Consumers Shower Praise on Multi-Pure's Filter

Multi-Pure's Popular Shower Filter

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water...

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have found that showerheads potentially deliver an unhealthy level of pathogenic bacteria when a shower is first turned on, according to September 14 University of Colorado news release.

The researchers used high-tech instruments and lab methods to analyze roughly 50 showerheads from nine cities in seven states that included New York City, Chicago and Denver. They concluded about 30 percent of the devices harbored significant levels of Mycobacterium avium, a pathogen linked to pulmonary disease that most often infects people with compromised immune systems but which can occasionally infect healthy people, said CU-Boulder Distinguished Professor Norman Pace, lead study author.

Pace said it is not surprising to find pathogens in municipal waters. However, the CU-Boulder researchers found that some M. avium and related pathogens were clumped together in slimy “biofilms” that clung to the inside of showerheads at more than 100 times the “background” levels of municipal water.

“If you are getting a face full of water when you first turn your shower on, that means you are probably getting a particularly high load of Mycobacterium avium, which may not be too healthy,” Pace is quoted saying.

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-Trina-