thing to do here is to use a multi stage |
| municipals to kill the microbes present in the water, | | | | filter based on a combination of techniques like |
| and it is highly effective at doing so too. The only | | | | Carbon filtration, Sub Micron filtration and Ion |
| problem is, it's also bad for the cells in your body and | | | | Exchange, which can remove all the contaminants and |
| can lead to killer diseases like cancer over the long | | | | still preserve the natural mineral content of the |
| run. | | | | water. |
| Common purifier types like RO filters are not able to | | | | Go ahead now and find out a quality residential water |
| remove this and other chemicals which have small | | | | filter for your home right away. |
| molecules, as they pass easily through the semi | | | | |