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you know?
Reverse osmosis is the finest water filtration method known. This process will
allow the removal of particles as small as ions from a solution. It is used
to purify water and remove salts and other impurities in order to improve the
color, taste or properties of the fluid. R.O. uses a membrane that is semi-permeable,
allowing the fluid that is being purified to pass through it, while rejecting
other ions and contaminants from passing.
This technology uses a process
known as crossflow to allow the r.o. membrane to continually clean itself. This
is the reason of why an r.o. element can last many years before clogging or
need replacement. This
water purification process requires a driving force to push the fluid through
the membrane, and the most common force is household water pressure or pressure
from a booster pump. The higher the pressure, the larger the driving force and
efficiency.
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Water
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Water can prevent and alleviate many of our symptoms
WATER
AND CANCER
More
and more communities are becoming concerned about potential links between
cancer and chemicals found in their drinking water. Whether you drink
municipal water or drink from a well, additives and contaminates linked
to cancer probably exist in your water.
Although
water providers are required by federal law to follow guidelines that
are designed to keep these cancer-causing chemicals at "safe" levels in
the water, there is much debate at what actually is "safe." Because of
these concerns, water providers are now required by law to publish the
results of their water testing every year for public review.
Some of the
chemicals added to water to keep us healthy could oddly enough actually
be contributing to cancer rates. Studies concerning chlorine and fluoride
have determined high levels of these chemicals could cause cancer.
Chlorine,
used to disinfect most community water supplies, produce Trihalomethanes
(THMs), chemicals formed when chlorine reacts with organic material, like
bacteria, in water. The American Journal of Public Health published an
article in regard to a 1992 study that linked trihalomethanes in water
to incidences of rectal, bladder and pancreatic cancer.
Citizens
groups frequently target fluoride, which is added to the water supply
of most municipalities to help cut down on tooth decay in children, as
a possible carcinogen. The Journal of Epidemiology, in 2001, linked fluoride
as the genetic cause of cancer. A 1990 National Toxicology Program study
determined fluoride could be the cause of cancers affecting the mouth,
pharynx, colon and rectum. Another study, with results published in the
Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology in 2001, linked
osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, with fluoride.
Natural occurring
radioactive agents like radium, uranium and radon, seep into the water
supply. High levels of these elements can cause cancer of the brain and
bone.
People living
in rural areas with their own water wells are also at risk of drinking
potentially cancer-causing chemicals. Fertilizer, insecticides and herbicides
contain carcinogens that can filter down into the water supply. Nitrate,
a by-product of fertilizer, also shows up in water supplies. In the human
body, nitrate breaks down into nitrosamines, which are potentially cancer-causing
agents.
Atrazine,
an herbicide used on crops, is also found in drinking water. It is suspected
of causing breast cancer. Another chemical, trichloroethylene, a solvent
used in dry cleaning, is found sometimes in water supplies near facilities
that do not dispose of their chemicals properly. It is considered a possible
cancer-causing agent as well.
Most municipalities
do not have the costly technology to filter these and other potentially
harmful chemicals from the water. Neither do most bottled water companies,
which frequently get the water they bottle from the same sources as municipalities. Reverse osmosis filtering is one of the few effective ways to remove potential
cancer-causing chemicals from your water.
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