Health Risks of Chlorine In Drinking Water

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 (THM's). Most THM's are formed in drinking water when chlorine reacts with naturally occurring substances such as decomposing plant ...[READ MORE]

The basics of common water filter technologies

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 of the different systems relatively easily. A few tips to keep in mind when looking at filters: •Some filters use a combination of technologies, while others rely on a single one. •To ensure that a filter ...[READ MORE]

Coke, Pepsi battle over bottled water

Coke, Pepsi battle over bottled waterNot 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 MOREPosted using ShareThis

Study Finds Traces of Drugs in Drinking Water in 24 Major U.S. Regions

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 the levels of a medical dose. Also, utilities insist their water is safe.But the presence of so many prescription drugs — and ...[READ MORE]

What Is The Best Water Filter?

After doing years of research, I have found that Multipure® is the Top-Rated & Best Performing NSF Certified Solid Carbon Block Water Filtration system in the U.S. Multipure developed the solid carbon block water filter. Multipure's Filters are 0.5 micron rated (sub micron)  meaning that "No Other Water Filter Reduces More Contaminants Than Multipure" Multipure products were First to be Tested & Certified by NSF for reduction of these major contaminants: Arsenic, Lead, VOC's, Cysts, ...[READ MORE]

Coke's New Bottle Is Part Plant

Coca-Cola Co., under fire from environmentalists for using plastic bottles, has introduced a new packaging material made partly from plants. The container has "the same weight, the same feel, the same chemistry, and functions exactly the same way" as a regular plastic bottle, a Coke spokeswoman says. Environmental groups say the Coke bottle now being introduced is a slight improvement over regular PET bottles, but they say it won't solve a bigger problem with plastic bottles: the fact that most ...[READ MORE]