• prole@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Just because the water coming out of the main treatment plant is good, doesn’t mean it’s free of contaminants by the time it reaches your tap. Why not filter it once more before, you know, incorporating it into 70%+ of your body mass?

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      9 months ago

      Because those filters don’t filter out the stuff you’d actually wanna filter (lead) and they can grow mould and make your water worse instead. (I got this from a consumer testing org like wirecutter)

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        9 months ago

        The top contaminants filtered by fridge filters are chlorine, lead, mercury, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. And, yes, like any other filter, you need to change them regularly.

        What they filter and how effectively they filter it is entirely predicated on what type of filter you use and if you regularly replace it, just like and other water filter.