| With all of the shocking news that's come out lately | | | | come straight out of a tap, just like your water at |
| about our water supplies, you might be tempted to | | | | home. |
| get a reverse osmosis water purifier for your home. | | | | To protect the health of your family and yourself, |
| Filtering your water at home is a good idea, but | | | | you absolutely must filter your water at home. The |
| reverse osmosis might not be the best way to do | | | | only real question is which type of filter to use. |
| this. Read this article to find out why. | | | | Should you use a reverse osmosis water purifier or |
| Home water filtration has become a big issue | | | | another type of technology? |
| recently! And there's good reason why. | | | | Let's talk about how reverse osmosis works in order |
| It's been shown that our water contains traces of | | | | to answer this question. |
| everything from pesticides to prescription drugs. If | | | | Reverse osmosis works by putting pressure on the |
| you think your tap water is free from organic | | | | water to be filtered so that it passes through a |
| impurities, think again! Microorganisms like Giardia or | | | | porous membrane. The water passes through, but |
| Cryptosporidium that can form cysts are small | | | | the impurities do not. |
| enough to pass through many municipalities' hundred | | | | There are two problems with reverse osmosis for |
| year old filtering systems, and their dormant, cyst | | | | home drinking water use. 1) It's very inefficient. You'll |
| state protects them from being killed by chlorine. | | | | waste about three gallons of water for every pure |
| Speaking of chlorine! The very chemical we use to | | | | gallon you make. 2) It filters out everything--even the |
| sterilize our water is itself toxic. Also, in certain | | | | stuff we need in our water so that it tastes good |
| circumstances it can form highly carcinogenic | | | | and is healthy for us. |
| compounds with organic material on the way from | | | | We need certain minerals in our water like calcium, |
| the water treatment facility to your tap. | | | | for instance. If your body does not get enough |
| If you think bottled water is the answer, I'm sorry to | | | | calcium, it leaches it from your own bones! |
| say that bottled water is no better than tap water. | | | | Calcium and other minerals are in our water naturally |
| As a matter of fact, the number of federal | | | | in trace amounts. They may be in the water in |
| restrictions that cover bottled water are fewer than | | | | extremely small quantities, but that's enough for your |
| those that cover tap water. | | | | body to maintain optimum health. |
| Besides, bottled water companies spend billions each | | | | There are other ways to filter and purify your water |
| year trying to convince us their water comes from | | | | at home that actually leaves the good stuff in. |
| remote mountain glaciers. The truth is most of it | | | | |