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Many homes today are installing under sink water filters to provide the best water for drinking and cooking. Even the best drinking water filters cannot protect a person from the toxins and chemicals that are in the water when taking a shower, washing your clothing or washing the dishes.

Studies show that our exposure in the shower presents us with as much risk or more to the chemicals and toxins that are in water. Our skin naturally absorbs everything that it is exposed to; therefore the water in our shower and the water our children bathe in put us at risk. Pharmaceuticals, chemicals, carcinogens, arsenic, lead and other heavy metals; these are just some of the 80,000 plus contaminates in our water system today. We take in these chemicals through our skin in the shower and we take them in as we inhale the steam from our showers. Even with a filter on the shower head we are not fully protected with a broad spectrum filtration system and the water we are exposed to outside of the shower and drinking water continues to put us at risk.

The most simple and effective solution to the water dilemma is with a whole house filtration system. A system such as this offers clean and filtered water wherever you use it in the home because it is installed where your water first comes in. One stop whole house water filtration offers the broad spectrum water filters to remove chloramines, remove arsenic from water as well as the many other toxins, sediments and chemicals including pharmaceuticals. A water filter to remove lead can be added to the home water filter for the homes that have lead soldering.

Additionally, the whole house water filtration system can help keep the air in your house cleaner to reduce allergies and asthma. When we run water for showers, dishes, and laundry, chemicals are released into the air and can greatly aggravate those who suffer from respiratory ailments, allergies and asthma.

Many people suffer from dry itchy skin and rashes and blame the detergents they use for washing clothes. It may not be the detergent but the water that is used to clean the clothes. The water that flows through the clothing releases the chemicals that are in it and these often remain in the clothing to be absorbed into our skin when we wear the clothes. We invest in the best detergents, particularly for our children when the harshest chemicals are in the water they are washed in. A house water filter can solve this situation and give you the confidence that the water you wash your clothes with is safe.

You no longer need a myriad of filters and devices in your home; water filter for drinking and one for showers. With a whole house filtration system your entire home is protected and you can save money. In most quality whole house filtration systems, the first filter will need replaced about every six months while the next levels of filtration can last three to five years.

These days water contaminants are the kind you can’t see – toxic chemicals causing cancer, birth defects, infertility, and more. I’m relieved to know I’m now protecting my family’s health because we use state-of-the-art water filtration by Selecto Inc., made right here in the USA. Selecto has been innovating for commercial customers for 25 years. Now these superior filtration systems are available for home and office use through ezclearwater!

Donna Hoffman is the owner of http://www.ezClearwater.com , provider of the highest quality, earth-friendly water purification products for home, office, pool and spa. Our goal is to share products that are “Good to You and Mother Earth Too.”

It all began with a phone call asking me what grocery store I use. Some jovial man was going to give me a coupon worth $25 for that store! Hey, who doesn’t want a free $25 bucks these days? But wait…there’s more free stuff! I’m also getting a free water test and my coupon will be delivered in person. Cool. Funny thing though. All this free stuff could only be delivered if both my husband and I were home. Hmmm…

The night for our free coupon and test came and there was a knock on the door. This nice man came charging in carrying a large kit of some sort and charged right into the kitchen. Right away, he told us he was definitely NOT a filter salesman – he was a water quality technician. In no time he had everything set up all across my countertops. There was a small “filter” of some sort attached to my faucet so that he could run water through either it or my regular tap. The kit was open with lots of bottles – empty and full, and he had a large three ring binder open in front of us.

He methodically went through page by page of the binder explaining many of the problems with what comes out of my tap, always referring to it as, “Raw, untreated water” as if there is no municipal water facility in my town at all. Of course we already knew about these problems, and for the most part what he said was true. But we didn’t interrupt; we wanted to hear his routine. He told us how his “filter” had cured him of lifelong skin conditions and that was why he went to work for the company. He said the filter would clean itself, so we’d never have to so much as replace the media inside – just add more blocks of salt.

For the most part, we let him do his thing, but when he showed us all the symbols of all the institutions that certify their products I took notice. Everything was there: the ANSI, NSF, Water Quality Association, everything you could think of. So I asked him, “To what standard does the NSF certify these filters?” It was pretty hard not to laugh when he gave me the answer, “All of them!”

Well that was a little bold to say the least, so I had to press on saying, “Well… I know some of the standards are for different types of filters, so isn’t there some standard that applies to these filters?”

His reply, “Well all of them apply, but that doesn’t matter. Nobody knows what all that stuff means anyway.”

Keeping a straight face at that point was a bit challenging, but I managed. I don’t know if he caught the look my husband and I passed to each other.

As time passed, he put dye in this bottle and potassium hydroxide in that one. He washed a glass, and rinsed a washcloth in a bowl, always repeating the mantra: “Raw untreated water” as he explained. When the demo was over he asked if we had any questions, so I tried again. “So exactly what contaminants does this filter remove?”

“Everything,” he replied.

“Really? What about fluoride? I know fluoride is hard to remove.” I said.

“Yes, everything.”

Eventually our nice guest began to pack up his kit without attempting to sell us anything. I waited. He packed. So I figured I’d take the bait. After all, the sale was coming some time and he’d already been in my kitchen a couple of hours. I didn’t want to make it three. “So if somebody wanted one of these, what do they cost?”

Needless to say, the more I baulked, the lower the price – from a total of $8738.70 down to the original $6995.00 – no tax, free installation. Then he went on to the payment plan where the price and interest rate didn’t really matter, just the monthly payment I could make from all the savings I’d see from reduced costs of soap. In the process, I learn that if I really wanted clean water I’d also get the Under-the-sink filter to go with the big boy. That small, shiny silver thing really looked pretty. It must be worth the extra thousand smackers added onto the bill!

