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.
