hi Allegra from emerald living here
today to talk about how to green your
water the easiest way to green your
water supply in your household is to get
a whole house filter system those tend
to be a little expensive they start
around $1,000 but they will filter out
your water before it even gets into the
house if you want to if you rent or if
you can't afford a whole health system
you can get smaller systems that are at
the point of use so there are ones that
you can put on your tap at your kitchen
or on your showerhead and the thing
that's most important to look at in
these filters is to make sure that they
filter out chlorine chlorine is a common
disinfectant in most municipal water
supplies and it's not good for your
lungs your hair your skin it can be it's
a common irritant for most of us so
filtering that out is really important
and the rule of thumb with filters is
size does matter
the bigger the filter the more filtering
that is going on of your water so look
for filters that are pretty large in
size to brands that I like are ever pure
an aqua sauna they both have filters
that I think are very good at removing
the most important contaminants and you
can really taste the difference in the
water when you're drinking it secondly
don't store your water in plastic I'm
not a fan of plastic especially when it
comes in touch with I think plastic is
great for a lot of things it's great for
umbrellas it's great for raincoats it's
not great for storing food and beverages
so use glass containers or use reusable
stainless steel containers and that will
really keep down the number of chemicals
that are entering your bloodstream
through the liquids that you drink
finally if you can't afford a filter a
really quick easy tip for neutralizing
the chlorine in your water is vitamin C
so squeezing lemon in your water does
more than just add nice flavor it
actually helps to neutralize the
chlorine and for instance if you're
giving your baby a bath and you can't
afford a water filter get some vitamin C
powder to sprinkle into the water and
that will help neutralize the chlorine
that's in the water you actually absorb
more chlorine into your body through
your skin than if you drink it so it's
an important and easy tip for more tips
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