Ke hana nei mākou i ka noiʻi kūʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā huahana no nā makahiki 120. Inā kūʻai ʻoe ma o kā mākou loulou, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa ke komisina. E aʻo hou e pili ana i kā mākou hana loiloi.
Inā makemake ʻoe i ka wai paila no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo ia paha ka manawa e hoʻokomo i kahi kānana wai i kāu lumi kuke. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā kānana wai e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wai ma ka wehe ʻana i nā mea haumia ʻino e like me ka chlorine, ke alakaʻi a me nā pesticides, me ke ʻano o ka wehe ʻana e like me ka paʻakikī o ka kānana. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono a, i kekahi mau hihia, ka māmā o ka wai.
No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka kānana wai maikaʻi loa, ua hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe loea o ka Good Housekeeping Institute ma mua o 30 mau kānana wai. ʻO nā kānana wai a mākou e nānā nei ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia nā kānana wai hale holoʻokoʻa, nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka pohō, nā ipu kānana wai, nā ʻōmole kānana wai, a me nā kānana wai ʻauʻau.
Ma ka hopena o kēia alakaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka loiloi ʻana i nā kānana wai i loko o kā mākou lab, a me nā mea āpau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka kānana wai maikaʻi loa. Makemake ʻoe e hoʻonui i kāu inu wai i ka wā e hele ana? E nānā i kā mākou alakaʻi i nā ʻōmole wai maikaʻi loa.
E wehe wale i ka paipa a hiki i ʻeono mahina o ka wai kānana. Hoʻopau kēia ʻōnaehana kānana ma lalo o ka wai i ka chlorine, nā metala kaumaha, nā cysts, herbicides, pesticides, volatile organic compounds a me nā mea hou aku. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia huahana ma ka home o Dr. Birnur Aral, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka GH Research Institute's Beauty, Health and Sustainability Laboratory.
"Hoʻohana au i ka wai kānana no nā mea a pau mai ka kuke ʻana a hiki i ke kofe, no laila ʻaʻole pono ka kānana wai countertop iaʻu," wahi āna. "ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe pono e hoʻopiha hou i nā hue wai a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea pahu." He kiʻekiʻe ka kahe kahe akā pono e hoʻokomo.
ʻO kekahi o kā mākou kānana wai kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka Brita Longlast + kānana e hoʻoneʻe ma luna o 30 mau mea haumia e like me ka chlorine, nā metala kaumaha, carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, a me nā mea hou aku. Mahalo mākou i kāna kānana wikiwiki, he 38 kekona wale nō no ke kīʻaha. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kona mua, ʻeono mau mahina ma mua o ʻelua a ʻaʻole waiho i nā kiko ʻeleʻele kalapona i ka wai.
Hoʻohana ʻo Rachel Rothman, ka luna ʻenehana mua a me ka luna ʻenehana hoʻokō o ka GH Research Institute, i kēia ipu i loko o kona ʻohana ʻelima. Makemake ʻo ia i ka ʻono o ka wai a ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia e hoʻololi pinepine i ka kānana. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ʻo ia ka holoi lima.
Ua ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka "poo ʻauʻau o ka Pūnaewele," ua lilo ʻo Jolie i hoʻokahi o nā poʻo ʻauʻau kaulana loa o ka honua, ʻoi aku ma muli o kāna hoʻolālā nani. Ua hōʻoia kā mākou hoʻāʻo home ākea e ola ana i ka hype. ʻAʻole e like me nā kānana ʻauʻau ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai, ʻo ka Jolie Filter Showerhead he hoʻolālā hoʻokahi ʻāpana e pono ai ka hoʻoikaika liʻiliʻi e hoʻokomo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jacqueline Saguin, ka mea hoʻoponopono ʻoihana koʻikoʻi ma GH, ua lawe ʻo ia ma kahi o 15 mau minuke e hoʻonohonoho.
Ua loaʻa iā mākou he mau mana kānana chlorine maikaʻi loa. Aia i loko o kāna kānana kahi hui pono o KDF-55 a me ka calcium sulfate, kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka brand ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā kānana kalapona maʻamau i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea haumia i ka wai ʻauʻau wela. Ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana, ʻike ʻo Sachin i "ka liʻiliʻi o ke kūkulu ʻana ma kahi kokoke i ka ʻauʻau ʻauʻau," me ka hoʻohui ʻana "e ʻoi aku ka palupalu o ka wai me ka ʻole o ke kaomi ʻana."
E hoʻomanaʻo he pipiʻi ke poʻo ʻauʻau ponoʻī, e like me ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka kānana.
