Archive For January, 2010
Tony from California asked…
My wife and I just bought a home and although the real estate agent showed us all sorts of confusing paperwork that supposedly proved our tap water passed all sorts of tests we still have our doubts. We want to do some testing ourselves. What are the most commonly tested water parameters? [...]
Nitrate: In inorganic chemistry, a nitrate is a salt of nitric acid with an ion composed of one nitrogen and three oxygen atoms (NO3). In organic chemistry the esters of nitric acid and various alcohols are called nitrates. Nitrogen trioxide is an alternative name for nitrate. ( source )
Nitrite: The nitrite ion is NO2. The [...]
Going to the tap on the front of the refrigerator instead of the using the faucet may not do you any favors when it comes to filling your glass with better, safer drinking water. The water line running to the tap on your refrigerator typically comes straight from the wall… so the quality of the [...]
Going to the tap on the front of the refrigerator instead of the using the faucet may not do you any favors when it comes to filling your glass with better, safer drinking water. The water line running to the tap on your refrigerator typically comes straight from the wall… so the quality of the [...]
Angela from Wisconsin asked…
First of all, I love the format of your site. It gives useful information in a clean way that pretty much anyone can understand — even a non science person like me.
When my husband and I bought our house it came with a Moen water filter and none of the local stores [...]
Not everyone has the luxury of a Whole House Water Filtration System in their home so devices such as shower filters can do a whole lot to reduce the amount of chlorine, hardness and other unwanted impurities in a person’s shower water.
OK, fine… but what if you want to take a bath? Does anyone make [...]
In recognition of radon’s serious and sometimes deadly nature, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has deemed January “National Radon Action Month” Unclear about radon and what it can do to you and your family? Try this information on for size: Radon — the naturally occurring, odorless, colorless gas that is produced when uranium breaks [...]
As a general rule, the Unites States Environmental Protection Agency sets guidelines and tells individual States that they may not set their own guidelines in a less stringent manner. States may, however, establish and enforce more restrictive guidelines when it comes to environmental issues.
In this case, however, it appears as though the USEPA has deemed [...]