[skrtskrt]

Yes and PFAS/PFOS is now getting directly linked to rise in colorectal cancers.

Personally I would prioritize water filtering for PFAS over microplastics worries if you have limited budget to start changing consumption patterns.

[agotterer]

Agreed, already on it! I put Wedell Water filters on all of our shower heads and we have a filtration system for our kitchen sink water. I’d love to get a whole home water filter at some point.

[danw1979]

what’s the vector for microplastics in shower water causing you harm ? swallowing some of it or through the skin or something else ?

[agotterer]

Microplastics was only one of my concerns. Their “why” page does a good job explaining the benefits. https://weddellwater.com/pages/why-duo

[moffkalast]

Nothing says capitalism quite like a corporation polluting the entire planet with something they knew caused disease, actively gaslighted everyone involved, transferred liability to a sacrificial entity so they got zero punishment for it, and the rest of us are left to buy water filters for the rest of history if we want clean water.

3M and Dupont deserve the death penalty for it and should've been dissolved completely for crimes against humanity.

[jajko]

If only it would be so easy to blame it all on capitalism.

I've lived in communism and it was exactly the same. Pollution beyond any reasonable levels, testing chemistry on products and people, rules and regulations coming from government and faceless bureaucrats... The result was the same, but instead of corporate greed the reason was lack of any interest and foresight.

Well regulated capitalism is probably best equipped to deal with such. Whether ours is well equipped to deal with this is another question.

[andrepd]

The problem occurs whenever there aren't competent and powerful institutions working to protect the interests of the people, so indeed.

But the thing is capitalism is a tremendously powerful machine, so it's really more dangerous than an unmotivated Polish bureaucrat. The Soviets may have drained the Aral sea but capitalism has poisoned the entire planet (with TEL even before PFAS).

[j-conn]

Any specific products you’d recommend for this?

[johncole]

The gold standard here is ACTUALLY distillation. It's easy, it doesn't introduce other chemicals, and it pretty much removes everything.

https://learn.pfasfreelife.com/research/distillers-remove-pf...

[SchemaLoad]

Reverse osmosis is pretty much the gold standard for removing PFAS. You can get countertop units for a reasonable price. Look for the lab testing or certifications rather than random anecdotes since they appear to work fine to the end user.

[modo_mario]

As someone new to this how do the details work? Do you need to buy a new membrane often like I imagine? Do you have any issues with your water lacking minerals? (in the same way drinking distilled water is bad for you)

[SchemaLoad]

The model I have says to replace the filter once a year, and it's $170 AUD. I imagine you could probably get away with using it longer than the OEM recommendation though.

I had the same thought about demineralised water, you can get more expensive models which remineralise the water after, but it looks like it's not actually that important health wise because you get the absolute vast majority of your minerals through food, not water. And remineralisation is mostly for taste rather than health. Though I don't find the demineralised water tastes bad, but if you're used to drinking hard water it might be different.

[tguvot]

Pfas are removed by carbon prefilters before membrane