The ONE BIG REASON to Filter Your Tap Water

In this video, Brian discusses the potential health risks of tap water contaminants and explores solutions for improving water quality at home.

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⏰ Chapters ⏰
0:00 The ONE BIG REASON to Filter Your Tap Water
0:47 PFAS
3:17 Microplastics
4:52 Disinfection Byproducts
6:55 Other VOCs
7:34 Pesticides, Herbicides, Fertilizers
8:53 Fluoride
9:48 Lead & Other Heavy Metals
10:51 Chromium 6
11:59 Water Hardness Minerals
12:34 The Problem With How Our Water is Regulated
15:59 What To Do About Your Water Quality

Studies & data referenced in this video (in order):

PFAS:
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in United States tap water: Comparison of underserved private-well and public-supply exposures and associated health implications https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37356308/
Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01402-8
Research on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) https://www.epa.gov/chemical-research/research-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas
What Are the Health Effects of PFAS? https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/index.html

Microplastics:
https://find.wqa.org/knowledge-base/understanding-water-drinking-water-microplastics
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2018.00407/full
https://orbmedia.org/invisibles-final-report
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/362049/9789240054608-eng.pdf?sequence=1
https://www.undp.org/kosovo/blog/microplastics-human-health-how-much-do-they-harm-us

Disinfection Byproducts:
Recent progress in identification of water disinfection byproducts and opportunities for future research Assessing the Health Impact of Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749123016032
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00664
Drinking water disinfection byproducts: review and approach to toxicity evaluation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10229719/

Chromium-6:
Chromium-6 in U.S. Tap Water https://www.ewg.org/research/chromium-6-us-tap-water
TOXICOLOGY AND CARCINOGENESIS STUDIES OF SODIUM DICHROMATE DIHYDRATE https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ntp/htdocs/lt_rpts/tr546.pdf
Chromium Compounds https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/chromium-compounds.pdf
Chromium 6 https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/reviewed-chromium-6.php

VOCs:
Volatile Organic Compounds’ Impact on Indoor Air Quality https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/volatile-organic-compounds-impact-indoor-air-quality
VOCs in private drinking water wells https://www.crowwing.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1919/VOCs-Factsheet?bidId=

Fluoride:
Is Fluoridated Drinking Water Safe? https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluoridated-drinking-water/
Does fluoride exposure affect thyroid function? A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38029816/

Pesticides & herbicides:
Inclusion of Pesticide Transformation Products Is Key to Estimating Pesticide Exposures and Effects in Small U.S. Streams https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c06625
Pesticide residues in drinking water, their potential risk to human health and removal options https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030147972101673X

Nitrate:
Nitrate contaminates drinking water for almost 60 million people in cities across the country https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/nitrate-contaminates-drinking-water.php
Drinking Water Nitrate and Human Health: An Updated Review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068531/

Lead and other heavy metals:
Exposure to lead: a major public health concern, 3rd edition https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240078130
Millions Served by Water Systems Detecting Lead
https://www.nrdc.org/resources/millions-served-water-systems-detecting-lead
Arsenic https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/arsenic
Mercury https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mercury-and-health

EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations

EWG Tap Water Database: https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/
Tap Score City Water Project: https://citywater.mytapscore.com/

Here are the other ways we can help you with your water situation:

⚡️RESIDENTIAL WATER TREATMENT CONSULTING: Get a custom treatment plan from a Certified Water Specialist (CWS) https://waterfilterguru.com/consulting/

⚡️PERSONALIZED QUIZ: Take our interactive quiz to get a suggestion based on your specific situation: https://waterfilterguru.com/find-your-system/

⚡️PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP: Join our Clean Water Mastermind and find answers to questions other folks have already asked https://www.facebook.com/groups/587001961983089/

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