03/11/2026
Your tap water may not be as safe as you think. 👀
PFAS, lead, arsenic, nitrates & more are already in drinking water nationwide. Here’s what you need to know 👇 (save this so you don’t forget!)
🔟 Chloramines - A disinfectant used to treat drinking water. More than 1 in 5 Americans receive water treated with chloramines. Can cause pipe corrosion, increasing the risk of lead & copper leaching.
9️⃣ Human Hormones - Natural hormones & pharmaceutical residues entering water supplies through human waste, agricultural runoff & improper medication disposal. Zero federal drinking water standards currently exist for hormones.
8️⃣ Trihalomethanes - Form when chlorine reacts with organic matter in tap water. Affect all 50 states & 311M people. EPA limit? 80x higher than what health experts recommend.
7️⃣ Arsenic - A naturally occurring mineral that enters water through industrial waste & agricultural runoff. Found in all 50 states. Linked to bladder, lung & skin cancer.
6️⃣ Nitrates - Tasteless, odorless & invisible. Enter water through agricultural runoff, septic systems & landfills. Affect 263M people across 49 states.
5️⃣ Fluoride - Added to public water systems, but excess levels damage teeth & bones. Affects 294M people across all 50 states.
4️⃣ TCE - A carcinogenic chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease, kidney & liver cancer. Found in 41 states affecting 17M people.
3️⃣ Microplastics - Found in 94% of U.S. tap water samples. Zero federal limit exists. Currently linked to heart disease, reproductive issues & colon cancer.
2️⃣ Lead Leaches into drinking water through aging pipes. Hundreds of millions still drink from systems reporting problematic lead levels. Linked to permanent brain damage in children & heart disease in adults.
1️⃣ PFAS - “Forever chemicals” that stay in your bloodstream for decades. 165M people are drinking PFAS-contaminated water right now.
Learn more and see how Clearly Filtered removes up to 99.99% of 365+ contaminants, including all the above at https://clearlyfiltered.com/articles/2026-top-emerging-contaminants
