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Comercial household water filter system up to 10000 more bacteria than tap water
- nullc 7y agoI assume these sorts of issues will show up in any filters that remove residual sanitizers which aren't periodically sterilized.
- LUmBULtERA 7y agoThis article was from 1996. I wonder if this has happened since then: >National or international regulatory agencies should ensure that water filters marketed for domestic use do not allow deterioration in the microbiological quality of drinking water.
- xyst 7y agoStudy was performed in 1996, so I suspect this arose when Brita was being heavily advertised to remove contaminants. This study and others similar to it likely caused Brita to change the wording on their products. IIRC, their filters are advertised as water “taste modifiers” or something to that affect.