| A few years ago whole house water filters were | | | | fancy marketing and advertising behind it. If the |
| seen as a sort of luxury--not something you | | | | water has not been transported across state lines, |
| absolutely need. In light of the information that's | | | | then there are no federal regulations that cover it in |
| come out recently about the quality of our municipal | | | | the first place! |
| water supplies, that's all changed. | | | | Filtering and purifying your own water is a necessity |
| Of all the things in our environment that impact our | | | | in today's world! |
| health, the water we drink might be the most | | | | Why You Need a Whole House Filter |
| important. Our bodies essentially run on water. | | | | When most of us think about home water filters, we |
| Virtually all of the complex chemical processes that | | | | don't think about whole house water filters, but |
| make your body work depend on water. Your liver is | | | | those individual units you attach to one tap, or even |
| 96% water! | | | | those pitchers that you use to filter drinking water. |
| No wonder, then, that the quality of our tap water | | | | Individual filters are much, much better than nothing. |
| has become such an issue! | | | | But if you're filtering your drinking water, why would |
| Why You Need to Filter Your Water at Home | | | | you not filter your cooking water, too? |
| In case you're not convinced you even need a water | | | | After all, just because you heat water to a boiling |
| filter, let me take a few minutes to tell you a few | | | | point doesn't mean you're purifying it. You can heat |
| things you might not have thought about. | | | | traces of prescription drugs and lead that are often |
| The tap water you and I drink is very likely to be | | | | found in our water all you want--they're still going to |
| contaminated with any of the following: organic | | | | be there, and they're still going to be ingested by you |
| bacterium and viruses and/or toxic and carcinogenic | | | | and your family. |
| chemicals. | | | | Okay, so I've probably convinced you to filter both |
| The list of impurities in our water is huge. Pesticides | | | | your drinking water and your cooking water. But I |
| are routinely found in the water of major American | | | | bet you might not have thought about the necessity |
| cities. A study of 29 cities was done recently that | | | | of filtering the water you shower and bathe in. |
| found pesticides in all of their water supplies! Some of | | | | Your skin is actually your body's largest organ. Our |
| those cities had two or more pesticides present in | | | | skin both releases toxins through our pores, and lets |
| their water. | | | | toxins into our bodies through our pores. |
| Besides pesticides, you can routinely find prescription | | | | When you take a hot shower, your pores open up, |
| drugs, toxic and carcinogenic chemicals, and even | | | | and all of those toxins and impurities in the shower |
| carcinogens caused by the combination of chlorine | | | | water are free to infiltrate your body through your |
| with the organic material the chlorine was supposed | | | | skin! |
| to kill! | | | | What's the Answer? |
| Chlorine itself has been linked to the rise in cancers | | | | The only answer is whole house water filters! There |
| that has occurred over the past hundred years. | | | | are several on the market, some better than others. |
| And, in case you're thinking you'll just stick to bottled | | | | What you need to do now is to find a reliable |
| water...I'm sorry to say, it's not much better, if any. | | | | website where you can learn more. |
| Most bottled water is just tap water with a lot of | | | | |