I wrote down the model numbers to look up later. Sure enough, this “filter” that removes “everything” was a salt-brine water softener. Nothing more. If I were depending on that system to keep my family and me SAFE, all I can say is, it’s a good thing that what comes out of my faucet is not “Raw, untreated water!”

I didn’t get the coupon that night either, though about a week later I did get a letter in the mail with a web address where I could download one myself.

These days water contaminants are the kind you can’t see – toxic chemicals causing cancer, birth defects, infertility, and more. I’m relieved to know I’m now protecting my family’s health because we use state-of-the-art water filtration by Selecto Inc., made right here in the USA. Selecto has been innovating for commercial customers for 25 years. Now these superior filtration systems are available for home and office use through ezclearwater!

Donna Hoffman is the owner of http://www.ezClearwater.com , provider of the highest quality, earth-friendly water purification products for home, office, pool and spa. Our goal is to share products that are “Good to You and Mother Earth Too.”

It may seem odd but there such a thing a being allergic to water. This is a special type of water, the type that flowed in to approximately 265 households near Charleston, W.Va. They used it for shower, cooking, and drinking. Only recently they realized that their flowing tap has high levels of contaminants. After comparing notes with neighbors, they were surprised that a lot of them had common skin allergies and other types of skin burns. They all blamed it on nearby coal companies. Lawyers are currently working on a formal complaint against these alleged violators.

A sad reality to note is these things happen with fact that we have all the means to detect and regulate dangerous chemicals from being used alongside our water source. Unchecked violations are mounting through the years, which is also directly proportional to the environmental and population health damaging effects. All you need to do is dig through government archives. The word carcinogen, which refers to cancer causing substances, is alarmingly linked nowadays to our drinking supply. Although this would not be the case decades ago but it may also be possible that it’s just now that those affected are being heard. Still, the government is having a hard time with strict implementations because huge businesses are involved and laws are not yet fully defined to be applicable for new industrial processes.

The only temporary way to protect ourselves immediately is to be careful with what we eat and drink. The water filter industry for households was born due to that need of having access to safe drinking water at home. Of course, having an alternative solution at home doesn’t mean that violators could go ahead and pollute our water source. At least while the government takes its sweet time to find a way to track down and impose sanctions on violators, we have an option to protect our families.

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Yes, I found the answer to taking better care of my family’s health. I know you too, will be happy with what I found: the Contamin-Eater Whole House water filtration system by Selecto, Inc., the industry leader in commercial filtration innovationand made right here in the USA. Now they’re available for your home right here at ezclearwater!

Donna Hoffman is the owner of http://www.ezClearwater.com , provider of the highest quality, earth-friendly water purification products for home, office, pool and spa. Our goal is to share products that are “Good to You and Mother Earth Too.”

Are Chloramines in City Water Making You Sick?

What does your city use for a detergent in the public water? Most people will answer chlorine and many just may be right; however, cities are beginning to use a chemical compound called chloramines to treat the water. Chloramines are created by combining chlorine and ammonia and sticks around in the water longer than chlorinated water. Chloramines are also simple and inexpensive for the public utilities systems to use. What you may not know; however, is that chloramines are not a stable and safe chemical compound and they have not been fully tested for human exposure. Additionally, the public utilities are not required to let you know ahead of time if or when they make the change from chlorine to chloramines, it may simply not be stated or a small blurb someplace on the back of your bill.

A little information about chloramines will help you to understand just what the benefits and or dangers that lurk in your water and how you can protect your family from them. When chloramines combine with some organic material, the same organic materials often found in the public water systems, it can convert the compound into various carcinogens. Chloramines also have known and reported adverse effects including respiratory ailments. Skin rashes, blisters, welts and severe dry skin or eyes have also been reported from people that have been exposed to chloramines after their public water utilities switched from chlorine. While chlorine will dissipate from the water, often before reaching the customer, chloramines do not and must be removed with chloramine water filters.

Many people have installed under sink water filters to filter the water they drink and use for cooking. Even the best drinking water filters cannot protect you in the shower. To remove chloramines and other contaminates such as arsenic, lead and sediments in the shower and other places you use water other than for drinking you must use whole house water filtration systems.

Whole house water filters are hooked up to the incoming water from the utility company so that all the water you use is filtered and safe. To remove chloramines from all water coming into your home you are making your shower and bath safe as well as the water you use for washing dishes and washing your clothing. Additionally, specialized water filters can remove lead from water and remove arsenic from water; why risk absorbing these and other chemicals and contaminates through your skin?

Many people have reactions to chemicals from public water and do not even realize what is making them sick. Many symptoms of the flu or allergies could actually be adverse reactions to chloramines or contaminates in the water. The risk of cancer is another serious concern of improperly filtered water. Understanding the risk and knowing how to avoid these potentially dangerous illnesses is the first step. The next step is purchasing a whole house water filter and installing it on your water source from the public utilities system. There are a variety of styles and filters to choose from allowing you to customize your whole house filtration system. Is it important to you to allow fluoride in the public water to come through? Filters can be customized to allow the fluoride or to remove fluoride from water; whatever is important to you.

Make sure the water you drink, the water you brush your teeth with, the water you shower in, the water your children play in and the water you wash your dishes and clothing is safe and filtered.

Yes, I found the answer to taking better care of my family’s health. I know you too, will be happy with what I found: the Contamin-Eater Whole House water filtration system by Selecto, Inc., the industry leader in commercial filtration innovationand made right here in the USA. Now they’re available for your home right here at ezclearwater!

Donna Hoffman is the owner of http://www.ezClearwater.com , provider of the highest quality, earth-friendly water purification products for home, office, pool and spa. Our goal is to share products that are “Good to You and Mother Earth Too.”