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My fear with a counterfeit water filter would be what it adds to the water. There is something in there and if it is counterfeit you don’t know what the plasti
by JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
My fear with a counterfeit water filter would be what it adds to the water. There is something in there and if it is counterfeit you don’t know what the plastic and filter material is. You could be leaching plasticizers, bpa, lead, who knows what into your drinking water.
- pacaro 7y agoOr indeed a non-counterfeit water filter. They're not regulated.
- javagram 7y agoThey may not be regulated but if you’re buying a name brand water filter from a retail store in the USA, it’s unlikely that brand is getting away with selling something full of lead or other bad things. Those filters are sometimes tested by independent labs (e.g. Consumer Reports) and retail sales are regulated by the CPSC, e.g. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1997/cpsc-and-ecodyne-announce-recall-of-sears-water-filter-cartridges https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1997/cpsc-and-ecodyne-announce-... In contrast if you are getting a counterfeit Chinese filter from amazon, it can be very hard or impossible to even figure out who to sue even if you have proof the product is bad.
- MICHAELSEN 7y agoOut of the aforementioned, I would absolutely bet the farm that the most dangerous is LEAD.... Highly dangerous to the organs...