AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Water filters and arsenic.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)

Consumer Reports

| July 01, 2007 | Weitze, Eric | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I just received the May 2007 issue article "Water Filters: Simple, Effective Options," and it stated that reverse osmosis filters are the best for removing arsenic. Of two types of arsenic--III and V--reverse osmosis only takes out V, the less poisonous. I just went through this with my local health department, and the reverse osmosis filter was not acceptable.

ERIC WEITZE SKILLMAN, NJ Most reverse osmosis (RO) filters will remove arsenic V but ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Water Softeners, Ultraviolet Sterilization Systems, Reverse Osmosis Products...
Press release article from: Business Wire July 13, 2008 700+ words
...Water softeners, ultraviolet sterilization systems, reverse osmosis products and more including filters specific for the removal...condition and in original packaging like water softeners, water filters, UV sterilization systems, RO systems, etc., can be...
Reverse osmosis moves forward.(Innovative Technologies)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives Potera, Carol January 1, 2005 700+ words
...research reveals that the process of reverse osmosis may remove some of these contaminants...eliminated at two pilot plants testing reverse osmosis for contaminant removal. Nonetheless...reclaimed wastewater facilities employ reverse osmosis. "This is a case where the analytical...
Reverse osmosis makes water a treat.
Magazine article from: Public Works July 1, 1993 700+ words
...Illinois, to look at recently installed reverse osmosis systems. The question was, what...council task force decided that a reverse osmosis water treatment system would best...Illinois, with the second operational reverse osmosis system in the state. Since then two...
What is reverse osmosis? Reverse osmosis is a relatively recent, but very...
Magazine article from: Supply House Times Harrison, Joseph F. March 1, 2006 700+ words
...modification of this process known as "reverse osmosis" allows people throughout the world...health or aesthetic contaminants. Reverse osmosis systems can be found providing treated...will be equal. For our purposes, reverse osmosis (RO) forces water with a greater...
Reportlinker Adds Major Reverse Osmosis System Components for Water Treatment:...
Press release article from: Business Wire September 24, 2009 700+ words
...catalogue. Reportlinker Adds Major Reverse Osmosis System Components for Water Treatment...p0148900/Reportlinker-Adds-Major-Reverse-Osmosis-System-Components-for-Water...report evaluates the global markets for reverse osmosis (RO) system components. These systems...
What is reverse osmosis? Reverse osmosis is a relatively recent, but very...
Magazine article from: PM Engineer Harrison, Joseph F. March 1, 2006 700+ words
...modification of this process known as "reverse osmosis" allows people throughout the world...health or aesthetic contaminants. Reverse osmosis systems can be found providing treated...will be equal. For our purposes, reverse osmosis (RO) forces water with a greater...
Reverse osmosis project provides El Paso area residents with clean water....
Magazine article from: Public Works December 1, 2001 700+ words
...Before the authority constructed a new reverse osmosis plant, the solidity rate in the drinking...a maximum of 1,000 ppm. The new reverse osmosis plant removes about 90 percent of...exceeding the EPA requirements. In a reverse osmosis system, the goal is not to separate...
Orange County Water District Receives $299,000 Grant to Research Rejection of...
Press release article from: PR Newswire February 4, 2004 700+ words
...conduct research on the ability of reverse osmosis water-purification membranes to...The research will support the use of reverse osmosis as a viable water purification technology...needs of a growing world population. Reverse osmosis is a water treatment system used to...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA