Posts Tagged ‘contaminants’
It may shock you to learn that more than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.
A New York Times article reports that over 49 million people have been drinking unsafe water since 2004.
Getting a water filter or filtration system that results in your having safe water to drink, cook with, and bathe in is not a matter of going to the local hardware store or Home Depot and picking up something off the shelf. It’s also not a matter of buying an off-the-shelf whole house water system, no matter how expensive. The fact is that to get safe water you must get a water filtering technology that is custom fit to your specific water conditions.
This is not such an easy task because there are many factors that need to be considered about water quality… and the first step is to find out what the condition of your water actually is. For that you can use municipal treatment plant reports and water test kits.
Next it’s important to know what “safe water” really means and what to look for in water treatment systems.
more information about Factors to Consider in Water Treatment>>>
Fluoride has been added to municipal water for 55 years because some children might benefit if they had problems with tooth decay. Now we know that fluoride is a major neurotoxin and many municipal water treatment plants are removing it.
Research shows that the pineal gland is a major point of accumulation of fluoride in the body. The pineal is known to have a major role in the onset of puberty and reproduction and in the production of the hormone melatonin. And recent research indicates that the pineal plays a role in calcium metabolism, parathyroid function and susceptibility to postmenopausal osteoporosis, cancer, psychiatric diseases and to the process of aging.
Major source of fluoride include:
- Drinking water
- Bones in ground meats
- Skins of fish
- Processed foods
- Bottled drinks
Restrict your intake of these foods and purchase the right kind of water filter to reduce fluoride to safe levels
All Natural Sources of Water Are Contaminated.
That’s a bold statement, but water is an incredibly powerful solvent and lots of different things get dissolved in it. In nature, there is no such thing as “pure” water. Something is always dissolved in it. So, the issue is not “pure” water, but “safe” water. There is actually safe and unsafe contamination. Unsafe contamination over extended periods of time leads to serious health risks including cancer, nervous system disorders, liver and kidney damage, reduced immune system function, and even birth defects.
The sources of unsafe contamination include, but are not limited to:
- acid rain
- storm water runoff
- pesticide runoff
- industrial waste
- minerals like arsenic
- bacteria, molds, and cysts
- drug residues
- agricultural runoff
- leaking septic systems and sewage pipes
- petrochemicals
More information about water contaminants is available in the articles library at www.thebestwaterfiltration.com
Water filters really have become the rage. The question is how does the average consumer know which water filters to buy? A few of the options for consumers include, but are not limited to the following.
- Pitcher-type filters
- Faucet add-on filters
- Water distillation systems
- Sediment filters
- Reverse osmosis filters
- Ionizing filters
- Point of use filters
- Shower filters
- Whole house filters
The list goes on… and it’s really difficult to know what the right thing to do is because there are so many conflicting claims among filter and filtration system manufacturers. Each one claims that they are better than the rest, but the truth is that there are major differences. In order to make an effective decision you need to know the following.
- What all the possible contaminants of water are.
- The condition of your water and the contaminants in your water.
- The acceptable level of each type of contaminant in safe water.
- The types of contaminants each model of water filter or water filtration system treats.
- The effectiveness of each filter in treating each type of contaminant.
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