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Water Q & A
How do you know if you need a water filter?
Virtually everyone will benefit from a home water filtration system. Even if chlorine were the only contaminant in your tap water (and chlorine is in everyone’s water), there are significant health and cosmetic benefits to using chlorine-free water. Any child that has a goldfish knows that chlorine can kill; its sole purpose as a pesticide is to kill living cells/ organisms. When we consume chlorine, at any level, it kills some part of us. It has recently been linked to cancer, heart disease, birth defects, and many serious illnesses. Unfortunately, chlorine is not the only harmful substance in tap water. Over 90% of all U.S. water systems contain traces of at least 10 synthetic chemicals and lead. A recent Ralph Nader report stated, "After reviewing over 10,000 pages of EPA documents acquired through the Freedom Of Information Act... over 2100 chemicals that can cause cancer have been detected in U.S. tap water." Because water utilities only test for about 75 contaminants, no one knows for sure the extent of contamination. The risk is real and the solution can be so simple: quality, in-home water filtration.
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