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Today, Google gives the cheapest shower head filter’s price as $10, and advertises it as being able to catch the sulfur and chlorine in your bath water. Meanwhile, the most costly captures chlorine, organic carbon compounds, and volatile organic compounds – for $379.90.

Something of a gap, there. Given a closer look, however, what do these words actually mean? Do they mean anything real, or do they just act as a lure for buyers? Or are they real a danger?

TOCs (Total Organic Carbon)

Simply, Total Organic Carbon is used as a general indicator of water quality. The total count of carbon in an organic compound makes up the TOC count. What this means is that if your TOC count is above normal, you could potentially be getting doused with pesticides, detergents, or decaying plant matter. Normally public water systems are supposed to use chemicals to remove the decaying plant matter and treat the water, but some amount does get through.

VOCs

Benzene or trichloroethylene in the drinking supply make up the metric known as VOCs or Volatile Organic Compounds. Trichloroethylene, for instance, is used to clean septic tanks – an accidental spill or an careless worker might have introduced it into the water system. Gasoline or oil spills might contaminate the water with benzene. Unless you live in an old industrial or agricultural region, however, VOCs are exceedingly rare – but having water tests every so often might be wise.

Chlorinated Water

The old water treatment Usually used to clean and decontaminate water, Chlorine is usually introduced at treatment plants to make water safe to drink once more. It’s one of the most effective basic disinfectants, and if you’ve ever been in a swimming pool, you’ve been exposed to a form of it – you might also have noticed a bit of discomfort on your skin and damage to your hair if you stayed in for a while: that’s the chlorine at work. Fortunately, even the cheapest charcoal shower filters will get rid of chlorine traces in the water.

Most often, municipal water sources remove TOCs and VOCs very well – paying $400 to remove harmless trace amounts borders on wasteful. But even if chlorine was your main worry, the amount in the public supply isn’t enough to truly harm you – only frustrate you if you take special care of your hair. However, if you do feel that a filter is absolutely necessary and you just can’t shake your worries, a cheap $60 filter will do a number on those, as well as restore pH balance and remove heavy metals.

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