1. Most Water Filters are Inefficient for Lead
You have a water filter on your faucet or utilize a filter pitcher for all of your drinking water. This makes you safe, right? Not necessarily. The shocking reality is that only a small percentage of water filtering devices are built with the intention of removing lead. All of the filtering pitchers manufactured before 2007 that promised lead filtering were not up to EPA standards, so if you are relying on an older product, it is definitely time to upgrade.
Additionally, you need to be aware that even the best filters are usually only rated to handle lead up to 150 parts per billion (ppb). This is not nearly good enough in Flint where some homes have a lead content of 4,000 ppb. Your best bet is to choose between a Zero Water filtering pitcher, a reverse-osmosis system or a newer faucet filter that has earned the NSF International certification for lead reduction. None of these will provide perfect results for extremely elevated lead levels, but they are definitely better than nothing.