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Are there any easy at-home test kits to test for this and other toxins?
by _xnmw 3y ago
Are there any easy at-home test kits to test for this and other toxins?
- smt88 3y agoJust skip the test and get a filter for your drinking/cooking water. They're not particularly expensive. I have one for my kitchen sink that removes PFAS.
- nozzlegear 3y agoI'd still be very interested to know what might be in the local drinking water, so that I can educate other people in my town.
- smt88 3y agoIn my own research, I found that home testing was not always great. If you wanted an accurate and broad test, you had to send samples out to a lab. It wasn't massively expensive ($50-100), but it was close enough to the cost of a filtration system that it's probably not worth it for an individual. If you want to do it for your town, that's great! Perhaps your local news station would be interested, too.
- apexalpha 3y agoIf you don't test how do you know the filter works?
- smt88 3y agoThe filters are independently tested (officially by certification companies and unofficially by product reviewers). One of the brands, Berke, actually resisted independent testing and was removed from a lot of reviewers' lists of recommendations.
- mderazon 3y agoAny one you recommend specifically?
- smt88 3y agoI use an Aquasana one but it's kinda finicky and hard to recommend. Check an independent lab's recs.
- jjcon 3y agoWhat is it made out of? I feel like all the ones I've seen are made out of plastic.
- smt88 3y agoIt's plastic. Not all plastic leeches chemicals into cold water. If they did, the water tests would show it.