As Hurricane Irma sets it sights on Florida, and Hurricane Harvey is still affecting parts of Texas, folks are finding it difficult to find bottled water. Take a trip to any grocery store, and you’ll see empty shelves all over where rows and rows of water bottles used to be. Some grocery stores can’t keep up … [Read more…]
Tap, Bottled, Or Filtered? Unless you live in a city that has very high standards for their municipal water supply, you may have noticed some peculiarities about the water in your home. Most often, an odd odor or taste are the most noticeable traits of poorly filtered water. You may also have noticed a chalky … [Read more…]
Lets face it, everyone will need a water filter in their home, sooner or later. Choosing the one that meets your personal water filter needs can be a challenge. Consumer Reports helps take some guess work out of choosing the best home water filter product. They pick from the top sellers and put them through … [Read more…]
Drinking water pollution comes from many sources. Surface water can become contaminated with agricultural runoff, community landfills, and hazardous waste from manufacturing byproducts. Groundwater can become contaminated from gasoline and MTBE leaks from underground storage tanks, or from the injection of hazardous waste into deep wells. Significant growth of the drinking water treatment industry can … [Read more…]
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—A new Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report found that spikes in the water levels of atrazine, a common herbicide banned throughout Europe (but still legal here in the U.S.) could pose a public health risk. The hormone-disrupting chemical is used extensively in corn and sugarcane farming, but research has linked environmentally … [Read more…]
Readers Digest, that is! This is a photo of David Green and longtime Multi-Pure Master Builder Ron Kafker, sharing a copy of the August 2011 Readers Digest. The lead article is called “How Safe is Our Water?” It focuses on the contamination from fracking, perchlorate, rainwater runoff, and pharmaceuticals in the water. You might ask, … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
Food and water watch has put together a video and guide for safe tap water and how to chose a water filter. Take Back the Tap Guide to Safe Tap Water Tap water is tested more frequently for safety concerns than bottled water, but the water quality reports issued by local utilities can be confusing … [Read more…]
The shocking results from Dr. Oz’s special investigation are in. Arsenic, lead, known carcinogen chromium 6, and perchlorate – or rocket fuel – are among the contaminants you are being exposed to every day. Click here to watch Part 1. Click here to watch Part 2. Click here to watch Part 3
According to the EPA, exposure to lead in drinking water can result in delayed physical or neurologic development in infants and children, and can cause high blood pressure, kidney problems, and cancer in adults. Moreover, a growing body of evidence suggests adverse health effects result even at blood levels below the 10 µg/dL “level of … [Read more…]
In a previous post, I discussed Dr. Mercola and his deceptive advertising of his water filter (the “pure and clear” water filter made by Aquasana aka “sun water systems”). In that post Dr. Mercola discusses the importance of NSF certification and at the 8 minute mark in the video, the words “NSF CERTIFIED” pop up … [Read more…]
Heres a great article/site I found from a fellow Multi-Pure distributor… Whats The Best Water Filter? – How Do I Choose A Water Filter? – Learn About Water Filter Choices
Why I Recommend The Multipure Water Filter Over All Other Filters Some of my readers may say that this is a biased opinion since I am a distributor for the Multipure company and that I am only trying to sell water filters. Well…to tell you the truth, I am a distributor for several other water filter … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]