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Why You Need A Water Filter

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Why You Need A Water Filter  In this guide you are going to find out why it is a good idea to use some kind of water filter, even if you live in an area with municipally treated water. But what’s the problem with tap water?  If you are like me you were raised on “city” water and you are OK, right? The best way I have ever heard it put was from an instructor in a class I attended on water quality.  He said it like this: “Municipal water treatment is designed to produce water that won’t kill you right now.” The truth is that some of the chemicals and processes they have to use to make the water at least drinkable can have some pretty bad long term effects in the human body. Did you know that is 2005, the non-profit Environmental Working Group tested tap water in 42 states and found around 260 contaminants, including at least 140 unregulated chemicals that did not even have public safety standards or any approved way to remove them. The EPA was blamed for part of this problem b

What You Should Know About Your Drinking Water

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  What You Should Know About Your Drinking Water When you turn on your faucet to fill a spaghetti pot or sippy cup, do you know what's actually coming out? We got experts to reveal the dangerous contaminants hiding in your tap water—and how to know if your house has a problem.  Ok, it’s not earthshaking news that clean, pure water is pretty important. You probably learned in school that the human body is about 70% water.  You probably also know that you can go for weeks without food and survive, but just a few days without water will kill you. So water is definitely one of the basic necessities of life.   What you may not know is just how important it is to make sure the water you drink and bathe in is free from harmful substances that can actually hurt you.  You may think because you live in an industrialized country with water treatment plants that you are OK, but that may not be the case. Now, I’m not trying to discredit all the effort that goes into providing safe d