Archive For March, 2010
Pretty much everyone LOVES the idea of recycling the materials used to manufacture plastic containers and making ‘new’ plastic containers with the recycled resin. We look at the numeric labels/stamps on our containers and toss them into the proper recycling bins. Now off those bins go to get recycled. The numeric codes, ranging from 1 [...]
Aquasana Countertop filter
Aquasana Shower filter
Crystal Quest Pitcher
Crystal Quest Shower filter
Two questions we get on a regular basis:
(1) “Do I Need a Water Filter?”
(2) “How Do I Know if I Need a Water Filter?”
Quite frankly, we kinda’ wish someone would give us a penny for each time we’ve gotten that question in an email.. [...]
Tony from Oregon presented us with a very interesting question recently: Hi. The local fire department did presentations for the kids at our local schools a few weeks ago and since then my kids have been bugging me to test our smoke alarms at the house. I want to oblige them, and also to make [...]
According to a recent press release from the IBWA (International Bottled Water Association — www.ibwa.org) dated 3/10/2010, a company called Zero Water Technologies, LLC has become the defendant in a lawsuit filed by the IBWA.
Alexandria, Virginia — On March 10, 2010, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) filed a lawsuit against Zero Water Technologies, LLC, [...]
Whether you have an enormous number of battery operated electronic gadgets because you refuse to grow up, or you work in a profession which relies heavily upon electronic meters and testing gear, you undoubtedly have a large number of rechargeable batteries. Depending upon when you purchased them, some may contain NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) and [...]
Amelia from Connecticut asked an interesting question:
“We have owned a pool for more than 15 years now and each year come Spring my hubby and I go through the same routine: Get the cover off, clean debris out of the pool with the leaf rake ‘cuz a family of chipmunks chewed a whole through the [...]
We recently received an email from Emma in North Carolina and she wrote,
We’re building a new house right on the edge of where the local water plant stops delivering water and want to know if we will be better off hooking up to the water line or having well put in. Some people say we’re [...]
Though not related at all to pool water testing, improper actions in a public pool that has designated lap lanes can definitely test some people’s patience! For that reason the Washington Post recently published an article entitled “The Misfits: Swimming Pool Lane Etiquette” and since we know you have better things to do than read [...]