Water Filters

In the water of the water supply network, but also in many bottled waters, there is usually a mixture of chemicals such as Chlorine, Lead, Herbicides, Asbestos Fibers, Pesticides and several other pollutants. These chemicals have been shown to burden human health over time.

Unfortunately, the health standards that determine the permissible limits of these toxins in drinking water are based on effects that have been studied in adults. These maximum tolerances (MCLs) are also based on the erroneous assumption that we are exposed to only one factor at a time. But dozens of different toxic substances detected in tap water act together.

The rapid increase in environmental pollutants and the reduced ability of humans to remove pollutants and toxins from their bodies have been blamed for the significant increase in cancer in all its forms and many other diseases over the last decade.

The water filtration system is therefore a great investment for our health and the health of our children.

Water Quality

Water is not the same in every household faucet in Greece. Consequently, there is no filter that covers in a cost-effective way all the different needs of homes throughout Greece. The most common category of tap water problems are the so-called “aesthetic problems” and refer mainly to turbidity (soil, sand, rust, yellow, etc.) as well as the unpleasant taste and smell of chlorine water and other chemical contaminants in tap water. It is the main reason why most consumers in large urban centers resort to plastic, bottled water with known disadvantages.

Bottled Water

Bottled water, from whatever company is produced-bottled, undergoes strict and meticulous quality control and suitability for use. The problem with bottled water is not in its production, but in its transportation and storage. Trucks and distribution trucks carry pallets and bottles of bottled water, cans of bottled water exposed to sunlight or covered with tarpaulins in the high temperatures of summer, for two or three days, until they enter the refrigerator, from where we will buy them to relieve our thirst. The problem is that the exposure of bottled water to such high temperatures and sunlight increases by 90% its microbial load, so eventually the water we drink is changed by e.g. calcareous to “microbial”.

Yesterday and Today

We once listened and sympathized with the unfortunate Africans who, as the newspapers wrote, struggled every day to secure a glass of clean water. How far away from us it seemed then what was happening down there… Today, however, things have changed so much that in almost all parts of Greece people do not dare to open the tap to drink as much water as they want, while, even worse, and where the water does not contain heavy metals and other already “labeled” health harming agents, again we have a problem because of the piping, but also the chlorine that is in the water, often in large quantities. The disinfectant effect of chlorine is essential for the water of the network and for public health (thus avoiding waterborne epidemics, eg cholera, enteritis) and although there are several other methods of water disinfection (such as ozone, ultraviolet radiation). , chloramines, etc.), each with its advantages and disadvantages, chlorination is currently considered the most effective and advantageous. With the known effects of course on our health.

Children and Water

The body’s most critical defense systems that help adults protect themselves from disease are not fully developed in children, making them much more susceptible to carcinogens such as lead and parasites (detected in water). Just as medicines work differently in children than in adults, so do air, drinking water and food pollutants. Clean water is one of the factors that helps to strengthen children’s defenses and thus improving their performance, giving them the protection they need during these sensitive and important times for their development. Their immune system and detoxification system develop until adolescence. Therefore, their exposure to Chlorine, Lead and other toxic agents contained in drinking water and associated with an increased risk of disease and learning disabilities should be avoided.

Water Filters

Water Quality

Bottled Water

Yesterday and Today

Children and Water

Filter Types

Sediment / Softening filters

Granular Activated Carbon Filters

Compact Carbon Filters

In-Line Fridge Filters

High Rejection Membranes