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TFA in Drinking Water: The PFAS No One’s Talking About

Trifluoroacetic acid, or TFA, is a chemical you’ve probably never heard of but it’s showing up in more and more places, including the water you drink. It belongs to a group of chemicals known as PFAS, sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they don’t easily break down. But TFA is smaller, harder to remove, and isn’t…
Eating Fiber Could Remove PFAS From Your Body, Study Suggests

A newly published Canadian study has revealed a potential link between dietary fiber intake and the reduction of harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the human body. These findings could open the door to simple, diet-based strategies for lowering PFAS exposure, which has become a growing public health issue due to the chemicals’ persistence…
Skin Absorption of Forever Chemicals

Recently, a friend messaged me: “If PFAS are in my water, am I absorbing them every time I shower?” With all the news about “forever chemicals,” it’s a fair fear, and a lot more common than you might think. Here’s the real answer: PFAS barely absorb through the skin. Even in contaminated water, your skin…
Chemicals In Water You Don’t Want To Be Drinking

Even when water looks perfectly clean and fresh, it can be contaminated with different types of chemicals. It’s normal to find many of these in our water, and some are even beneficial, but there are some chemical contaminants that can pose a serious threat to your health. The common chemicals of concern in our water…
NSF Standards For Water Filters That Remove PFAS

There are steps you can take to protect yourself (and your family) from PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals’. The National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) has set standards in place for water filters to certify they are truly capable of removing PFAS from your drinking water. At the moment, NSF/ANSI 53 and NSF/ANSI 58 are the two standard…
Brita Filters And PFAS Removal – With Laboratory Testing

Brita filters do not effectively remove PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances), including PFOA, PFOS. Although all Brita filters contain activated carbon, which has been shown to reduce PFAS, Brita makes no claim their filters are PFAS safe, and none are certified to do so. If you’re like me, you are probably NOT comfortable with the…
How Water Filters Remove GenX – A Short Chain PFAS

Reverse Osmosis and water filters that use anion exchange resins can effectively remove >99% of GenX from water. Activated carbon filters can only remove ~30% of GenX. Some water filter pitchers have been tested to remove GenX, and one filter bottle can remove PFAS. GenX is a man-made chemical that is used in manufacturing many…
How Under Sink Water Filters Remove PFAS – Filter Options

PFAS is present in the blood of 97% of Americans according to a report released by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People are rightly concerned about poly-fluoroalkyl substances in their water and should remove them from their drinking water. Under sink filters that…
Removing PFAS From Water – Is Reverse Osmosis Enough?

Every day, more than 110 million Americans drink water potentially contaminated with PFAS, PFOS, or PFOA. However, reverse osmosis systems are an effective way to remove these harmful PFAS and PFOA from drinking water while also increasing its quality. Reverse osmosis systems remove PFAS by using pressure to force contaminated water through a semi-permeable membrane.…
Brands Of Water Filter Pitchers That Can Remove PFAS

Several brands of water filter pitchers remove more than 99% PFAS from water including EpicWater (Pure or Nano), Lifestraw Home, Aquagear, and ProOne. While these brands remove the PFAS substances, PFOA and PFOS, the Clearly Filtered pitcher removes over 95% of nine different PFASs. More than 110 million Americans consume water that is contaminated with…

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