Archive for the ‘water filters’ Category

Filter Pur, A Great Filtration System, Water At Its Best

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Water is a natural resource that cleanses and hydrates the body, keeping organs and muscles working their best. A Filter Pur filtration system, water provided in the purest form, keeps the body free from chemicals and impurities while maintaining good health. A filtration system, water transformed in a pristine form, helps you fight off unwanted germs and bacteria while eliminating harmful toxins. Filter Pur is a recommended solution by many in the health-conscience field.

This amazing company was first introduced in 1986 with a desalinator that turned seawater into fresh drinking water. A hand operated filtration system, water pure as from a spring, was instantly available to those on the sea. Life rafts today carry Filter Pur as a standard piece of equipment.-After much scientific research and testing, portable water purifiers were presented in 1990 for hikers and visitors to areas where water might be questionable. This Filter Pur line of carry-on purifiers was an answered prayer to the Peace Corps and African missionaries that longed for a filtration system, water that would not cause illness.

Replacement Filter Cartridge-Sustains Your Health of Your Water

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

If you’re a healthy person than you most likely appreciate the beneficial elements of filtered water. You should understand, though, that setting up a filter is only the beginning. It is just as important to maintain a clean filer replacement cartridge. This means replacing the filter cartridge when it is recommended by your filter manufacturer. Filters are wonderful ways to remove contamination from your drinking water. The problem is that as it filters, dirt gets stuck in the filter. A dirty filter is much less effective at filtering water than a clean one is. This is why you should use filter replacement cartridges to maintain a healthy water supply.

Filters are great for use at home because, depending on the water usage, you can install them in a variety of places. The most common of which is the kitchen faucet. This is where it’s most crucial to have a water filtration system. There are two primary types which will achieve this.

Water Filters/Purifiers A Necessity for Everyday Health.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Over the years water filters/purifiers have been underrated and overlooked. Water contamination has been a plague in not only locally but also in foreign communities too. In North Africa, Algeria and other third-world countries, millions of people continue to suffer from the lack of access to uncontaminated drinking water. There is still an overwhelming number of people dying from water borne diseases everyday despite many initiatives to combat the problem.

The job of installation soiling does not exclusive live abroad but also in our own backyards. As I pen, there are thousands of Americans out there who are unmindful of the potential harm that contaminated water brings. Even though many people are skeptical about the water filters/purifiers hype there is enough evidence to suggest otherwise. Recently chlorine based water has been linked to diseases such as cancer, birth defects, and other serious illnesses.

People think that our drinking water doesn’t contain harmful micro-organisms and is healthy to drink, but it actual fact it has small concentrations of bacteria that can be potentially deadly at a high enough concentration.

The Perfect Water Purifiers/Filters for Your Home

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Having water purifiers/filters for your home is necessary nowadays. It is estimated that over two billion people in this world today suffer without access to good clean drinking water. On top of this more and more people in The United States are complaining that the water which they drink from taps taste different even small different. The taste of chlorine, lead and fluoride are what makes our water taste funny almost to the point where it is undrinkable.

Most of our cities get their water source from a municipal supply, that is, the water we drink is recycled from waste water. Although the water has been certified free of bacteria, a number of cases have been reported where people have fallen sick from water poisoning. This can come in two main forms; from drinking straight untreated water and from the over compensation of chemicals in the water.

When seen with the naked eye, the water may appear clean and free of bacteria but when viewed under a microscope, the opposite is seen, that is, the water is full of disease carrying bacteria. A slight odor may be present and the water may taste a little different. Seeing for yourself how unhealthy the water is may prompt you to make a wise choice for you and your family and invest in a water purifier/filter.

How In The World Do Water Filters Work?

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

There are lots of people worried about our water. And in particular about whether it’s healthy to drink it. If this worried you then you may be interested to find out some more about water filters and water filtration in general.

How does a water filter work and what does it do? Here’s some of the basics about the water filtration process. Things that you should be aware of before you buy a water filter.

The first thing that you need to think about is why you need a water filter. There’s a huge range of different nasties that you can find in our drinking water and different filters filter different things.

There are many many different contaminants. Some can make your water taste bad, like chlorine, and can even cause your skin to dry out from showering. And there are many nasty chemicals found in water in small quantities that are known to cause cancer.

There’s different methods of water filtration that can be used. The first of these is the physical removal of solids, or physical filtration. This is really just a fine filtering or straining of water using a membrane that doesn’t allow particles of a certain size or bigger to pass through.

There Isn’t Really Drugs In Your Drinking Water Is There?

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

You live in the US. Surely if you live in the US you couldn’t be drinking drugs when you drink a glass of tap water? Could you?

How about we begin with a quote from the Ralph Nader Institute. “U.S. drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer.”

Now what does toxic chemicals mean? Does it mean drugs? Either way it doesn’t matter, it’s scary. But there is plenty of evidence of drugs in our drinking water. Especially antibiotics.

We start in 1999 with Ashley Mulroy, a West Virginia high school student who decided to do a high school project on contaminated water. For 10 weeks she took water samples from the Ohio river. And had them tested for 3 antibiotics, penicillin, tetracycline and vancomycin. She found them in all samples.

So she decided to test tap water for antibiotics, and got the same result.

Lets take a quote from the Environmental Health Perspectives website. “Roughly 100 pharmaceuticals have now been identified in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters throughout Europe and the United States.”

Charcoal Water Filter. What Are They? What Do They Do?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Many people are becoming aware of the fact that there are contaminants in our drinking water that we ought not be drinking. If this is you and you’ve been spending some time researching water purification you might have come across charcoal water filters or activated carbon water filters or carbon water filters. But what are they?

A charcoal water filter is a water filter that uses charcoal for the filter process to remove the impurities. Charcoal is carbon that has been created by heating organic material in the absence of oxygen. The good ones are derived from coconut husks.

Charcoal has various properties, primarily that it is extremely porous and this is what is necessary for successful water filtration. These pores allow water, and contaminants, to pass through and for the contaminants to be absorbed by the carbon by means of chemical attraction, because many carbon based or organic compounds are chemically attracted to carbon.

What then, is activated carbon? Activated carbon is charcoal that has been treated with oxygen in the manufacturing process to result in a much higher percentage of pores. In other words it is more porous than ordinary charcoal. The best charcoal water filters use activated carbon.