The Truth About Drinking Water Filter Systems Revealed
There's no doubt about it, drinking water filter systems are fast becoming a necessity as our water quality deteriorates. With so many to choose from, here is a brief guide to enable you to select the very best.
With thousands of toxic chemicals in the supply today including herbicides, pesticides, prescription drugs, lead and chlorine, ensuring you get the most efficient filter is paramount.
Many drinking water filter systems do not protect you and allow harmful toxins into your home. Here are the 3 main types which can range in styles from a countertop filter to a whole house water filtration system.
Kitchen Jug
These are very popular and convenient but unfortunately due to their size, are the worst performers. If you have a lot of chlorine in your water then these will remove some and improve the taste and smell.
However, much of the chlorine and other contaminants get through their small filters and in the long run they work out to be very expensive when you think of the cost of replacement filters.
Reverse Osmosis (RO)
These drinking water filter systems still rely on old technology which was fine many years ago but they cannot remove the harmful synthetic toxins because they are molecularly smaller than water.
While they do remove a lot of the toxins, they still pose a risk to your health and also they take out essential trace minerals that you need to be healthy. These include calcium, sodium and magnesium.
What this means is that they demineralize the water which was fine for the industries they were designed for, but not so good for humans.
If you shop around you will also find that these are by far the most expensive types to buy and maintain especially as they discard over two-thirds of the water they use.
Active Carbon Block
These filters are the result of many years of research and are the only ones recommended by the EPA.
They are the most efficient ones available because as well as manually filtering out the toxins like the RO systems, they can chemically bind the synthetic ones to the surface of the filter.
The very best ones use a dual process, sub micron filtering and ion exchange to remove 99% of all the bad stuff while leaving in those good trace minerals.
If you are looking for drinking water filter systems to protect your family's health, the carbon block ones are the only ones that will keep you safe.
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