Activated Charcoal Filters

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2011-03-28 09:43

I thought that Brita filters were activated charcoal but they are actually carbon. From what I can tell, even though carbon is charcoal, activated charcoal acts differently.

Does anyone know of any good activated charcoal water filtering systems?

So while I know that amounts are trace right now, I am going to assume that this is going to get worse before it gets better and I want to get a good water filtering system before they become hard to get. I am mostly worried about my 4 year old.

Thanks

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Never mind. I think the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-03-28 09:50.

Never mind. I think the woman who answered at Brita didn't know what she was talking about. Found on their website where it says it is activated carbon.

http://www.brita.net/uk/faqs_household.html?L=1#24

What are the advantages of the activated carbon?
The activated carbon removes substances as chlorine and chlorine compounds which can interfere with the taste. The activated carbon has an extremely porous structure, and thus a very large surface area. If the activated carbon comes into contact with water, it can be observed that air bubbles begin to form, showing that the pores are slowly being filled with water.

carbon useless for chloramine and fluoride.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-24 17:28.

Carbon filters do not remove chloramine or fluoride, which are both toxic chemicals that are added to our local tap water.

For info about chloramine, see www.chloramine.org
For info about fluoride, see www.fluoridealert.org