Brita water filters and Lead pipes
 

Will a Brita filter filter out lead from water due to lead pipes in my
house. Actually I have lead pipes coming in from the water main into the
house so that is the main concern.

yes, the Brita can eliminate better than 98% of lead

some of the Culligan faucet filters may even do a better job

you can help these filters do an even better job yet, by running the tap for
2 full minutes each morning before drawing any water into the filter

also run them for at least two minutes any other time that you have not used
the water for several hours, such as returning from a vacation, or when you
get home from work if you live alone and no one has been using the water all
day

the water leeches the lead from the "main to house" link over time, so the
less time the water has been sitting in the lead pipes, the less lead will
have to be removed, and the better job the Brita or Culligan can do

I use a Culligan FM-4 faucet filter

also, do not use hot water for drinking or cooking, if a recipe needs hot
water, draw some cold, filter it, then microwave

also, do not use hot water in Brita or Culligan or other filter, will
promote bacteria growth



"Doobielicious" wrote in message
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Will a Brita filter filter out lead from water due to lead pipes in my
house. Actually I have lead pipes coming in from the water main into the
house so that is the main concern.

On 27-Jun-2005, "Doobielicious" wrote:

Will a Brita filter filter out lead from water due to lead pipes in my
house.

No.

"Michael Daly" wrote in message
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On 27-Jun-2005, "Doobielicious" wrote:

Will a Brita filter filter out lead from water due to lead pipes in my
house.


No.

excuse me? I think Brita, Culligan, the entire scientific community and
Consumer Reports would differ with you. People, if you don't know what you
are talking about, please resist the urge to type an answer!

"cowboy" wrote in message

No.

excuse me? I think Brita, Culligan, the entire scientific community and
Consumer Reports would differ with you. People, if you don't know what
you are talking about, please resist the urge to type an answer!

Whoa, cowboy!. Not every filter will eliminate lead. Britas states theirs
do. Culligan states that some of theirs do, but not all of them. They
also state "reduce" lead, not eliminate.

"Culligan’s do-it-yourself drinking water products can improve the taste of
your water, the clarity of your ice cubes and eliminate unpleasant smells.
At advanced levels, our products reduce lead, cysts, mercury, Lindane,
Atrazine, MTBE and other impurities*."

http://www.culligan.com/explore.cfm/...filters/ff120/
http://www.culligan.com/explore.cfm/...erfilters/fm5/

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"cowboy" wrote in message

No.

excuse me? I think Brita, Culligan, the entire scientific community
and Consumer Reports would differ with you. People, if you don't know
what you are talking about, please resist the urge to type an answer!

Whoa, cowboy!.

I bet you posted as "cowboy" just so you could make that reply!

No.

excuse me? I think Brita, Culligan, the entire scientific community
and Consumer Reports would differ with you. People, if you don't know
what you are talking about, please resist the urge to type an answer!

Whoa, cowboy!. Not every filter will eliminate lead. Britas states theirs
do. Culligan states that some of theirs do, but not all of them. They
also state "reduce" lead, not eliminate.

reduce is a legal term, you can't say "eliminate" unless you get out 100% of
lead, but in the latest consumer reports testing, the Brita and Culligan
filters were removing 98 to over 99% of the lead, and if you run the tap for
a couple minutes first, the percentage gets quite close to 100%

so I will stand by my earlier comments

cheers!

cowboy

If you got lead pipes, start shopping for a funeral. You'll need it
soon. First, your brain will stop functioning, then your nervous
system will fail and you will develop any number of nervous system
disorders. Then your liver will fail and possible kidney damage.
Then your heart will be affected and result in a very painful death.
If you live any number or years at all, you will develop alzheimers
disease at a very early age, prior to your early death. If your
brains are not yet fried, save your dollars and have the pipes
replaced ASAP, or do not use the water for drinking or cooking at all.

Agreed.

"cowboy" wrote in message
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so I will stand by my earlier comments


At least clarify them as a blanket statement is wrong. NOT every filter
CLAIMS to reduce lead. Some do nothing with it at all. Do NOT assume that
any Culligan filter is going to help.

On 28-Jun-2005, "cowboy" wrote:

If you got lead pipes, start shopping for a funeral. You'll need it
soon. First, your brain will stop functioning, then your nervous
system will fail and you will develop any number of nervous system
disorders. Then your liver will fail and possible kidney damage.
Then your heart will be affected and result in a very painful death.
If you live any number or years at all, you will develop alzheimers
disease at a very early age, prior to your early death. If your
brains are not yet fried, save your dollars and have the pipes
replaced ASAP, or do not use the water for drinking or cooking at all.

Agreed.

Lead pipes have been used in municipal water systems for a _long_ time.
If all this was true, the death rates would show it.

Mike

Then I must be dead already. I lived in a house with a lead water main
till I was 14 years old. Every house I have ever lived in had copper
pipes with tin lead solder. I am 52 years old and still functioning
OK. My gerat grandfather lived to 106 years old under such
circumstances, although his first years were in a house without indoor
plumbing. Be careful of blanket statements. The amount of lead
leached from the lead pipes depends on the chemistry of the water. In
some areas it will be very bad, in other areas barely noticable.

Stretch

wrote in message

If you got lead pipes, start shopping for a funeral. You'll need it
soon. First, your brain will stop functioning, then your nervous
system will fail and you will develop any number of nervous system
disorders.

When is this going to start? Tens of thousands of homes have lead pipe
bringing in the water. Mine did and I raised a family there with no ill
effects. If what you say is correct, a million people a day should start
dying soon.

I lived in a house with a lead water main
till I was 14 years old. Every house I have ever lived in had copper
pipes with tin lead solder.

hmmm........this explains a lot

hehe

"Edwin Pawlowski" writes:
wrote in message

If you got lead pipes, start shopping for a funeral. You'll need it
soon. First, your brain will stop functioning, then your nervous
system will fail and you will develop any number of nervous system
disorders.

When is this going to start? Tens of thousands of homes have lead pipe
bringing in the water. Mine did and I raised a family there with no ill
effects. If what you say is correct, a million people a day should start
dying soon.

For the humor impaired, I believe it is fair to say that the big
lettered "SARCASM" warning was left off... then again maybe some
people are so scared of any chemical that they would actually believe
and write that stuff :)

"blueman" wrote in message

For the humor impaired, I believe it is fair to say that the big
lettered "SARCASM" warning was left off... then again maybe some
people are so scared of any chemical that they would actually believe
and write that stuff :)

OK, I missed it. Just that there are so many that would think it is true .
.. . . . . .