| You don't have to go to the French Alps to get pure, | | | | behavioral problems and learning disabilities. |
| great tasting water. You can get that by installing a | | | | Many people argue however that the contaminants in |
| quality whole house water filtration system. | | | | our water are only present in trace amounts, |
| You see, despite city water treatment, our tap | | | | therefore, there are not toxic enough to affect |
| water still contains contaminants. It would be | | | | health. Sure enough, drinking tap water won't cause |
| financially unfeasible for the city to eliminate all those | | | | you to instantly drop dead and in most cases, won't |
| contaminants plus it is beyond the capabilities of any | | | | cause you to instantly get sick. |
| water treatment system to eliminate all contaminants | | | | However, many scientists postulate that drinking |
| as well. | | | | glasses upon glasses of unfiltered tap water over a |
| For most contaminants, city authorities are not legally | | | | number of years could affect health in the long term. |
| required to totally eliminate them - they are only | | | | This is why many people install a whole house water |
| required to reduce those contaminants to certain | | | | filtration system. It virtually eliminates many harmful |
| levels. | | | | contaminants such as chlorine, volatile organic |
| Not only that, many people do not realize that | | | | chemicals, trihalomethanes and more. |
| contaminants can enter tap water after the water | | | | A whole house water filtration system provides |
| has left the treatment plant. | | | | clean, great tasting odor-free water to every tap |
| Take lead for example; a highly harmful contaminant | | | | throughout your entire home. Even your shower and |
| that can wreak havoc on people's health. Many | | | | washing machine can have filtered water running |
| household plumbing systems contain lead, so when | | | | through it. |
| the water passes through the pipes, the lead is | | | | The key is to acquire a quality whole house water |
| leached into it. | | | | filtration system. There are many on the market, so |
| Lead is particularly harmful to children as it can cause | | | | you must know how to determine quality. |