Does Reverse Osmosis Remove Pharmaceuticals From Water? Why is This Question Even Necessary?
Reports say that about forty one million Americans had found tinges of pharmaceutical drugs in water. This news spread as fast as a wild fire. And people started purchasing water filters for their homes, in order to purify their water and maintain their health. But most of them fail to realize that not all water purifiers have the capacity to eliminate pharmaceutical drugs from the water. Losing Ground Reverse osmosis (RO) is losing its ground, as it does not have the capacity to eliminate artificial minerals and chemicals like the pharmaceutical drugs present in water. Actually reverse osmosis is a process where the water is put under pressure of the permeable membrane. Inanimate minerals and chemicals which are molecularly larger in size than the water molecules cannot pass through the membrane. So, they are filtered here and do not mix up with the water we consume. But, artificial chemicals like pharmaceutical drugs which are smaller in molecular size easily pass through the membran
