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Ever wondered about whole house water filters, and whether you should have one? Or should you just have an under-the-sink unit in the kitchen?
I won't get too much into the reasons why you should have some kind of water purifier in this article, but trust me, you should. I've written several articles about that, and there is plenty of other information on the web about it. Whole house water filters are connected to your main water line, usually just in front of the hot water heater. This means that that every faucet, shower head, and appliance will dispense clean, pure, filtered water.
One of the major benefits of whole house water filters is the elimination of chlorine from your shower. Most people concerned with water purity, and considering a water purifier of one kind or another think only of cleaning up the kitchen faucet. What they don't realize is that we can absorb large amounts of chemicals, especially chlorine, from our showers.
In the shower, we open up our pores with warm or hot water, and we flood our skin, the largest organ of the body, with chlorine and chemicals for five or ten minutes or more, absorbing more chlorine from our daily shower than we get from the water we drink. Perhaps more importantly, eliminating chlorine from our showers provides better air quality throughout the house. Almost nobody realizes that without a whole house water filter, every time you shower, some of the chlorine gas that's released from the water is converted into chloroform.
Chloroform is a very dangerous chemical, and the EPA says that every home in America suffers from an elevated level of chloroform gas as a result of the chlorine in our water. Both chlorine gas and chloroform gas can cause and worsen respiratory problems such as asthma, bronchitis, and allergies. And it's not just the shower. The same thing applies to your clothes washer, toilets, and especially to your dishwasher. Whole house water filters eliminate all this. In addition, colors will look brighter and last longer, and dishes will have less soap scum. You'll also use less detergent in both machines.
OK-so people really ought to have whole house water filters. One more thing. Optimally, you should also have a filter unit at the kitchen sink. That unit will get rid of a few things that a whole house filter can't filter out, such as Guardia and Cryptosporidium cysts. In addition, it will filter out any lead and other contaminants that leach out of the pipes inside your home.
Whole house water filters are more expensive to install initially than a point-of-use filter at the sink, and they require a licensed plumber to install them, but over the long run, they're much less expensive to operate. The leading brand, which uses a patented four-stage filtration process, will provide clean, pure water for the average home for about $.50 per day-a good portion of which you'll make back by spending less on detergent-not to mention the money you may not spend dealing with health issues.
Now do yourself a favor and get yourself a whole house water filtration system. It's an investment in good health for you and your whole family!
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Bob Hurley is a dedicated advocate and researcher of the many benefits of safe, clean, healthy, filtered water. Take a moment to visit his site now at http://undersinkwaterfilterguide.org and discover which products Bob recommends, after extensive research.
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