Choosing the Wrong Sort of Water Filter You could Injure Your Family's Health Posted By : Joe Coburn

It's a sad indictment of our times that the water we trust to drink may be harming us. There are so many impurities which can be health damaging.



We are mainly made of water and if we drink toxins in our drinking water we store them in our body. It's obviously very necessary to make sure our drinking water is free from toxins.



From all this its pretty obvious why many families are fitting filtration systems to their homes. The problem is having made the correct decision to fit water filters, they dont investigate further to find out which is the best to make sure they get totally pure water and then end up with a poor type of filtration system.



Let's have a look at the ones to avoid: Reverse Osmosis Systems - these are a real no no - they were never designed to be used for drinking water but were first used in the paper industry which needs de-mineralized water. they are also twice as expensive as other systems, they strip out some vital minerals such as potassium and calcium (these minerals are essential for good health) and they can permit some harmful man made toxins such as pesticides to enter the supply.



The best systems need to be affordable and easy to use - but what are they? They need to be the type which have: multi stage activated carbon blocks with ion exchange and sub micro filters.



This is the multi-filtration system and is easily the best sort of filtration system. This is a recent innovation and it uses the system of chemical bonding to any contaminants. Just as necessary is this type of filters properties of retaining healthy minerals in the supply.



Once the type of home water filter system has been decided, it's time to think about the sort of distribution or coverage you are going to provide in your house.



There are really only three types you should consider: the tap or faucet filter, the drinking water/shower water combination unit or the whole house water filtration system.



Taps or faucet filters are fine in themselves but you are still showering in unfiltered water which contains chlorine, around. 70% of this will be absorbed into your skin. This makes filtering your drinking water a bit pointless if you are then going to absorb chlorine and other contaminants into your body through shower water.



So at the very least I would recommend a drinking/shower water combo unit. But by far the best from a longer term cost and practicallity view is the whole house filter system.

Joe Coburn has a belief that all families should have good quality pure water. He is involved with a website which gives the lowdown on how to choose the: Best Home Water Filters Its worth going to the site now to find out about the filters which really perform and the ones which quite frankly don't.