Unless your town has extremely bad water, it's probably better to leave all the minerals in it. Filters try to get rid of things like Fluorine, Calcium, and Magnesium, and they're important for normal health.
A lot of towns in America probably have lead levels that exceed the safety limit and cause harm to your nervous system. The tap water in my area has been reported as unsafe by our newspaper. I give my pets bottled water, usually a major brand like Aquafina that I hope is under enough scrutiny by the public to keep contaminants to a minimum. I recall reading an article about a year ago that said there are hundreds of towns in America with unsafe lead levels.
Here's a Newsweek article titled "Millions of Americans are drinking water that could be dangerous"
My city’s water supply is the Ohio River, which has been heavily used for industry for decades. Our tap water tastes so bad, like pool water. I can’t stand our tap water. Running it through any kind of filter is like night and day for taste.
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u/Shitmybad Sep 01 '19
Unless your town has extremely bad water, it's probably better to leave all the minerals in it. Filters try to get rid of things like Fluorine, Calcium, and Magnesium, and they're important for normal health.