submitted 6 days ago by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have one of those pitchers that I mainly use to get rid of the chlorine taste in the tap water, but are the actual health claims about drinking filtered water actually true? There are claims that these dinky little passive filters can get rid of things like lead and PFAS which I honestly don't believe. Especially if you're using it with tap water which I'd assume would always have some kind of active filtration before it gets to your home, so the idea that whatever got past the industrial grade filter at the water treatment plant can be caught by a little plastic one sounds more than a little fishy to me. Anyone have knowledge about this.

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[-] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Brita filters are just carbon filters. They make water taste less like the minerals in your water. There are some filter pitchers that filter out more things, such as lead,

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Honestly that fits what I use it for then. I've got into debates with my family about not changing the filter when the pitcher tells us to and doing it only when we taste the chlorine in the tap water (since the only reason I didn't want it in there was because I didn't like the taste). I always just saw it as a way to make the water taste better but they think there's a health benefit and that it filters out more than just chlorine.

[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

they think there's a health benefit and that it filters out more than just chlorine.

Depending on where you are they're not wrong. It's a carbon filter, and carbon filters remove plenty more than just the chlorine taste, but what they'll remove from your water depends what's in your water. Like I wouldn't ever bother with a filter when I'm in Edinburgh, but in America I'd probably want all my water filtered.

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