He 6 paona wale nō ke kaumaha o kēia ipu kānana wai aniani akā ikaika. He māmā a maʻalahi ke hoʻopaʻa a ninini i kā mākou hoʻokolohua. Loaʻa ia i loko o ka plastic, kahi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻono a me ka māmā o ka wai. E hoʻomaopopo he pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha pinepine iā ia no ka mea ʻo ia wale nō ka paʻa ʻana o 2.5 mau kīʻaha wai paipu a ʻike mākou e kānana mālie loa.
Hoʻohui hou, hoʻohana kēia ipu i ʻelua ʻano kānana: kānana micro membrane a me kāna kānana kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia me ka ion exchanger. ʻO kā mākou loiloi i ka ʻikepili hoʻāʻo keʻena ʻekolu ʻaoʻao e hōʻoia i ka wehe ʻana i nā mea haumia ʻoi aku ma mua o 30, ʻo ia hoʻi ka chlorine, microplastics, sediment, metala kaumaha, nā mea hoʻoheheʻe kūlohelohe, endocrine disruptors, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, E. coli, a me nā cysts.
He hōʻailona ʻo Brita e hana maikaʻi mau ana i kā mākou hoʻokolohua lab. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea hōʻike makemake lākou i kēia ʻōmole huakaʻi no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopiha iā ia ma nā wahi āpau a ʻike i ka ʻono o kā lākou wai. Hiki mai ka omole i ke kila kuhiliʻole a i ʻole ka plastic—ua ʻike nā mea hoʻāʻo ʻo ka ʻōmole kila kila ʻelua pā pōhaku e mālama i ka wai maʻalili a hou i ka lā a pau.
Loaʻa iā ia ma ka nui 26-auneke (kūpono i ka hapa nui o nā mea paʻa kīʻaha) a i ʻole ka nui 36-auneke (he mea maʻalahi inā hele ʻoe i kahi lōʻihi a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopiha i ka wai mau). Hiki ke maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana i ka loop i kūkulu ʻia. Ua ʻike kekahi mau mea hoʻohana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka mauʻu i mea paʻakikī loa ka inu ʻana.
Ua lanakila ʻo Brita Hub i ka makana GH Kitchenware ma hope o ka hoʻohauʻoli ʻana i ko mākou mau luna kānāwai me kāna mea hoʻopuka wai countertop e hāʻawi ana i ka wai me ka lima a i ʻole. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hana e hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka kānana ma hope o ʻeono mahina. Eia naʻe, ʻo Nicole Papantoniou, ka luna o ka Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Laboratory ma ka GH Research Institute, pono e hoʻololi i ka kānana i kēlā me kēia mahina ʻehiku.
“He mana nui kona no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha pinepine. Makemake au i ka ninini ʻakomi no ka mea hiki iaʻu ke haʻalele i ka piha ʻana,” wahi a Papantoniou. He aha nā hemahema i ʻike ʻia e kā mākou poʻe loea? I ka wā e ʻā ana ka hōʻailona ʻulaʻula no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mea kānana, pau ka hana. E hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kānana hou.
Hiki i ka Larq PurVis Water Tank ke kānana ma luna o 45 mau mea haumia e like me microplastics, metala kaumaha, VOCs, endocrine disruptors, PFOA a me PFOS, lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hou aku. Ke hele nei ka hui i kahi ʻanuʻu ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kukui UV no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka bacteria E. coli a me salmonella i hiki ke hōʻiliʻili i loko o nā ipu kānana wai ke kānana ʻana i ka chlorine.
I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, makemake mākou he maʻalahi ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka app Larq a mālama ʻo ia i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā kānana, no laila ʻaʻohe kuhi hewa. Ua kahe mālie, ʻaʻole kahe, a palekana ka mea holoi kīʻaha, koe wale nō ka wand liʻiliʻi i hiki ke hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia a mākou i ʻike maʻalahi e holoi me ka lima. E ʻoluʻolu: ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe.
Ke pau ka ʻoihana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻike haʻaheo i kēia ipu kānana wai ma kāu pākaukau me kona hiʻohiʻona nani a hou. ʻAʻole wale ia e kū i waho me kāna hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa, akā makemake pū kā mākou poʻe pro i ke ʻano o ka hourglass e maʻalahi ke paʻa.
Hoʻopili ia i ka chlorine a me nā metala kaumaha ʻehā, me ka cadmium, ke keleawe, ka mercury a me ka zinc, ma o kahi kānana cone maʻalea i ka piko o ka carafe. Ua ʻike ko mākou poʻe loea he maʻalahi ke hoʻouka, hoʻopiha a ninini, akā pono ka holoi lima.
