Common Water Impurities This list of impurities is present in most drinking water to a greater or lesser degree Organics: Antibiotics, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Insecticides, Herbicides, Solvents, Growth Hormones. Inorganic: Hard Water Minerals, Phosphorus, Asbestos, Selenium, Sodium, Flouride, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Barium, Nitrates, Copper, Lead, Chlorine, Arsenic. Biological: Bacteria, Viruses, Chryptosporidium, Chlamydia, Giardia Cysts. Radioactive: Radium, Strontium 90, Plutonium. On average the Megahome 943SBS water distiller removes 99.8% of all these contaminants. |