Are Parasites and Lead in Tap Water?
Don’t buy any drinking water filter system until you have reviewed the performance data sheet for that particular product. The data sheet lists all of the contaminants that the system has been certified to remove, as well as, what percentage of that contaminant is blocked. You would hope for at least 99% and you might think that any drinking water filter system will do the job. If that’s what you think, then you’re wrong and you could be endangering the health of your family. There are thousands of contaminants in tap water. The biggest immediate threat to your health is very tiny. They are called cysts. Cysts are actually immature parasites that can live in water. Once swallowed, they can grow inside of your body, causing illness and in some cases death. The FDA says that even the best treatment facilities cannot guarantee the absence of cysts in public drinking water. They also say that there is no “feasible” way to check for them. But, a good in-home drinking water filter system can