"He mea maʻalahi ke hoʻouka, kūʻai ʻole a hoʻāʻo ʻia i nā kūlana ANSI 42 a me 53, no laila e kānana pono i nā ʻano mea ʻino," wahi a Dan DiClerico, ka luna o GH's Home Improvement and Outdoor Lab. Ua makemake nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā a ua ʻike ʻia ka brand Culligan.
Hāʻawi kēia kānana iā ʻoe e hoʻololi maʻalahi mai ka wai kānana ʻole i ka wai kānana ma ka huki wale ʻana i ka valve bypass, a ʻaʻohe mea pono e hoʻokomo i kēia kānana ma kāu faucet. He kānana ia i ka chlorine, sediment, lead a me nā mea hou aku. ʻO kahi hemahema, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻomāhuahua ai ka faucet.
Ma ka Good Housekeeping Institute, hana pū kā mākou hui o nā ʻenekinia, chemists, nā loiloi huahana a me nā loea hoʻomaikaʻi hale e hoʻoholo i ka kānana wai maikaʻi loa no kou home. I nā makahiki, ua hoʻāʻo mākou ma mua o 30 mau kānana wai a hoʻomau i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā koho hou ma ka mākeke.
No ka ho'āʻoʻana i nā kānana wai, noʻonoʻo mākou i ko lākou hiki, pehea ka maʻalahi o lākou e hoʻokomo, a (inā pili) pehea ka maʻalahi o lākou e hoʻopiha. No ka akaka, heluhelu mākou i kēlā me kēia aʻo aʻoaʻo a nānā inā palekana ke kumu hoʻohālike o ka ipu hao. Hoʻāʻo mākou i nā mea hana e like me ka wikiwiki o ke aniani o nā kānana wai a ana i ka nui o ka wai e paʻa ai ka pahu wai.
Ke hōʻoia pū nei mākou i nā koi hoʻohemo ʻana ma muli o ka ʻikepili ʻaoʻao ʻekolu. Ke hoʻololi nei i nā kānana ma ka papa kuhikuhi a ka mea hana, nānā mākou i ke ola o kēlā me kēia kānana a me ke kumukūʻai hoʻololi kānana i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
✔️ Ke ʻano a me ka hiki: Ke koho ʻoe i nā ipu, nā ʻōmole a me nā mea hoʻokaʻawale ʻē aʻe e paʻa ana i ka wai kānana, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka nui a me ke kaumaha. He mea maikaʻi nā pahu nui no ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hoʻopiha hou, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaumaha a hiki ke hoʻonui i ka nui i loko o kāu pahu friji a i ʻole ʻeke ʻeke. Mālama ke kŘkohu countertop i ka lumi fīkoi a hiki ke paʻa pinepine i ka wai, akā pono ia i ka hakahaka a hoʻohana i ka wai wela o ka lumi.
Me nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka pohō, nā kānana faucet, nā kānana ʻauʻau a me nā kānana hale holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻohe pono e hopohopo no ka nui a i ʻole ka mana no ka mea e kānana lākou i ka wai ke kahe koke.
✔️ʻAno kānana: Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia he nui nā kānana i loaʻa i nā ʻano kānana he nui e wehe i nā mea haumia like ʻole. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa loa kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona i nā mea haumia a lākou e wehe ai, no laila he manaʻo maikaʻi e nānā i ka mea a ke kumu hoʻohālike e kānana maoli ai i mea e kūpono ai i kāu mau pono. ʻO ke ala hilinaʻi loa e hoʻoholo ai i kēia, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i ke kūlana NSF i hōʻoia ʻia ka kānana. Eia kekahi laʻana, uhi wale kekahi mau mea maʻamau i ke kēpau, e like me NSF 372, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e uhi ana i nā mea ʻawaʻawa mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana, e like me NSF 401. Eia kekahi, eia nā ʻano kānana wai like ʻole:
✔️ Ka Hoʻololi ʻana i nā kānana: E nānā i ka manawa e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻololi i ka kānana. Inā makaʻu ʻoe e hoʻololi i ka kānana a i ʻole poina e hoʻololi iā ia, makemake paha ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi kānana lōʻihi. Eia hou, inā kūʻai ʻoe i nā kānana no ka ʻauʻau, ka ipu, a me ka ʻauʻau, pono ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻololi iā lākou i kēlā me kēia, no laila e noʻonoʻo e noʻonoʻo e hele me kahi kānana hale holoʻokoʻa no ka mea pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i hoʻokahi kānana. no kou home. ka hale a pau.
