The So-Called Water Experts Have No Link To Sources For Their Claims
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Do not trust the majority of articles posted online by so-called Water Experts that attach Reverse Osmosis (RO) water filtration as unhealthy. About 90% of these articles were written by the sales affiliates of a single counter top filter company which competes directly against RO filtration sellers.
How do we know this? Well 90% of these articles all link back to websites that sell and promote only one brand of counter top filter. Their articles are posted all over the internet with the sole purpose of pushing people into believing an untruth and therefore purchase their filters.They never back up their claims with sources or links because the primary purpose of these articles is to sell their counter top filter and make themselves some money.
The Facts About Water Purification
Now let’s take a brief look at the primary difference between a Reverse Osmosis system and a countertop water filter.
Counter tops are particle filtration systems and have a 1 micron rating. This means that all of the nasty materials smaller than one micron , including contaminants such as asbestos, insecticides, pharmaceutical drugs and human viruses (to name a few) will not be filtered out by a counter top filter. The RO membrane has a .0001 micron rating (10,000 times smaller than the filter used by the counter top filter) and the RO membrane is classified under nanofiltration technology. The pores in a RO membrane are actually measured in Angstroms (it takes 10,000 Angstroms to equal 1 micron) and at this level of filtration the RO membrane will filter out all of the contaminants noted above as well as thousands more that would be missed by a counter top filter. Combined with its other 3 or 4 or 5 stages of filtration, Reverse Osmosis delivers the cleanest drinking water available on the market with a 90 – 98% contaminant rejection rate.
Bottom Line
Let’s make an analogy. Let’s say that you are a police officer and your different layers of clothing represents the different water filter layers of a RO system. The dangerous elements you face everyday patrolling the streets represent the contaminants in tap water.
In this scenario the sediment filter is your officer’s jacket. It is handy to have around when you need it to protect you from the occasional raining or cold day. The carbon filters represent your shirt and pants which you should wear everyday to keep warm and block out the sun & wind. The RO membrane is your Kevlar bullet-proof vest, it can stop bullets and protect you when a simple shirt or jacket just won’t do.
A reverse osmosis system is like an officer wearing his full uniform including a Kevlar vest, helmet, shirt, pants and jacket. He is fully protected from 95% of the dangers that the world can throw at him. A counter top/faucet filter is like an officer wearing just a normal shirt & pants without any other protection. Sure it will be enough in many cases, but watch out when the bullets start flying.
RO simply delivers the cleanest, purest drinking water on the market.Counter top and faucet filters DO NOT remove the following contaminants from tap water. Reverse Osmosis does filter these and many other contaminants missed by counter-top filters.
So Who Are You Going To Believe
As stated above, the water scientific community believes the Reverse Osmosis water is healthy to drink. So WHO ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST? THE EPA & WQA or a bunch of affiliate salesmen on the internet?
