{"id":16340,"date":"2025-06-12T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/?p=16340"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:22:56","slug":"forever-chemicals-how-to-filter-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/forever-chemicals-how-to-filter-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Forever chemicals: just how clean is your drinking water?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drinking water, sure, but is it free of forever chemicals&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what exactly are <strong>PFAS<\/strong> (Per- &amp; polyfluoroalkyl) ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also referred to as forever chemicals: it&#8217;s an entire family of chemical fluorized compounds that are super resistant to degradation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since they have the capacity to accumulate in organic tissues and can be very volatile in the environment, it&#8217;s kind of important to know how to filter them from your drinking water.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-16340_344906-ea .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-16340_344906-ea .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-16340_344906-ea\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How are you exposed to them?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies are still new on the subject, but more and more studies are pointing at food packaging, some textiles (Gor-Tex), antiadhesive coating, makeup and many more manmade products. These forever chemicals end up in our drinking water sources, our lakes, rivers, oceans and thus, end up also in fish and seafood.\u00a0(source: <a href=\"https:\/\/thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org\/68894\/what-are-forever-chemicals\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw--K_BhB5EiwAuwYoyjNCb9Zui4Iv1JBcBwHzChtqg3XoLVNvk-SWBoP3ZXkTXPAcVXzZhBoCaYAQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Think Landscape: what are forever chemicals<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16332\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-16340_9bcd00-9c .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-16340_9bcd00-9c .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-16340_9bcd00-9c\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do PFAS enter the body?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to studies, PFAS can be absorbed by ingestion, inhalation or contact, but ingestion remains the most common way it enters our body. You can reduce the ingestion by filtering your drinking water.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health impacts?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although studies are really just beginning, data are showing suspicious coincidences, making them a suspect for obesity, diabetes, endocrine disruptors, cancers and more. In fact, WHO has issued directives to restrict usage of some of them as they are considered carcinogenic for mankind.\u00a0 (source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/environment-climate-change-and-health\/water-sanitation-and-health\/chemical-hazards-in-drinking-water\/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO &#8211; PFOS and PFOA in Drinking-water<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PFAS-sources-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16341\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If those PFAS are volatile, if those PFAS are volatile, you can start reducing your exposure to the sources by filter your drinking water to limit ingestion. One thing is sure, by reducing your use of plastic of all kinds, you are already tilting the balance on the right side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efficient <a href=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/product-category\/water-filtration\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/product-category\/water-filtration\/\"><strong>water filters<\/strong><\/a> can be installed on the water line for your tap, or on a drinking fountain (indoor or outdoor), on a bottle filler, a water dispenser or water cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One filtration system that really stand out on the matter is RO (Reverse Osmosis, available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/shop\/brand\/lulia\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/shop\/brand\/lulia\/\">LULIA<\/a> water dispensers and water coolers, a multi-stage purification process that guarantees drinking water of exceptional purity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/shop\/brand\/lulia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/REVERSE-OSMOSIS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16336\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you like to learn more about water filters and their capacity to filter PFAS?\u00a0<br>Are you interested in installing a water coolers and water dispensers LULIA at works, featuring RO filtration?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Would&nbsp; you like a free trial?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s possible to do a free trial on several of our water coolers and water dispensers, before you decide on a more long-term solution. We have turnkey rentals  that includes installation and long-term maintenance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact us and discuss what is available for a free trial or to learn more about our turnkey options.\u00a0<br>Just give us a phone call <a href=\"tel:8666602858\">1 866 660 2858<\/a>, or drop an e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:info@sanifontaines.ca\">info@sanifontaines.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the PFAS, also called &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221;, everyone is talking about? Moreover, how can you filter them from your drinking water!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[320,317,319],"class_list":["post-16340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee","tag-drinking-water","tag-pfas","tag-reverse-osmosis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16340"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17448,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16340\/revisions\/17448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanifontaines.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}