| There are as many as 2000 contaminants in water, | | | | alien to you, but these are hormone disruptors and |
| when untreated. The U.S. Environmental Protection | | | | possess carcinogenic properties. These compounds |
| Agency (EPA) sets 90 water contaminants as the | | | | can cause lung, kidney, heart, and nervous system |
| acceptable level for potable drinking water. Still, this | | | | damage. |
| acceptable number can perilously increase with time | | | | Though some microbes are not dangerous in |
| because of the inevitable accumulation of rust and dirt | | | | themselves, they are indicators of the presence of |
| on your pipes and faucets. | | | | more harmful organisms. The least problems you have |
| Why not use a whole house water filter to solve the | | | | to face are diarrhea, but for family members whose |
| problem of water contaminants at its root? Why the | | | | immune systems are weak, these can cause death. |
| fuss when even the EPA has declared that 90 | | | | You would rather spend on a whole house water filter |
| contaminants are acceptable? Well, because you | | | | than spend on hospital bills and funeral services, right? |
| never really know what harmful contaminants made it | | | | How the Components of a Water Filter Works |
| through your water supplier's filtration process! | | | | This type of filter works by using many stages of the |
| What Contaminants Are Removed | | | | filtration process. KDF filters kill algae and fungi while |
| When you use a whole house water filter, you | | | | removing heavy metals. It also controls bacterial |
| remove as many as 20 harmful water contaminants! | | | | growth within the filter itself. |
| Any one of these can cause illnesses and diseases, | | | | Granular activated carbon (GAC) removes chlorine |
| which often manifest themselves almost immediately. | | | | and other organic contaminants, which results in |
| Heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, mercury, selenium, | | | | better-tasting and better-smelling water. The solid |
| cadmium and copper pose health risks. Arsenic | | | | carbon cartridge in a solid block activated carbon |
| causes cancer, nervous system damage, hormonal | | | | (SBAC) stage removes arsenic, pesticides, and |
| dysfunctions, and skin problems; when ingested in large | | | | gasoline additives, among others. |
| doses, it can kill a fully grown man (and horse, judging | | | | Ceramic balls are used for their small and complex |
| by Phar Lap's death 75 years ago). | | | | pore structure. As such, it helps to remove heavy |
| Lead and mercury damage brains and the nervous | | | | metals and stimulates antibacterial action. The micron |
| system. The other heavy metals can cause nausea | | | | filter pads eliminate the junk particles that you see |
| and diarrhea, to say the least. The worst is that these | | | | floating around in your tap water. Ion exchange resins |
| are carcinogenic, too. If these heavy metals are not | | | | facilitate the demineralization of water, which results in |
| reason enough to use a whole house water filter, then | | | | pure water that has therapeutic benefits. |
| pesticides, microbes, disinfectants, and gasoline | | | | The next time you drink water from your tap that |
| additives should convince you. | | | | went through your whole house water filter, you will be |
| Pesticides removed by a whole house water filter | | | | assured that you are drinking water that has been |
| include atrazine, lindane, simazine, and toxaphene, to | | | | removed of almost all its impurities. So, drink up and get |
| name a few. These might seem tongue-twisting and | | | | healthy now! |