“Boil Water” Alerts
Chlorine has been used as an effective disinfectant in drinking water supplies for nearly 100 years. Chlorine is considered necessary to destroy many of the bacteria in your drinking water. If it cleanses your water, then what is the problem? Health officials are concerned with the chlorinating by-products, also known as “chlorinated hydrocarbons” or trihalomethanes [...]
Although there are hundreds of brands of home water filters, they all rely on a small number of technologies to remove contaminants, That does not mean that every filter using a given technology is as good as another, but it does mean that you can get a good idea of the general pros and cons [...]
Coke, Pepsi battle over bottled water Not long ago, Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo pulled off a remarkable feat: converting the world’s most plentiful liquid — water — into a product wrapped in brand images, aspirations and marketing hooks. READ MORE Posted using ShareThis
First let me say that the Zero water filter company has an excellent marketing campaign. Their slogan claims “The only filtered water that meets FDA definition for purified bottled water”. The product comes with a little testing gizmo called a TDS meter. In case your wondering, TDS stands for Total Disolved Solids (Minerals). “Dissolved solids” refer [...]
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below [...]
U of P joins movement to ban bottled water | KATU.com – Breaking News, Sports, Traffic and Weather – Portland, Oregon | Local & Regional
After doing years of research, I have found that Multi-Pure® is the Top-Rated & Best Performing NSF Certified Solid Carbon Block Water Filtration system in the U.S. Multi-Pure developed the solid carbon block water filter. Multi-Pure’s Filters are 0.5 micron rated (sub micron) meaning that “No Other Water Filter Reduces More Contaminants Than Multi-Pure” Multi-Pure [...]
Reduce your Exposure to Chemicals in your water: Get a Water filter | Environmental Working Group Posted using ShareThis
EWG’s Drinking Water Quality Analysis and Tap Water Database | Environmental Working Group Posted using ShareThis
