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Re:Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels, Co... by ceejayoz on Sunday June 23, 2019 @02:14PM (#20257564)
I doubt those stop arsenic, though. You'd need something like a reverse osmosis or distillation system for that.
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Re:Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels, Co... by saagarjha on Sunday June 23, 2019 @02:49PM (#20257820)
Generally, your municipal water supply is doing a decent job at that.
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Re:Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels, Co... by orhmeh09 on Sunday June 23, 2019 @09:59PM (#20259957)
For far too many Americans, this is not the case, sadly. http://theconversation.com/the-us-drinking-water-supply-is-m...
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Re:Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels, Co... by voldacar on Sunday June 23, 2019 @08:05PM (#20259537)
By the time it reaches your house and sink though, it could have traveled through several miles of metal pipes of varying age and condition. Having a filter or RO system at the actual endpoint is never a bad idea
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