| Let's face it. there are a variety of portable | | | | third world country is not particularly popular. But, |
| water filters to choose from on the market | | | | all of us have to go to work, school, on vacation |
| today. In order to choose the best portable | | | | or somewhere with unfiltered tap water. While |
| water filters for your own personal use, it helps | | | | drinking it probably won't make us deathly ill, it |
| to know a little about what the different products | | | | could endanger our future health and it just |
| can do. Here are some things to consider. | | | | doesn't taste good. |
| First things first, where are you planning to travel? | | | | So, the best portable filters for the majority of |
| There are filters for practically any condition that | | | | people usually fall under the heading of sport |
| you might come up against. | | | | bottle filters or water filter bottles. Different |
| For example, if you are a hiker, drinking water | | | | companies rearrange the words, but they all work |
| straight from a spring or stream is unsafe. Ask | | | | similarly. |
| any nurse working in an emergency room near | | | | Typically, you will find plastic bottles shaped like |
| the Appalachian Trail. Hikers come in all the time | | | | any other sports bottle, but with a specially |
| with a condition known as Giardiasis. | | | | designed lid or spout that holds a filter. Some of |
| Hikers sometimes just call it giardia, the name of | | | | these devices block only odor and chlorine. Others |
| the single-celled parasite that causes the infection. | | | | can remove giardia. |
| So, if you expect to be in a situation where you | | | | A few of the best portable water filters block |
| will need to drink from a spring or stream, the | | | | lead, which is particularly important if you work or |
| safest filters to carry with you will kill or remove | | | | live in some of the major cities around the |
| giardia. | | | | country. Recent reports have determined that the |
| If you were traveling to Africa or other countries | | | | tap water in a large number of city structures is |
| where the water source is particularly unreliable, | | | | contaminated with lead, because of deteriorating |
| the best portable water filters to choose will | | | | pipes that carry water into the buildings. In other |
| effectively eliminate water-borne diseases such as | | | | words, don't drink from the water fountain. |
| cholera. There are some excellent water filters on | | | | Make no mistake about it, portable water filters |
| the market that are credited with reducing cases | | | | are a good alternative to buying bottled water. |
| of potentially fatal diarrhea in Zimbabwe. Caused | | | | Not only will it save you money, but the quality |
| by drinking water contaminated with pathogenic | | | | and taste of the water will likely be better, |
| bacteria and cysts, the condition is a common | | | | particularly if you choose the best portable water |
| problem in Africa. | | | | filters. Plus, you'll be doing your part to help |
| But, let's face it. Most of us are not planning to | | | | protect the environment from those ever |
| take a missionary position and vacationing in a | | | | growing piles of plastic bottles. |