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Water, especially clean and pure water is something that most of us probably take for granted. In the good old days of the distant past, most people could just drink tap water without any worries of any contamination. Nowadays, it is a completely different story. Having a good water filter for your home and for your drinking water is essential, unless, of course, you buy bottled water for all of your drinking water needs.
There is plenty to be concerned about when it comes to drinking water and the contaminants found in most tap water.
There is bacteria, strains of antibiotics, fluoride, chlorine, lead and other heavy metals and sometimes benzine and other harmful materials.
When looking at various makes and models of under the counter and counter top water filters, check to see exactly what they do and do not eliminate. Some remove only the heavy metals but do not remove other toxins that require a more sophisticated method of filtration, such as reverse osmosis.
Out of all of the water filters, there are only certain ones made for home use that actually remove all of the pathogens and chemicals such as fluoride and arsenic. Many of the other filters leave these toxins in the water even after it's been filtered.
It is very important to get the best possible water filter that will provide you with truly pure drinking water with the least amount of contamination and impurities possible.
Some refrigerators have water filters that are built right into the door. Some of these work well but most do not eliminate all of the chemicals from your water.
Personally, I prefer the Gary Null brand reverse osmosis water filter.
The Gary Null Water Filter is an advanced multimedia system. It combines the unparalleled bacteria and parasite removing performance of ceramic, with the chemical reducing ability of activated carbon, blended with a lead-eliminating media. Activated carbon removes more chlorine than any other material available on the market. For those individuals who want to eliminate fluoride from their water, the Gary Null Filter also contains a fluoride removing filter.
If you really want the best water filter for your money, this is the one to get and it's not really that expensive.
It sells for around $320.00 and the filters last about one year. The replacement cost for both filters is around $160.00 or so.
If you are looking for a cheaper way to drink purer water, you can surely afford a brita water filter, which does do quite a lot of good, but does not go as far as a more expensive and more effective water purification system.
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It depends which type of bottle you’re talking about.
The "on-the-go" size bottles (half liters, half pints, sports top bottles, 1-gallons, etc) are made of PET plastic, a.k.a. #1. These bottles contain no BPA.
The 3 and 5-gallon bottles, the ones that go onto a water cooler, are made out of the infamous #7 plastic which does infact contain BPA. Don’t be alarmed yet, however. The problem with BPA is that when a bottle made of Bisphenol-A is constantly reused and becomes worn, it begins to "leach" the BPA into the water. The main concern with the BPA is baby bottles, because they are constantly washed and reused. Poland Spring does test the bottles to make sure there’s a safe level of BPA, and they test water that has been sitting inside of the bottles as well.
Considered a packaged food, the FDA holds Poland Spring (a division of Nestle Waters North America) to strict guidelines regarding the bottles. The FDA allows the 3 and 5-gallon bottles to be reused 100 times; the uses are tracked using a barcode on the bottle. Poland Spring, however, only reuses it’s bottles 25 times to maintain the integrity of the bottle. This was their policy far before the Bisphenol-A scare.
It is also important to note that the only official study currently released regarding Bisphenol-A was done on lab mice, by giving them 1000x the amount of BPA a human would ever be in contact with. For all intensive purposes, if you give a mouse 1000x the amount of calcium, flouride, iron, really anything humans are in contact with, it would have a huge effect on the mouse.
I’m not one for taking chances, but I’m fairly confident the largest food and beverage company in the world would not set itself up for millions of lawsuits.