| Did you know that installing drinking water filters in | | | | for drinking water filters in your home. |
| your home might be the best thing you can do for | | | | The only question is which kind to buy? |
| your and your family's health? Studies have recently | | | | There is a bewildering number of drinking water |
| been done on the quality of our water that reveal | | | | filters on the market. At Amazon, alone, I counted |
| startling results! If you haven't bought water filters | | | | over 100 different makes and models! |
| for your home, now is certainly the time to do it. | | | | There are several types of technologies that are |
| Before we talk about which types of drinking water | | | | used to filter domestic water--reverse osmosis, |
| filter you should buy, let's make sure you really | | | | ultra-violet radiation, granular-activated carbon, among |
| understand the necessity for these things. | | | | many others. |
| I mentioned studies that have recently been done. | | | | Reverse osmosis is popular, but it isn't really the best |
| Let me tell you a little about two of them. | | | | method for home use. There are actually some trace |
| One study was of 29 American cities. During the | | | | minerals you want left in your water. Your body |
| study the researchers found that all 29 of these | | | | needs them, and they make the water taste good. |
| cities had traces of at least one pesticide in their | | | | Reverse osmosis tends to filter those all important |
| water. Many had two. And one even had three! | | | | trace minerals out. |
| Ralph Nader's people recently did a study of | | | | Ultra-violet radiation works well on organic |
| American water supplies that found over 2,000 | | | | impurities--if the water is exposed for the proper |
| known carcinogens in our water. | | | | amount of time. Unfortunately, it's going to have no |
| The problem is your municipal water treatment | | | | effect on toxins like the lead, pesticides, and |
| facilities probably aren't going to filter all of this bad | | | | prescription drugs that are routinely found in our |
| stuff out. After all, most American water treatment | | | | water. |
| facilities are at least fifty years old. They were built | | | | Granular-activated carbon is good, but it needs to |
| long before most of these carcinogens I mentioned | | | | work in conjunction with other technologies to be |
| were even used in industry and agriculture. | | | | completely effective. |
| Nope! Unfortunately, a lot of the toxins and impurities | | | | Actually, the best water filters on the market use a |
| in your water system are going to make it right | | | | two point filtration system. Instead of relying on just |
| through to your tap! | | | | one method to filter your drinking water, they use |
| And! If you're thinking bottled water is the | | | | two complementary methods. This results in getting |
| answer...well, I've got bad news for you. Most bottled | | | | the impurities out and keeping those wonderful |
| water comes straight out of a tap. If your bottled | | | | minerals in. |
| water is not transported across state lines, it's not | | | | What you need to do now is to take a look at a |
| even subject to federal regulations! | | | | good, informative website where you can read about |
| Actually, bottled water can be worse for you than | | | | actual drinking water filters and see how much they |
| tap water! | | | | cost. |
| So, I'm sure you can understand the absolute need | | | | |