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If You Choose the Incorrect Water Filter You could Damage Your Family's Health

By Joe Coburn

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Published: 24Sep2009
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Everyone worries that our drinking water is not as clean as we think it is. So many toxins may be present which can injure our health.

We are mainly made of water and if we drink toxins in our drinking water we store them in our body. It's obviously very necessary to make sure our drinking water is free from toxins.

From all this its pretty obvious why many families are fitting filtration systems to their homes. Unfortunately in their rush to fit a system they dont look into the type they really need to fit, to ensure pure natural water and they often end up with an inferior product.

Let's have a look at the ones to avoid: Reverse Osmosis Systems - these are a real no no - they were never designed to be used for drinking water but were first used in the paper industry which needs de-mineralized water. they are also twice as expensive as other systems, they strip out some vital minerals such as potassium and calcium (these minerals are essential for good health) and they can permit some harmful man made toxins such as pesticides to enter the supply.

The best systems need to be affordable and easy to use - but what are they? They need to be the type which have: multi stage activated carbon blocks with ion exchange and sub micro filters.

This is the multi-filtration system and is easily the best sort of filtration system. It's fairly new and works by the formation of a chemical bond to all contaminating substances. Just as important is this systems ability to allow the health giving minerals to stay in the water.

Once the type of home water filter system has been decided, it's time to think about the sort of distribution or coverage you are going to provide in your house.

There are really only three types you should consider: the tap or faucet filter, the drinking water/shower water combination unit or the whole house water filtration system.

If you only choose the faucet filter you are then leaving yourself open to showering in water which has far too much chlorine dissolved in it, approx. 70% of this will be absorbed into your skin. This makes filtering your drinking water a bit pointless if you are then going to absorb chlorine and other contaminants into your body through shower water.

So at the very least I would recommend a drinking/shower water combo unit. But by far the best from a longer term cost and practicallity view is the whole house filter system.

Joe Coburn has a belief that all families should have good quality pure water. He is involved with a website which gives the lowdown on how to choose the: Best Home Water Filters Its worth going to the site now to find out about the filters which really perform and the ones which quite frankly don't.

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