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PurWater water-filter. Any good? A "best buy"? David Combs 04-03-2008
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Posted by David Combs on April 3, 2008, 9:39 pm
The other day, in Costco, I saw a bunch of Purwater
water-filters (for eg glasses of water -- screws onto
kitchen-sink faucet -- manual turn-on for filtered
water, then switch back off again.

Anyone know anything about it?

How good at getting all the bad-stuff?

Any chance of getting all the medical drugs that
people pee out and ends up in reservoir and then
in my faucet?

THANKS!


David



Posted by Don Wiss on April 3, 2008, 10:34 pm
On 3 Apr 2008 21:39:37 -0400, dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) wrote:

>The other day, in Costco, I saw a bunch of Purwater
>water-filters (for eg glasses of water -- screws onto
>kitchen-sink faucet -- manual turn-on for filtered
>water, then switch back off again.
>
>Anyone know anything about it?

Which one? Their web site has several: http://www.purwater.com/#/faucets

>How good at getting all the bad-stuff?

Nope. Fluoride, for one, requires a filter that starts around $150. But
then your water supply may not have fluoride added.

I see the 2-stage one only reduces lead and chlorine. The 3-stage one is
better at getting these out.

>Any chance of getting all the medical drugs that
>people pee out and ends up in reservoir and then
>in my faucet?

Only with reverse osmosis, which entails a permanent installation under
your sink.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Posted by HeyBub on April 4, 2008, 11:29 am
NYSCOF wrote:
> Fluoride is not something you should be ingesting anyway. Moderns
> science shows that swallowing fluoride is harmful to your health and
> ineffective at reducing tooth decay
>

"Do you know when flouridation first began?....

"Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that
coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious,
isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids
without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice.
That's the way your hard-core Commie works."



Posted by Joe on April 4, 2008, 12:58 pm
> Fluoride is not something you should be ingesting anyway. =A0Moderns
> science shows that swallowing fluoride is harmful to your health and
> ineffective at reducing tooth decay
>
> for more info:
>
> New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.http://www.orgsites.=
com/ny/nyscof
>
> Fluoridation News Releaseshttp://tinyurl.com/6kqtu
>
> Tooth Decay Crises in Fluoridated Areashttp://www.fluoridenews.blogspot.co=
m/
>
> Fluoride Action Networkhttp://www.FluorideAction.Net
>
> Fluoride Journalhttp://www.FluorideResearch.Org
>
>
> > On 3 Apr 2008 21:39:37 -0400, dkco...@panix.com (David Combs) wrote:
>
> > >The other day, in Costco, I saw a bunch of Purwater
> > >water-filters (for eg glasses of water -- screws onto
> > >kitchen-sink faucet -- manual turn-on for filtered
> > >water, then switch back off again.
>
> > >Anyone know anything about it?
>
> > Which one? Their web site has several:http://www.purwater.com/#/faucets
>
> > >How good at getting all the bad-stuff?
>
> > Nope. Fluoride, for one, requires a filter that starts around $150. But
> > then your water supply may not have fluoride added.
>
> > I see the 2-stage one only reduces lead and chlorine. The 3-stage one is=

> > better at getting these out.
>
> > >Any chance of getting all the medical drugs that
> > >people pee out and ends up in reservoir and then
> > >in my faucet?
>
> > Only with reverse osmosis, which entails a permanent installation under
> > your sink.
>
> > Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

You lost the fluoride fight 50 years ago. Why not take on something
more important to obsess over? Lots of good causes out there,
Islamofascism, sex -crazed governors, teen pregnancies, etc., etc. Go
for it.

Joe

Posted by z on April 4, 2008, 1:11 pm
On Apr 3, 9:39=A0pm, dkco...@panix.com (David Combs) wrote:
> The other day, in Costco, I saw a bunch of Purwater
> water-filters (for eg glasses of water -- screws onto
> kitchen-sink faucet -- manual turn-on for filtered
> water, then switch back off again.
>
> Anyone know anything about it?
>
> How good at getting all the bad-stuff?
>
> Any chance of getting all the medical drugs that
> people pee out and ends up in reservoir and then
> in my faucet?
>
> THANKS!
>
> David

any of those activated carbon filters are going to get most of the
organc crap out of the water, as well as any chloriney smell/taste, as
well as any organic crap that got chlorinated, which stuff sticks in
your body like forever. whether it's a whole house filter, a faucet
filter, a pitcher filter, .....

the main thing is to change the filter cartridge when the time is due,
rather than try to skimp; because the other use these filters have in
the lab is to concentrate dilute stuff; you run a lot of dilute
solution through the filter until it's good and loaded, then you can
get it do dump everything into the next couple of passes of water by
changing the pH or whatever. so if that's not what you're looking for
at home, you make an effort not to let the filter get good and
loaded.


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