| You won't find pure home water in a jug, no | | | | organic compounds called VOCs and naturally |
| matter what the label says. There is pure water | | | | occurring substances like lead. But, through |
| technology for the home that provides what you | | | | selective filtration, they don't remove the naturally |
| need and want to drink, you just have to know | | | | occurring compounds that are good for your |
| what to look for and ignore the brand names. | | | | health, namely, minerals and electrolytes. |
| There are at least four different companies that | | | | I've seen some companies say that you cannot |
| include the words pure home water filter or a | | | | provide pure home water with selective filtration. |
| form of it in their company name. At least one of | | | | That in order to remove all of the hazards, pure |
| them is nothing but a simple chlorine filter. | | | | water technology must remove minerals and |
| Removing chlorine is important, but it's not the | | | | electrolytes. |
| only problem with tap-water. True pure water | | | | Those companies are trying to sell reverse |
| technology addresses the many contaminants | | | | osmosis and what they are saying is not true. |
| that we are faced with everyday. | | | | With sub-micron filtration, ion exchange, carbon |
| There are thousands of naturally occurring | | | | granules, adsorption and multi-media blocks, you |
| compounds and synthetic chemicals found in the | | | | can have pure home water without paying |
| waters of the world. Some of the natural ones | | | | thousands of dollars for a reverse osmosis unit. |
| are just as dangerous as the synthetics. But, | | | | Reverse osmosis is old pure water technology. |
| many of the synthetic ones cause cancer. | | | | The systems create a lot of wastewater and use |
| Before the introduction of synthetic chemicals into | | | | a lot of electricity. Some companies have |
| our society, 1 in 50 people got cancer. Today, one | | | | upgraded by adding carbon filtration to remove |
| in every three people develops some type of | | | | some of the chemical contaminants, because the |
| cancer in his or her lifetime. | | | | old systems didn't do it. How can you claim to |
| I know people who try not to worry about it by | | | | provide pure home water if you can't remove |
| saying that it's all genetics. Some people will get it. | | | | chemicals? |
| Others won't. That's not very comforting to me. | | | | A porous membrane (like those found in reverse |
| So, I protect myself as much as I can and pure | | | | osmosis) is not the only way to remove |
| home water is one way to do it. The stuff that | | | | contaminants. Ion exchange, for example, is some |
| comes in plastic bottles contain residue from the | | | | of the latest pure water technology. Tiny particles |
| chemicals used to create the bottle. Those | | | | of lead and copper are trapped and exchanged |
| chemicals predispose the cells to cancer. | | | | for the electrolytes potassium and sodium. |
| The best pure water technology removes all of | | | | Everyone deserves pure home water. You just |
| the cancer causing chemicals that are commonly | | | | have to shop carefully to get it. |
| found in groundwater, along with hazardous | | | | |