Shower Water Filters:
What Your Family Gains from Shower Water Filters
by Josh Day
In the movie Freejack, Mick Jagger states, "If he drinks one drop of that water, he's no use to me." He's speaking about Emilio Estevez after he plunged off a bridge into a hyper polluted river in the future. What Mick Jagger didn't know was Emilio would have been dead anyway, if the water was that dangerously polluted. This is because the skin is capable of absorbing pollutants in water.
If your shower doesn't have a filter adapter, then your body is absorbing everything that comes out of the showerhead. These undesirable particles could be anything from relatively harmless sediment to chlorine to heavy metals.
Shower water filters are generally affordable and easy to install. You simply unscrew or remove your original showerhead and screw on the new shower water filter. Bulkier than faucet water filters, they usually contain more filtering material (floss, high micron polyester fiber, activated carbon and resin) and often employ several adjustments to change the spray of outgoing water.
You'll immediately feel and even smell a difference as your skin "tastes" the water hitting your body. The floss and fibers act as the first stage of filtration, filtering out dust particles and other sediments. Carbon serves as chemical filtration and pulls away chlorine, benzene, pesticide, herbicide, radon, and some forms of activated carbon remove a few heavy metals.
Everyone in your family will love a shower water filter. Your family's skin will thank you, and everyone will have a much more positive shower experience.
Shower water filters function even better when you install a whole house filter. A whole house filter begins where the water line enters your house. When coupled with a shower filter, the whole house filter acts as major pre-filtration, getting out the vast majority of bad elements. The little that remain are filtered out by your shower filter system.
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