Ua hana mākou i kahi noiʻi kūʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā huahana no nā makahiki he 120 a ʻoi. Inā kūʻai ʻoe ma o kā mākou mau loulou, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kahi komisina. E aʻo hou e pili ana i kā mākou kaʻina loiloi.
Inā makemake ʻoe i ka wai piula no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, hiki paha i ka manawa e hoʻokomo ai i kahi kānana wai i loko o kāu lumi kuke. Ua 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 kēpau a me nā pesticides, me ke ʻano o ka wehe ʻana e loli ana ma muli o ka paʻakikī o ke kānana. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono a, i kekahi mau hihia, ka moakāka o ka wai.
No ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kānana wai maikaʻi loa, ua hoʻāʻo pono a kālailai nā loea ma ka Good Housekeeping Institute i nā kānana wai he 30 a ʻoi aku. ʻO nā kānana wai a mākou e loiloi nei ma aneʻi e komo pū ana me nā kānana wai hale holoʻokoʻa, nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho holoi, 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 ke ʻano o kā mākou loiloi ʻana i nā kānana wai i loko o kā mākou keʻena hoʻokolohua, 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 lawe ʻana i ka wai i ka wā e huakaʻi ana? E nānā i kā mākou alakaʻi i nā ʻōmole wai maikaʻi loa.
E wehe wale i ka piula wai a loaʻa i ʻeono mahina o ka wai i kānana ʻia. Hoʻopau kēia ʻōnaehana kānana ma lalo o ka poho i ka chlorine, nā metala kaumaha, nā cysts, nā herbicides, nā pesticides, nā hui organik volatile a me nā mea hou aku. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia huahana ma ka home o Kauka Birnur Aral, ka luna hoʻokele mua o ka GH Research Institute's Beauty, Health and Sustainability Laboratory.
"Hoʻohana au i ka wai kānana no nā mea āpau mai ka kuke ʻana a i ke kofe, no laila ʻaʻole pono iaʻu kahi kānana wai ma luna o ka countertop," wahi āna. "ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe pono e hoʻopiha hou i nā ʻōmole wai a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​ipu." He kiʻekiʻe kona kahe ʻana akā pono ke hoʻokomo ʻia.
ʻO kekahi o kā mākou kānana wai maikaʻi loa, ʻo ka kānana Brita Longlast+ e wehe ana ma mua o 30 mau mea haumia e like me ka chlorine, nā metala kaumaha, nā carcinogens, nā mea hoʻopilikia endocrine, a me nā mea hou aku. Mahalo mākou i kāna kānana wikiwiki, kahi e lawe wale i 38 kekona no kēlā me kēia kīʻaha. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kona mua, he ʻeono mahina ka lōʻihi ma kahi o ʻelua a ʻaʻole waiho i nā kiko ʻeleʻele kalapona i loko o ka wai.
ʻO Rachel Rothman, ka luna ʻenehana mua a me ka luna hoʻokele loea o ka GH Research Institute, hoʻohana i kēia ipu hao i loko o kona ʻohana he ʻelima. Makemake ʻo ia i ka ʻono o ka wai a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia e hoʻololi pinepine i ke kānana. ʻO ka hemahema iki, pono ka holoi lima.
ʻIke ʻole ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "ke poʻo ʻauʻau o ka Pūnaewele," ua lilo ʻo Jolie i kekahi o nā poʻo ʻauʻau kaulana loa ma ka honua, ʻoiai ma muli o kona hoʻolālā nani. Ua hōʻoia kā mākou hoʻāʻo nui ʻana ma ka home e kū pono ana ia i ka hype. ʻAʻole e like me nā kānana ʻauʻau ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai, he hoʻolālā hoʻokahi ʻāpana ko ka Jolie Filter Showerhead e pono ai ka hoʻoikaika liʻiliʻi e hoʻokomo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jacqueline Saguin, ka mea hoʻoponopono ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe ma GH, ua hala ma kahi o 15 mau minuke e hoʻonohonoho ai.
Ua ʻike mākou he maikaʻi loa kona hiki ke kānana chlorine. Loaʻa i kāna mau kānana kahi hui ponoʻī o KDF-55 a me ka calcium sulfate, kahi a ka brand e ʻōlelo nei he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā kānana kalapona maʻamau i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea haumia i loko o ka wai ʻauʻau wela a kiʻekiʻe. Ma hope o kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana, ua ʻike ʻo Sachin i ka "emi ʻana o ka unahi kokoke i ka lua wai ʻauʻau," me ka hoʻohui ʻana "e palupalu ka wai me ka ʻole o ka nalowale o ke kaomi."
