Some of the most expensive drinking water filters are the least valuable, particularly to homeowners, like me, that are serviced by public treatment facilities. A reverse osmosis step raises the price of a system, but I have learned that the step is unnecessary in my home.
The only real protection provided by reverse osmosis is [...]

Am I the only one who is disturbed about increasing reports of drugs in our drinking water and drugs in drinking water across the nation?
It is absurd to think that in a country as well developed as ours we have to worry about this kind of stuff, but it is true never the less. Researchers [...]

Typically when I hear about sex hormones and drugs I think of people that like to party and do crazy stuff.
Well, a recent investigative study on the quality of drinking water found the unexpected. In San Francisco, CA a sex hormone was found in treated water supply. “Treated water”, for those scoring at [...]

If you are wondering how drugs get into our drinking water, the answer is simple but frightening.
People take medication and pharmaceuticals. These drugs pass through our bodies and enter the waste system. The public drinking water systems filter the water but unfortunately, do not remove all of the contaminants. The end result [...]