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Brita Water Filters

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Brita water filters are a nationally wide popular product. A West German entrepreneur, Heinz Hankammer, founded Brita water filters in a small town in Germany in 1966. His main goal was to enhance normal tap water. Hankammer named his invention after his daughter, Brita. It took more than 45 years for this product to be considered “a world market leader of home water filtration products” (“About”).
The important question regarding Brita filters is whether they work or not. A study done by Michael Schulson states that he tested whether Brita filters made tap water taste better, if filtered water is healthier and if using Brita helps the environment. He tested the taste of the water by giving out samples of tap water and Brita filtered water. Some of the testers said they tasted a difference, however a majority said that they did not. Regarding how healthy filtered water is depends on the quality of the tap water used. The …show more content…

Brita water filters contain three main components to get the job completed. These filters contain a GAC element, which is said to remove chlorine and chloramine (Delange). Chlorine is an additive used to control microbes. Chloramine is an additive used by municipal water systems to disinfect drinking water (“Basic”). The second component that Brita filters contain is H+ for a cation and OH- for an anion ion exchanger element. These ion exchange elements remove water hardness, alkalinity, and heavy metals. The third factor of Brita water filters is a silver ion-injecting element that prevents bacteria from growing in the filtered water (Delange). These filter contain activated carbon. Carbon is said to bond easily with a large variety of other substances, which is why it is used for filtration (Thomas). Science is vast portion of making Brita water filtration systems

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