More than enough reasons to filter your water
We’ve been told that drinking water daily is essential for maintaining our good health and overall well-being. Hydration plays a key role in every system of our body. What we’re not often told is that the water we consider safe for human consumption—our so-called “potable” water—comes loaded with an entire catalog of harmful substances.1 Many of these toxins have no smell, taste, or color, making it easy for them to enter our bodies unnoticed.
A contaminant is defined as any physical, chemical, biological, or radio-logical impurity in drinking water.2 In other words, it’s any substance found in the water that is not, in itself, a water molecule. Many of these contaminants are linked to cancer, hormonal disruption, immune system damage, and other health issues.
Among the most common substances found in water for human consumption are chemicals like PFAS (synthetic chemical compounds) and BPA (a chemical used in the production of plastics and resins, often found in bottled water due to contact with packaging). Other common contaminants include organic waste, pathogens, agricultural chemicals such as fertilizers and insecticides, sediments, microplastics, pollutant particles from vehicle emissions, dust, and more. The main source of pathogenic microorganisms and putrescible organic matter is domestic wastewater.
Unfortunately, these and many other substances come into contact—at some point in the journey—with the water we consume. That’s why, in the interest of our well-being, it’s essential to prevent these contaminants from entering our bodies.
The good news? There are reliable ways to purify water and prevent the ingestion of toxic substances. A reverse osmosis filtration system can eliminate up to 99% of these threats, helping protect your health.
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- “Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home. PFAS in water. https://www.nrdc.org/stories/forever-chemicals-called-pfas-show-your-food-clothes-and-home ↩︎
- According to the Safe Drinking Water Act –SDWA-. https://www.epa.gov/sdwa ↩︎