CHLORINE is used to keep our water supply clean by disinfecting it and killing bacteria. It does a marvelous job at eliminating most pathogens from the water we drink. However, it seems these advancements have come at a price to our health. While we recognize and applaud the benefits CHLORINE has brought to us, it’s time we also protect ourselves from the harms of drinking chlorinated water. CHLORINE is considered a pesticide, and in theory is designed to attack and kill living organisms. This is why it is so effective at eliminating bacteria from the water supply. According to a report from the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality, the cancer risk for people who drink chlorinated water is up to 93% higher than for those whose water does not contain CHLORINE.
Whole home removal of CHLORINE can be easily obtained with either a Carbon Cartridge Filtration Unit, a Carbon Backwashable system or an Aquamaster 950 water softener with whole home chlorine removal.
Drinking and cooking water can be free of CHLORINE by a using either Carbon Filtration or Reverse Osmosis purification.
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Heavy metals pose a serious threat to our health. Among the World Health Organizations (WHO) Top 10 chemicals of major health concerns, four of them are metal or metalloid: arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury, and many more. Because of their toxicity, they are also listed in the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. Long-term exposure to inorganic arsenic causes skin pigmentation change and lesions and eventually can lead to cancer. Cadmium targets mainly the kidneys to cause renal diseases and stays in our body from 10 to 35 years. Lead has multiple targets in our body and is deposited mainly in bones and teeth. Children absorb four to five times as much lead as adults; children who ingest lead may suffer from neural diseases and anemia. Both elemental mercury and methyl mercury are toxic. Mercury stays in the air for one year but can be stable in water sediments for millions of years.
Reverse Osmosis is used to eliminate up to 99% of HEAVY METALS from drinking water.The water molecules are able to pass through the reverse osmosis membrane while the HEAVY METALS and other contaminants are rejected to waste. Leaving you with clean water.
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If we are taking it, we are also drinking it: birth control, tranquilizers, painkillers, blood thinners, hormones, chemotherapy, antibiotics, veterinary drugs, cocaine, amphetamines etc. Whatever goes into us, also comes out of us, through our own biological voiding. Every time we flush the toilet the drugs we ingest are making their way back to our water taps. The excreted drugs pass right through most sewage treatment processes and end up in rivers and lakes, and into our drinking water. Environment Canada officials told a Senate committee hearing that more than 165 individual pharmaceuticals and personal care products have been identified in drinking water samples. "Pharmaceuticals being consumed are going up between 10 and 15 per cent a year, here in North America due to aging baby boomers," said Environmental Toxicologist Chris Metcalfe of Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. "So we can view this as a developing problem that will probably get worse, in terms of the amount of pharmaceuticals we can expect being discharged into the environment."
Reverse Osmosis is the best solution available as noted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration for reducing and removing pharmceuticals from our drinking water. Several studies have shown that Reverse Osmosis is capable of removing 98% of the commonly encountered pharmaceuticals in our drinking water.
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TRIHALOMETHANES (THMs) are the result of a reaction between the chlorine used for disinfecting tap water and natural organic matter present in the water. At elevated levels, THMs have been associated with negative health effects such as cancer and adverse reproductive outcomes. Now a study by academic researchers adds to previous evidence that skin absorption and inhalation of THMs associated with everyday tap water use can result in significantly higher blood THM concentrations.
Whole home removal of THM's can easily be obtained using Carbon Filtration.
Drinking and cooking water can be free of THM's by using a Reverse Osmosis System.
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The Great Lakes have faced various threats for years, from industrial pollution, wastewater dumping, increased populations, air pollution, and pesticide/herbicide/fungicide runoff from farms. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the world’s fresh water supply. More than 35 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for their water. In addition to the present-day pollutants, the lakes are still feeling the effects of early settlement and industry in the region. For example, decades of industrial waste from factories surrounding the lakes introduced toxic chemicals including DDT, PCBs and mercury into the lakes’ ecosystem. Large farming communities have also contriubtuted to water pollution with pesticides herbicides & insecticides washing into the same lakes, and wells we draw our drinking water from. Since these chemicals persist in the environment by being passed down through the food chain, they can still be present decades after the original cause of contamination.
Reverse Osmosis is the best solution for removing 98% of toxic chemcials from cooking and drinking water.
Carbon Filtration is effective at reducing these chemicals in the water in your whole home.
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VOLIATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs) are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary room temperatures. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate from a liquid or solid form and enter the surrounding air, and water. VOC's are numerous, varied, and ubiquitous. They include both human-made and naturally occurring chemical compounds. Most VOC's are dangerous to human health and can lead to compounding long-term health effects. Because the concentrations are usually low, and the symptoms slow to develop,long-term exposure can lead to disease. One example of a common VOC is Benzene which has been linked to leukemia and contributes to other cancers.
A Reverse Osmosis System for drinking and cooking water is the best way to remove 95-99% of the VOC'S.
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