01-10-2008, 08:51 PM
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| Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rochester NY
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| This may be a good product but I am seriously skeptical of any claim that it can replace RO water. There are SO many contaminants in our water that are NOT metal based. For example my water has organic phosphate in it. Not alot, but after a year or two it builds up in the tank.
Here are some of the organic (non-metal) compounds that are commonly found in drinking water as listed by the EPA: Acrylamide Alachlor Atrazine Benzene Benzo(a)pyrene (PAHs) Carbofuran Carbon tetrachloride Chlordane Chlorobenzene 2,4-D Dalapon 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) o-Dichlorobenzene p-Dichlorobenzene 1,2-Dichloroethane 1,1-Dichloroethylene cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene Dichloromethane 1,2-Dichloropropane Dinoseb Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) Diquat Endothall Endrin Epichlorohydrin Ethylbenzene Ethylene dibromide Glyphosate Heptachlor Heptachlor epoxide Hexachlorobenzene Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Lindane Methoxychlor Oxamyl (Vydate) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Pentachlorophenol Picloram Simazine Styrene Tetrachloroethylene Toluene Toxaphene 2,4,5-TP (Silvex) 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,1,2-Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene Vinyl chloride Xylenes (total)
Granted they are only allowed in VERY small amounts, but even a small amount that builds eve a little bit can cause a crash.
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