The good news is that a charcoal filter will get most chlorinated compounds out of the water. But I'd still use reverse osmosis and a deionizer bed to be sure.
And kill the Amish.
Just had a thought about the deionizer bed, if its resin bed isn't that introducing micro plastics? If you only drink RO water then fine, but any other water has microplastics = reduced Testosterone...So water softeners = microplastics...?
"micro plastics" are the least of your worries if you have vinyl chloride in your water.
I've never heard of a microplasric concern with DI filters. There's always a chance I guess that the actual DI resin beads could get in the water line. I can't imagine they'd break down before they'd be replaced anyhow. And DI water is used for fish tanks, microelectronics, and other applications where you need very pure water. If there was any kind of contamination, they would know.
Water softeners shouldn't introduce microplastics either, it's just replacing Ca/Mg with Na.
its more about plastics leeching into the water, like in water bottles etc, there are people out there that are fanatical (some would say conspiracy level) about using plastics in relation to consumption and even contact with skin. Water picks up little bits (imprints possibly?) of everything it touches. I was involved in the home water purification industry back 20 years ago and know a little about it still.
I mean if it turns frogs gay...
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