Heres a look at some of the pollutants threatening the safety of our drinking water right now.
PFAS are useful to manufacturers because they are highly resistant to deterioration.
This means that they can provide a sealed, protective barrier.
Rain gear is often coated with PFAS or similar substances to repel water.
Frying pans with non-stick coatings often use PFASs.
PFASs are useful to make fire fighting foam that can effectively seal off burning fuel from oxygen.
This has led many to give PFAS the nickname of forever chemicals.
Can a filter help?
And when it comes to water quality, many of todays farming methods are no less dangerous.
Surface water sources of drinking water, such as lakes and reservoirs, are usually more prone to contamination.
This means that dissolved molecules will bind to the carbon filters surface as water passes through the cartridge.
In children, lead poisoning affects how the body grows and can cause organ damage.
They are naturally occurring organisms and have been around for as long as we have.
This turns fresh, clear water into boggy swamps, harming biodiversity and making the water undrinkable without treatment.
Its this feature thats particularly related to another entry in this list: agricultural runoff.
Other climate-change-related phenomena, such as soil erosion and longer rainy seasons can exacerbate this effect.
