Cancer-Linked Chemicals Manufactured by 3M Are Turning Up in Drinking Water

Re:Cancer-Linked Chemicals Manufactured by 3M Are Turning Up... by Jaepa on Monday November 05, 2018 @03:22PM (#18385575)

Brita's are pretty much unless unfortunately. As are most pitcher style filter systems. Faucet mounted systems are probably the easiest way to go (eg Pur), but better under the counter or household water filters do exist.

Its also worth mentioning that there good chance that a water filter won't actually filter this out. Water treatment plants will often treat the water through multiple levels of filtration, reverse osmosis, UV treatment, ozone treatment, etc.

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Re:Cancer-Linked Chemicals Manufactured by 3M Are Turning Up... by driverdan on Monday November 05, 2018 @08:23PM (#18387574)

> Brita's are pretty much unless unfortunately.

How do you figure that? They're the same carbon filters as found in the faucet systems.

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Re:Cancer-Linked Chemicals Manufactured by 3M Are Turning Up... by Jaepa on Saturday November 10, 2018 @02:09PM (#18422924)

They are both carbon filters, but they are not the same.

I got concerned about water quality (specifically lead) right before the Flint after doing some plumbing work in my apartment. After some digging I found a report detailing PPM before and after filtration. Brita's generally filtered less than 20 percent of containment with the exception of things like chlorine which naturally off gas. The faucet systems generally removed 80-90%.

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Re:Cancer-Linked Chemicals Manufactured by 3M Are Turning Up... by srj on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:16AM (#18388803)

They're granulated. The good under sink filters are carbon block.

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