{"id":4737,"date":"2020-11-30T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2026-10-31T14:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T12:53:14","slug":"why-filter-your-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/why-filter-your-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Why filter your drinking water?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We think carefully about what we eat. What we drink deserves attention too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You use water every day, and its quality matters for drinking, cooking and everyday comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the source, water may contain naturally occurring substances or residues from the surrounding environment. Treatment should address the substances relevant to your supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long-term health is affected by many factors. Water quality is one area to consider, alongside diet, lifestyle and the wider environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not possible to attribute a health condition to drinking water without appropriate evidence about the exposure and the condition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We generally rely on regulated drinking-water supplies. To understand your own water, look at the quality standards and your supplier’s monitoring results.<\/a> If you have a specific concern, a suitable laboratory test can help establish whether treatment is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water quality has been studied extensively. The significance of a contaminant depends on its identity, concentration and exposure, rather than whether the water looks clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our aim is to explain water-treatment choices and help you make an informed decision for your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water in and around us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Water is part of daily life: we drink it, cook with it and wash with it. Its familiarity can make it easy to overlook questions about source, taste and treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 60% of the adult human body is water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water supports normal physiological processes, cellular function, metabolism and the removal of waste products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor drinking-water quality<\/strong> can be associated with health risks<\/a>, depending on the substances present, their concentrations and the length of exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researcher Dr Gerald Pollack has explored water’s role in biological systems. Such research should be read in context rather than used to promise individual improvements from a household filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Does filtering water help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It can help when the treatment matches the problem. <\/strong>Carbon filters, filter jugs and reverse osmosis systems work differently. Check the performance of a specific system for the substances you want to reduce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reverse osmosis is widely used to reduce dissolved substances. Depending on the system, treatment may address chlorine, disinfection by-products, certain organic compounds and other unwanted substances.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reverse osmosis also reduces naturally occurring minerals such as calcium and magnesium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minerals are obtained from food as well as water. Individual requirements and the overall diet should be considered when choosing a drinking-water system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osmio Zero also includes a remineralisation filter<\/strong>, which adds minerals back after reverse osmosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change in taste may be noticeable after switching to appropriately filtered water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experiences vary with the original water quality and personal preferences. A filter should not be regarded as a treatment for a health condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explore Osmio Zero if you are looking for a compact, portable water purifier that needs no plumbing installation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What affects drinking-water quality, and when is filtration useful? Explore the main considerations for your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356493,"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737\/revisions\/356493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsirkaadia.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}