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Are Brita filters bullshit? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month 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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[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago (15 children)

If you have decent quality tap water you aren't going to see any health benefits from filtering. You're right to be skeptical. If you think the taste is better after filtering, then that is a good enough reason to filter. Personally, I shifted over to unfiltered tap water decades ago and am fine with it.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You and I are lucky to have quality tap water. I live in the Bay Area and our water is awesome. Go down to LA and it’s poison.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Live in LA. Water is good

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