| In a world of big whole house water or reverse | | | | these contaminants could harm our health. Possible |
| osmosis filters, counter top water filters are a breath | | | | results of long term ingestion of those chemicals |
| of fresh air. Countertop water filters are small, | | | | include cancer and neurological diseases. |
| competitively priced, easy to install and effective at | | | | Counter top water filters provide added protection |
| removing some of the most troublesome drinking | | | | against these contaminants because city water |
| water contaminants. | | | | purification does not remove all of those drinking |
| One just has to read the news and you'll see headline | | | | water contaminants initially. A quality countertop filter |
| such as, 'Drugs In Drinking Water" or "Rocket Fuel | | | | removes chemicals from our tap water such as |
| Found In Tap Water." Are these headlines just there | | | | THMs and VOCs both of which are linked to cancer, |
| to scare us into buying water filtration systems? | | | | liver and kidney problems. |
| Maybe - but the bigger question is what are the long | | | | The key is to know how to spot a quality filtration |
| term health effects of having these contaminants in | | | | device. This can be tricky. Get this wrong and you |
| our drinking water? | | | | end up wasting time and money. There is something |
| Many scientists agree that even though chemicals | | | | you can look out for that will help you determine just |
| and pharmaceutical drugs are present in our tap | | | | how good a filtration system is and what |
| water only in trace amounts - over a period of time - | | | | contaminants exactly it can remove. |