Contaminants reduced by up to 98% by PUR water filers including Brita: Aluminum, Ammonium, Bicarbonate, Calcium, Chlorine, Chromate, Cyanide, Ferro cyanide, Iron, Magnesium, Mercury, Manganese, Nitrate, Phosphate, Silicate, Silver, Sodium, Strontium, Sulfate, Sulfite, Thiosulfate, Zinc List of chemical contaminants contained within ‘normal’ drinking water
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Acetaldehyde Acetic Acid Acetone Alcohols Amines Amyl Acetate Amyl Alcohol Antifreeze Benzene Bleach Butyl Alcohol Butyl Acetate Calcium Hypochlorite Chloral Chloamine Chloroform Chlorine Chlorobenzene Chlorophenol Chlorophyll Citric Acid Cresol Defoilants Detergents Diesel Fuel Dyes Ethyl Acetate Ethyl Acrylate Ethyl Alcohol Ethyl Amine Ethyl Chlorine Ethyl Ether Gasoline Glycols Herbicides Hydrogen Peroxide Hydrogen Selenide Hydrogen Sulfide Hypochlorous Acid Insecticides Iodine Isopropyl Acetate Isopropyl Alcohol Ketones Lactic Acid Mercaptans Methyl Acetate Methyl Alcohol Methyl Bromide Methyl Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone Naphtha Nitric Acid Nitrobenzene Nitrotoluene Odors (general) Oil Dissolved Organic Acids Organic Esters Organic Salts Oxalic Acids PCB\'s Perchlorate Pesticides Phenol Plastic Taste Propioic Acids Propionaldehyde Propyl Acetate Propyl Acid Propyl Chloride Rubber Hose Taste Soap Sodium Hydrochorite Solvents Sulphonated Oils Tannins Tar Emulsion Tartaric Acid Taste (DI Water) Taste (From Organics) THM\'s Toluene Toluidine Trchlorethylene Turpintine Vinegar Xanthophyll Xylene
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2,4,5-TP 2,4-D Acrylamide Adipates (diethylhexyl) Alachlor Aldicarb Aldicarb Sulfone Aldicarb Sulfoxide Atazine Benz(a)anthracene (PAH) Benzene Benzo(a)pyrene (PAH) Benzo(b)fluoranthene (PAH) Benzo(k) fluoranthene (PAH) Bromodichloromethane Bromoform Butyl benzyl phthalate (PAE) Carbofuran Carbon Tetrachloride Chlordane Chloroform Chrysene (PAH) Dalapon Dibenz(a,h) anthracene (PAH) Dibromochloromethane Dibromochloropropane (DBCP) Dichlorobenzene (o-,m-) Dichlorobenzene (para-) Dichloroethane (1,2-) Dichloroethylene (1,1-) Dichloroethylene (cis-1,2-) Dichloroethylene (trans-1,2-) Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Dichloropropane (1,2-) Diethylhexyl phthalate (PAE) Dinoseb Diquat Endothall Endrin Epichlorohydrin Ethylbenzene Ethylene dibromide (EDB) Glyphosate Heptachlor Heptachlor epoxide Hexachlorobeneze Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Indeno (1,2,3-c,d) pyrene (PAH) Lindane Methoxychlor Monochlorobenzene Oxamyl (vydate) Pentachlorophenol Picloram Polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBS) Simazine Styrene Tetrachloroethylene Toluene Toxaphene Trichlorobenzne (1,2,4) Trichloroethane (1,1,1-) Trichloroethylene Trichloroethylene (1,1,2-) Trihalomethanes (THMs) Vinyl Chloride Xylene (total) 2,3,7,8-TCDD (Diox
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