Substances
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Description / Potential Health Effects
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Filtration Performance- Super High Grade Filter
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Filtration Performance- Standard Grade Filter
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| Free residual chlorine |
Chlorine is the most commonly used disinfectant. Affects the taste of water. |
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| Turbidity |
Is a measure of the cloudiness of water, an indication of water quality and filtration effectiveness. Particles in water that may not be visible. |
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| Trihalomethanes |
General term for four chemical compounds (chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, bromoform) generated by the reaction of organic substances in water to chlorine used in water filtration treatments. Suspected of being carcinogenic. |
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| Chloroform |
One of the trihalomethanes. Suspected of being carcinogenic. |
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| Bromodichloromethane |
One of the trihalomethanes. Suspected of being carcinogenic. |
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| Dibromochloromethane |
One of the trihalomethanes. Suspected of being carcinogenic. |
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| Bromoform |
One of the trihalomethanes. Suspected of being carcinogenic. |
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| Soluble Lead |
Perceived as a problem because there's a possibility of causing intellectual damage to infants and babies if it accumulates in their mothers. |
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| CAT |
Organic chemicals, herbicides, pesticides used in a number of crops (agricultural or gardens) as well as non-crop areas. It is suspected of disrupting the endocrine (hormone) system. |
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| 2-MIB |
A mould. It affects the taste of water. |
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| Tetrachloroethylene |
Is widely used in drycleaning and as a solvent for degreasing metals in automotive, metal, light industries. It is suspected to harm the liver and kidney and to be a carcinogen. |
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| Trichloroethylene |
Is a chemical compound used as an industrial solvent for degreasing metals. It is suspected to harm the liver and kidney and to be a carcinogen. |
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| 1,1,1-trichloroethane |
Is widely used as a cleaning solvent in electrical, electronics industry, as a solvent for adhesives, ink, paints, coatings, textile dyes, and as a coolant and lubricant. It is suspected to harm the liver and kidney and to be a carcinogen. |
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| Iron (fine particles) |
Most of this substances comes from water piping (iron pipes). It can lead to rusty water which looks and tastes bad. |
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| Aluminium |
This substance is used as a flocculant of the aluminium family in the treatment of water. |
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