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January 25, 2005
San Diego Channel 10 News Misses the Point on Water Filter Story
In "Water Filters Purify Skin Or Money Down Drain?" San Diego (CA) Channel 10 News misses the point of its own story.
At the outset one would believe they got it right, when they relate that a woman told them that since using a shower filter to bathe, she no longer had dry skin.
Where they lose focus, however, is when they quote dermatologist Ranella Hirsch of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who said, "when it comes to your skin, you don't need a filter to get rid of impurities in your water."
The fact is that it is the chlorine, present in all municipal water systems for disinfection, which causes skin to be dry, not the impurities in the water.
A shower filter will remove the chlorine and thus make skin softer and hair more manageable.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at January 25, 2005 05:58 PM
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