Water Filters Blog

   A Monrovia, California based biotech firm, Sliver Lake Research Corporation, has made the Watersafe line, the first do-it-yourself test kit to watch levels of potentially harmful contaminants in drinking water.  These kits made by Watersafe are affordable (under $20), quick (ten minutes from beginning to end), and produce reliable, lab accurate results. Until these kits were made, accurate testing in drinking water was only available through expensive, analytical laboratories using prolonged and complicated methods.  You can find many good water test here:  http://www.waterfilters.net/Water-Test-Kits_c_22.html.

    Although we have modern facilities, water remains a very common source of both acute and chronic sicknesses. This is simply because the most consumed substance on the planet.  Water contaminants can either be man-made or occur naturally.  Continual exposure to chemical contaminants is dangerous and these toxins are deceptive, causing damage over months and years, often with severe or deadly effects.  E-coli bacteria are estimated to cause 73,000 cases of infection and 61 deaths per year in the United States.  Even though used for disinfection, Chlorine mixed with organic matter to form cancer-causing trihalomethanes.  Lead from pipes can cause a wide variety of developmental problems.  Until 1988, most homes and offices were constructed with pipes and fixtures containing lead.  These homes and offices may still be using these pipes and fixtures.  Cures to water problems are shown here and organized by contaminant: http://www.waterfilters.net/Water-Filters-by-Contaminant_c_126.html .

    In every large watershed in the United States, and in a majority of groundwater wells, pesticides have been discovered.  In the U.S. alone, about 1,000,000 children under six years old have a blood lead level over the level of concern.  Acute pesticide exposure can be deathly, and chronic pesticide exposure, even at low levels, has been connected to neurological damage, developmental problems, and even cancer.  For the most commonly used pesticide, atrazine, the EPA Maximum Contaminant Level is three parts per million.  That’s hardly a drop in a large swimming pool. 

     When water is mixed with human or animal waste or fertilizers, they become nitrates and nitrites.  A deathly form of nitrate and nitrite poisoning called Blue Baby Syndrome, can affect infants exposed to contaminated water.  In a National Pesticide Survey, more than 65,000 babies may be exposed to water with nitrates containing more than EPA- mandated limits. 

     Though most Americans rely on their local water company to have a safe water supply, monitoring and testing contaminants in water is not as routine as people believe.  The majority of almost 100,000 water systems in the United States never or infrequently test for water contaminants because it is very expensive.  Enforcing complete testing requirements of the Safe Water Drinking Act would cost nearly all small towns more than all police, fire and municipal services.  More than 11,000 U.S. households whose water comes from a private source are at risk of contaminant exposure if they don’t pay for their own tests.

     Today, Watersafe drinking water test kits are the only do-it-yourself, ten-minute water safety tests on the market.  They are affordable, understandable, simple to use, and offer quick and accurate results.  Even if you don’t drink tap water, you can still allow toxins into your body by bathing in it, brushing your teeth with it, and even cooking with it.  The groundbreaking Watersafe water test kit is available here: http://www.waterfilters.net/WaterSafe-WS-425B-All-In-One-Test-Kit_p_0-2211.html .

     Now, for the first time ever, you can know what’s in your water before you, your children or even your pets drink it.  Now, that’s peace of mind!

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