How to Remove PFAs from Your Water
Your tap water may contain invisible contaminants like microplastics and PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Microplastics and PFAs may have long term effect on your family's health. Let's explore how to remove these pollutants and provide your family with high quality filtered water.
Understanding Microplastics and PFAs
Microplastics are tiny plastic fragments about less than 5 millimeters in size. These contaminants are produced when larger plastic waster breaks down or chemical and cosmetic agents leech into the environment. Microplastics ultimately find their way into rivers, lakes, and eventually your drinking water. Because these microplastics are so small, traditional municipal treatment plants cannot filter them out properly.
PFAs are synthetic chemicals used to make everyday products resistant to water, oil, and heat. You can find PFAs in non-stick cookware, water proof clothing, fast food packaging, firefighting foam and more. PFAs are often referred to "forever chemicals" meaning that they do not break down easily and can persist in the body and environment for a long period of time. These pollutants enter water supplies through industrial discharge, landfill runoff, and household waste.
PFAs have been linked to immune system suppression, liver damage, hormonal disruption, and developmental issues in children.
Health Risks of Microplastics and PFAs
Microplastics act like tiny sponges by absorbing toxic chemicals from their environment. These microplastics, once ingested into the human body, may release their contaminants over time.
PFAs are associated with more direct biological impacts. The EPA has linked long term PFA exposure to increased cholesterol levels, weakened immune responses, thyroid disease, and even certain cancers.
Protecting your family means using advanced water filtration systems to provide the cleanest water to your family.
Effective Filtration Solutions
No all water filters can filter out microplastics and PFAs. Common pitcher filters or simple sediment filters may improve the taste of water, but do not remove these microscopic pollutants.
To effectively filter microplastics and PFAs, the use of reverse osmosis (RO) and activated carbon filtration systems should be used to process your home's water.
Reverse Osmosis Systems
Reverse osmosis works by forcing water through a semi-permeable membrane with pores small enough to block contaminants as tiny as 0.0001 microns. This process removes up to 99.99% of pollutants, including PFAs, microplastics, heavy metals, chlorine, and other harmful chemicals.
Activated Carbon Filters
Activated carbon filters use a natural adsorption process to capture chemical pollutants, odors, and organic compounds. They are particularly effective at reducing PFAs, as well as chlorine and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), improving both safety and taste.
Express Water Reverse Osmosis System
Express Water RO systems can use multiple stage filtration processes to remove up to 99% of all major contaminants including PFAs, microplastics, lead, fluoride, and arsenic.
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