When it comes to protecting your water quality, you’re likely on the lookout for easy-to-spot issues like chlorine odors, metallic tastes and visible sediment. However, there are plenty of impurities that don’t come with these warning signs — and PFAS chemicals are a particularly concerning...
If a TDS meter suggests contamination, it’s probably safe to bathe and launder clothes with, but you should switch to bottled for drinking and cooking while you arrange a water test. Some problems, especially with municipal water, are only temporary. Other issues may require ahome water filtra...
yet only about 1% have been tested for their health and environmental impacts. Of particular concern to the aquatic environment are pesticides, pharmaceuticals and pollutants like phthalates and polyfluoroalkyls (PFAS). The latter is known to cause liver damage, thyroid disease, decreased fertility,...