Drink This Incorporated water purifiers and water treatment, water softeners systems for Fresno, Tulare, Madera, and Kings County

Contaminants and Risks

SOME OF THE CONTAMINANTS REMOVED FROM A QUALITY RO SYSTEM

Contaminant	Potential Health Effect (Source EPA)
Chlorine	Cancer, birth defects, arteriosclerosis, strokes
Volatile Organic Compounds
Acetone	Cancer, leukemia, anemia
Arochlor 1260 (PCB)	Cancer
Benzene	Cancer, leukemia, anemia
Carbon Tetrachloride	Cancer
Chlorobenzene	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage
DBCP Dibromochloropropane	Reproductive system damage, cancer
1,1 Dichloroethane	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage
1,1 Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney damage, cancer
cis 1,2 Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney, circulatory, nervous system
1,1,1 & 2 Trichloroethane	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage
1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene	Liver, kidney damage
1,2 Dichlorobenzene	Liver, kidney, lung damage, cancer
1,4 Dichlorobenzene	Cancer
1,2 Dichloroethane	Cancer
1,2 Dichloropropane	Liver kidney, circulatory, nervous system
4,4 DDD, 4,4 DDT	Cancer
Ethylbenzene	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage
Lindane	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage
MTBE	Cancer
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's)	Endocrine disrupter, cancer
Styrene	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage
1,1,2,2 Tetrachloroethane	Pending study
Toluene (Methylbenzene)	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage
Total Xylene	Liver, kidney, lungs, mucous membrane
Trans 1,2 Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney, circulatory, nervous system damage
Trichloroethylene (TCE)	Cancer
Vinyl Chloride	Liver, immune system, nerve damage
Trihalomethanes
Bromodichloromethane	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer
Bromoform	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer
Chloroform	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer
Dibromochloromethane	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer
Microbiological Organisms
Cryptosporidium	Gastro-enteric diseases
Bacteria	Gastro-enteric diseases
Giardia	Gastro-enteric diseases
Inorganics
Aluminum	Respiratory, nervous system disorders
Arsenic	Skin, nervous system damage
Cadmium	Kidney damage
Chromium	Liver, kidney, circulatory system disorders
Copper	Gastro-enteric diseases
Fluoride
Lead	Kidney, nervous system, toxic to infants/pregnant women
Mercury	Kidney, nervous system disorders
Nitrates & Nitrites	Spleen hemorrhage, diuresis, death
Radiological
Radon 222	Cancer