EPA Standards Miss Many Chemicals in Drinking Water, Study SaysMore
Water is getting contaminated all over the world including that of East Lexington, Virginia. In USA, the EPA mandates water boards to comply with its standards. The water boards do their best to do, but the number of contaminants tested is limited and also infrequently. With increasing viruses, bacteria, PFA’s, micro-plastics, nitrates, pesticides, endocrine disruptors heavy metals like lead, radioactive waste it is very difficult and expensive to test water every day for all the contaminants.
Health studies show that the levels of contaminants should be much lower than in the standards.
We sincerely believe that water should be filtered to get rid of harmful contaminants from drinking water in East Lexington, Virginia. It is essential for you and your loved ones’ health.
There are many technologies available to choose from. They differ in what each one filters out. There are two kinds of commonly available filters – Activated Carbon and Reverse Osmosis systems. Others include UV, Micro, Ultra, Nano, and Ion Exchange filters. Reverse Osmosis water filter systems are the most widely used cost effective systems to remove these harmful contaminants effectively down to 0.0001 microns.
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Check out different water filters to protect your water against the detected contaminants.
Types of filters | GAC & Carbon | Micro filter | Ultra filter | Nano filter | Reverse Osmosis filter |
Particle size filtered | > 10 Microns | 10 to 0.1 Microns | 0.1 to 0.01 Microns | 0.01 to 0.001 Microns | < 0.0001 Microns |
Common Suspended Compounds | |||||
Sediments | |||||
Pollen | |||||
Giardia Cysts | |||||
Bacteria, Algae | |||||
Yeast Cells | |||||
Asbestos fibers | |||||
Blue Indigo Dye | |||||
Cryptosporidium | |||||
MicroPlastics | Some | ||||
PFAs -polyfluoroalkyl substances | Some | ||||
Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, Mercury | |||||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5/HAA9) | |||||
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | |||||
Viruses | Some | ||||
Colloidal Silica | Some | ||||
Common Dissolved solids | |||||
1,1-Dichloroethane | |||||
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | |||||
Trichloroethylene | |||||
Pesticides and Herbicides | Some | Some | |||
Synthetic Dyes | |||||
Bromide | Some | Some | Some | Some | |
Bromochloromethane | Some | Some | Some | Some | |
Hardness | Some | ||||
Aqueous Salts | Some | ||||
Endocrine disruptors | Some | ||||
Nitrate & nitrite | Some | ||||
1,4-Dioxane | Some | ||||
Aluminum | Some | ||||
Barium | Some | ||||
Chromium (total) | Some | ||||
Fluoride | Some | ||||
Manganese | Some | ||||
Molybdenum | Some | ||||
Selenium | Some | ||||
Strontium | Some | ||||
Trichlorofluoromethane | Some | ||||
Uranium, combined (pCi/L) | Some |
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