Though I would share with you this article in The Vermonter about chloramine in the tap water drinking supply. Here's a fun quote:
PCAC, however, asserts that there are a number of reasons why chloramine should not be used. “Among the many concerns we have about chloramine, there are eight key points,” says Rebecca Reno, a PCAC member. “One is that there has been no adequate testing on the skin or respiratory effects of chloramine on human beings.”That, in a water chestnut shell, is why tap water ain't all that great. The government can easily put whatever new, as yet untested substance it wants into your drinking water supply. You might never even hear about it and only experience it once it's running through your tap. Pure and simple, the water might have things in it you don't know about and don't want.
Bottleless water coolers like Pureez eliminate that problem, because they take everything out, leaving you with water that is as pure as possible. Would you want to add chloramine to that?
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Dear Pureez,
Interesting to see how you are using our citizens organization, People Concerned About Chloramine (PCAC), in your marketing of a Pureez water filtration device that you claim removes chloramine from tap water.
In our water district where chloramine was introduced into our water in 4/06, there are to date around 250 people that we know of who are suffering from skin, respiratory and/or digestive effects from chloraminated tap water.
chloramine is a chemical made out of chlorine and ammonia. You cannot boil or distill it out of water as you can with chlorinated water. If you put a bowl of choraminated tap water on the counter, it will take several weeks for it to dissipate out of the water. A bowl of chlorinated water needs only a few of hours for the chlorine to leave the water.
We have done extensive research into filtration devices to hopefully find a water filter that will remove chloramine from at least the water one uses for drinking, cooking, brushing teeth with, feeding to the pets, etc. What we learned from months of research is that in order to remove chloramine from tap water the water has to sit in a LOT of activated carbon for at least 10 minutes and then it has to go through a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane in order to remove the ammonia part of the chloramine molecule. The RO process is extremely wasteful of water and many gallons of "waste water" are created for each gallon of filtered water. The ammonia plugs up the expensive carbon filters and RO filter, causing the need for frequent and expensive replacement.
Plus, these do not address the shower or bath tub.
The biggest exposure to chloramine is in the shower, where the skin is absorbing chloramine and you are breathing chloramine vapors into your lungs. There is no hot water filter that effectively and economically removes chloramine from tap water. The vitamin C ones are the bet we know of and work for some people, but only for a few days. These expensive filters quickly get all gummed up, fail, and need replacing. (Ammonia is very sticky stuff.) There are many people who get no relief from Vit. C shower head filters due to their level of sensitivity to chloramine. We know this from EXPERIENCE of people using them. There are inexpensive shower filters that do remove chlorine effectively from hot tap water.
So, people at Pureez, please explain how you can make the claim that your product removes chloramine. How much does it remove and for how long? Does it use RO? Is the water sitting in activated carbon for at least 10 minutes in your product? Do you have NSF certification?
We know of people who are living in chloraminated water districts who are suffering the same symptoms that we are from 22 states so far and counting. WE ARE ALL IN A VAST CHLORAMINE EXPERIMENT THAT'S BEING FORCED UPON US.
For more information, please send an email to vtccac@yahoo.com, the email address of People Concerned About Chloramine. You can also visit http://www.vce.org/chloramine.html and www.chloramine.org.
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