No kēlā me kēia kānana wai āu e koho ai, ʻaʻole maikaʻi ia inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pani iā ​​ia e like me ka ʻōlelo ʻia. "ʻO ka maikaʻi o kahi kānana wai e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ke kumu wai a me ka manawa e hoʻololi ai ʻoe i ka kānana," wahi a Aral. Hoʻolako ʻia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona me kahi hōʻailona, ​​​​akā inā ʻaʻohe mea hōʻailona o ke kŘkohu, kahe mālie a i ʻole ke kala ʻokoʻa o ka wai he hōʻailona ia e pono ke hoʻololi ʻia ka kānana.
✔️ Kumukūʻai: E noʻonoʻo i ke kumu kūʻai mua o ka kānana wai a me ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana. ʻOi aku ke kumu kūʻai o kahi kānana wai ma mua, akā ʻo ke kumukūʻai a me ka pinepine o ka hoʻololi ʻana e hiki ke mālama i ke kālā i ka wā lōʻihi. Akā ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia i nā manawa a pau, no laila e ʻike pono e helu i nā kumukūʻai hoʻololi makahiki e pili ana i ka papa kuhikuhi i ʻōlelo ʻia.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai inu palekana he pilikia honua ia e pili ana i nā kaiāulu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Inā maopopo ʻole ʻoe i ka maikaʻi o kāu wai, ua hōʻano hou ka Environmental Working Group (EWG) i kāna waihona wai paipu no 2021. He manuahi ka waihona, maʻalahi ke ʻimi, a loaʻa ka ʻike no nā mokuʻāina āpau.
E hoʻokomo i kāu code zip a i ʻole e huli i kou mokuʻāina e ʻike i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o kāu wai inu e pili ana i nā kūlana EWG, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o nā kūlana mokuʻāina. Inā ʻoi aku ka nui o kāu wai paipa i nā alakaʻi olakino o EWG, makemake paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e kūʻai i kahi kānana wai.
ʻO ke koho ʻana i ka wai ʻōmole he hopena pōkole ia i ka wai inu ʻole, akā hoʻoulu ia i kahi pilikia nui me nā hopena lōʻihi koʻikoʻi no ka haumia. Hoʻolei aku ka poʻe ʻAmelika a hiki i 30 miliona tons plastic i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ʻo 8% wale nō ka mea i hana hou ʻia. ʻO ka hapa nui o ia mea e hoʻopau ʻia no ka mea he nui nā lula like ʻole e pili ana i ka mea hiki ke hana hou ʻia. ʻO kāu koho maikaʻi loa ʻo ke kālele ʻana i kahi kānana wai a me kahi ʻōmole wai nani a hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia - aia kekahi mau kānana i kūkulu ʻia.
Ua kākau ʻia a hoʻāʻo ʻia kēia ʻatikala e Jamie (Kim) Ueda, kahi mea loiloi huahana kānana wai (a me ka mea hoʻohana maʻamau!). He mea kākau kūʻokoʻa ʻo ia i ka hoʻāʻo huahana a me nā loiloi. No kēia papa inoa, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i kekahi mau kānana wai a hana pū me nā poʻe loea mai kekahi mau hale hana hale mālama hale maikaʻi: Kitchen Appliances & Innovation, Beauty, Health & Sustainability, Outdoors, Tools & Technology;
'Ōleloʻo Nicole Papantoniou i ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā hue a me nā'ōmole. Ua kōkua ʻo Kauka Bill Noor Alar i ka loiloi ʻana i nā koi hoʻoneʻe ʻino i lalo o kēlā me kēia o kā mākou hoʻonā. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Dan DiClerico lāua ʻo Rachel Rothman i ka ʻike no ka hoʻonohonoho kānana.
ʻO Jamie Ueda he loea huahana mea kūʻai aku me nā makahiki 17 o ka hoʻolālā huahana a me ka ʻike hana. Ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana alakaʻi ma waena o nā hui huahana mea kūʻai aku a me kekahi o nā ʻoihana lole kaulana a nui loa o ka honua. Ua komo ʻo Jamie i kekahi mau labs GH Institute e pili ana i nā lako kīhini, nā media a me nā ʻenehana, nā lole a me nā mea pono home. I kona manawa kaʻawale, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka kuke ʻana, ka hele ʻana a me ka pāʻani haʻuki.
Hoʻokomo ʻo Good Housekeeping i nā papahana kūʻai pili pili, ʻo ia ka mea e loaʻa iā mākou nā komisina ma nā huahana i koho ʻia i kūʻai ʻia ma o kā mākou loulou i nā kahua kūʻai.