Quick Drips
Is Filtered Tap Water Safe for Baby Formula? What a Filter Can and Cannot Do
Most families can safely use tap water for powdered formula. Here is what a carbon filter honestly reduces (lead), what it does not (nitrate and fluoride), and when to test your water first.
Pesticides in Tap Water: Why Summer Is Peak Season
Atrazine and other herbicides peak in tap water after summer farm runoff. Here is what a 2026 river study found, and how a carbon block filter reduces them at home.
Does Boiling Water Remove Contaminants? What It Kills and What It Does Not
Boiling water kills bacteria and parasites but does not remove lead, PFAS, or other chemicals, and can even concentrate them. Here is the honest division of labor, and where a filter helps.
Why Your Tap Water Smells Like a Pool: The Summer Chlorine Switch
Each summer many US utilities briefly switch from chloramine to free chlorine, so tap water can smell like a swimming pool. Here is why it happens, whether the water is safe to drink, and how to reduce the taste.
Wie man PFAS aus Wasser entfernt
PFAS can be removed from water with the right technology: activated carbon, solid carbon block, reverse osmosis, and ion exchange all work when properly designed. Boiling does nothing. Choose a filter with published third-party PFAS test data.
Standard Brita pitcher filters reduce chlorine taste and odor plus certain metals like copper, cadmium, mercury, and zinc, but they are not designed to remove PFAS, most pesticides, fluoride, bacteria, or viruses. What your filter covers depends on the model, so check its certification listing.
Entfernen Brita-Filter Fluorid?
Standard Brita pitcher filters use granular activated carbon and are not designed or tested to reduce fluoride. If fluoride reduction matters to you, you need a filter specifically formulated and independently tested for it.
Standard Brita filters reduced PFAS by about 66% in independent EWG testing, and the Brita Elite managed 22%. If PFAS is the reason you are buying a filter, choose one specifically tested for PFOA and PFOS reduction and check the published test data first.