Question from Dana
Hello:
I am just starting the search for the best way to have clean, healthy water. Currently I am using Pur- until I find and can afford a better alternative. It seems to me that it is contradictory to purify water using a partly plastic filter into a plastic pitcher. What do you think? Are the plastic chemicals just going to leach into my “purified water”? If I was to have the water run thru the filter and then immediately pour it into a glass pitcher would that suffice? I was planning to get a whole house water purifier next year- but of course my husband has replumbed our basement using pex tubing so I don’t think that will do much good-purified water running through stupid plastic pex- you can see this is a touchy subject. Now I will have to purify at our most used locations- Shower and kitchen sink I guess. It is just so overwhelming- all the garbage we have to come into contact with nowadays. I wish the best to all who are trying to make changes in their lives to be green. Thanks for this awesome site, Debra!! 
Debra’s Answer
Yes, it is contradictory to purify water using a partly plastic filter into a plastic pitcher. The plastic will leach into the water.
If you can’t afford a whole house filter, at least get an undersink filter for your kitchen sink and a shower filter–big enough to actually do a good job at filtering the water.
Pur doesn’t do much.
There’s a whole chapter in my book Home Safe Home on how to choose a water filter.
