Comments on: The Best Shower Filters

By: web master

web master — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:01:21 +0000

Carol,

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission states that Vitamin C can be used to remove chlormaines from tap water. Here is the quote from the Commission:

“Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) has recently been included in AWWA Standard (AWWA, 2005b) as one of the methods for dechlorination of disinfected water mains. SFPUC and other utilities have used Vitamin C for dechlorination prior to environmental discharges of chlorinated and chloraminated water. Since ascorbic acid is weakly acidic, the pH of water may decrease slightly (Tikkanen et al., 2001). Ascorbic acid has been used for a long time as one of the dechlorinating agents for preservation of chlorinated or chloraminated water samples for laboratory analysis.”

The full document can be found here:

http://www.sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=957

I’ve also been planning on doing my own tests of the shower filters.

Justin

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:46:07 +0000

Hi.
This is all great, and I’ve read every word of your piece, Justin, and also ReviewGuy’s. I’m still confused about chloramine, because I’ve read elsewhere that vitamin c doesn’t remove it after all ???? This website – http://chloramine.org/chloraminefacts.htm#effectsofchloramine – from a group in the San Francisco area concerned about chloramine, insists it doesn’t. They sound like they’ve really looked at it, but so have you. How do I reconcile? I’d really like cleaner shower water.
Thanks very much,
Carol

By: Marshal

Marshal — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:49:15 +0000

In reply to web master.

Thanks Justin.

I am just afraid that we are replacing one harmful substance with another. Both HCL acid and Chlorine are dangerous to human health. I don’t know at what low concentrations they cease to be dangerous and which one is comparatively safer in minute quantities.

I will keep looking for more information on this and post it here if I come across something. Please do the same. Thank you again for your prompt response.

By: web master

web master — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:22:23 +0000

In reply to Marshal.

Marshal,

I haven’t found an authoritative answer to that question. But I’ve heard that the acid is so weak and diluted that the effects are negligible.

Justin

By: Marshal

Marshal — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:35:51 +0000

In reply to ingrid. Great article Justin. Thank you for sharing. I have the same concern as Ingrid and Troy: Effect of Hydrochloric acid (minute quantity) on human skin and when inhaled? Would really appreciate your take on it. Thanks.

By: http://www.healthybizhealthyhome.com/showerfilters.html">Ty

http://www.healthybizhealthyhome.com/showerfilters.html">Ty — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:07:50 +0000

I have been looking at Sprite Shower Filters and was wondering if they compare at all to the Aquasanas discussed here?
One place that sales Sprite Shower Filters for example is http://www.healthybizhealthyhome.com/showerfilters.html“>shower filter , let me know which one is better please

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:07:00 +0000

In reply to David. Hey David, Sonaki shower filters remove chloramines as well. I haven't come across Santevia before.

By: David

David — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:31:16 +0000

Thanks for this great information. I am wondering what your take is on this product made by Santevia. They claim it takes chloramines out.

http://www.santevia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=201&Itemid=268

http://www.santevia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234:are-chlorine-chloramines-and-chlorine-byproducts-removed-by-the-santevia&catid=51:technical-faqs&Itemid=281

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:16:39 +0000

In reply to Megan.

Meg,

If you look carefully at the WaterFilterComparisons.com site, you’ll see that it is RUN BY AQUASANA’s parent corporation.
So it’s not too objective.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:02:12 +0000

So glad I read this, so I didn’t make the mistake of getting a KDF filter I looked it up and my city does use chloramine. So that would have been bad. Thanks for saving me from that!