E hoʻomanaʻo he pipiʻi ke poʻo ʻauʻau ponoʻī, e like me ke kumukūʻai o ke pani ʻana i ke kānana.
ʻEono paona wale nō ke kaumaha o kēia ipu kānana wai aniani liʻiliʻi akā ikaika ke piha. He māmā a maʻalahi hoʻi ke paʻa a ninini i loko o kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo. Loaʻa nō hoʻi ia i loko o ka palakiko, kahi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻono a me ka moakāka o ka wai. E hoʻomaopopo he pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha hou iā ia i nā manawa he nui no ka mea he 2.5 kīʻaha wai piula wale nō ka mea e paʻa ai a ua ʻike mākou he lohi loa kānana.
Eia kekahi, hoʻohana kēia ipu hao i ʻelua ʻano kānana: kānana micro membrane a me ke kānana kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia me ka mea hoʻololi ion. Hōʻoia kā mākou loiloi o ka ʻikepili hoʻāʻo lab ʻaoʻao ʻekolu o ka brand e wehe ana ia ma mua o 30 mau mea haumia, me ka chlorine, microplastics, sediment, nā metala kaumaha, nā hui organik volatile, nā mea hoʻopilikia endocrine, nā pesticides, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, E. coli, a me nā cysts.
He hōʻailona ʻo Brita e hana maikaʻi mau ana i kā mākou mau hoʻokolohua lab. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea hoʻāʻo makemake lākou i kēia ʻōmole huakaʻi no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopiha iā ia ma nā wahi āpau a ʻike lākou i ka ʻono hou o ko lākou wai. Loaʻa ka ʻōmole i ke kila kila a i ʻole ka plastic—ua ʻike nā mea hoʻāʻo ua mālama ka ʻōmole kila kila pālua i ka wai i kahi anuanu a hou i ka lā a pau.
Loaʻa nō hoʻi ia i ka nui 26-auneke (kūpono i ka hapa nui o nā mea paʻa kīʻaha) a i ʻole ka nui 36-auneke (he mea pono ia inā ʻoe e hele i nā wahi lōʻihi a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopiha hou i ka wai i nā manawa a pau). ʻO ke apo lawe i kūkulu ʻia e maʻalahi hoʻi ke lawe. Ua ʻike kekahi poʻe hoʻohana e paʻakikī ana ka inu ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka ʻōpala.
Ua lanakila ʻo Brita Hub i ka GH Kitchenware Award ma hope o ka hoʻopūhoihoi ʻana i kā mākou mau luna kānāwai me kāna mea hoʻokahe wai countertop e hoʻokahe lima a ʻakomi paha i ka wai. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hana hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ke kānana ma hope o ʻeono mahina. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo Nicole Papantoniou, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Laboratory ma ka GH Research Institute, pono wale nō e hoʻololi i ke kānana i kēlā me kēia ʻehiku mahina.
"He nui kona mana no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha hou pinepine. Makemake au i ka ninini ʻakomi no ka mea hiki iaʻu ke haʻalele i ka wā e piha ana," wahi a Papantoniou. He aha nā hemahema a kā mākou poʻe loea i ʻike ai? I ka wā e hoʻomālamalama ai ka hōʻailona ʻulaʻula no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻāpana kānana, e pau ka hana. E hōʻoia wale nō he loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kānana hou.
Hiki i ka Pahu Wai ʻo Larq PurVis ke kānana ma luna o 45 mau mea haumia e like me nā microplastics, nā metala kaumaha, nā VOC, nā mea hoʻopilikia endocrine, PFOA a me PFOS, nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hou aku. Ke hele hou aku nei ka ʻoihana ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mālamalama UV e hoʻopau i ka bacteria E. coli a me salmonella hiki ke hōʻiliʻili i loko o nā ipu kānana wai i ka wā e kānana ai i ka chlorine.
I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, makemake mākou i ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka polokalamu Larq a mālama ia i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā kānana, no laila ʻaʻohe kuhi. Ninini mālie ia, ʻaʻole ninini, a palekana i ka mea holoi kīʻaha, koe wale nō ka wand liʻiliʻi e hiki ke hoʻouka hou ʻia a mākou i ʻike ai he maʻalahi ke holoi lima. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo: ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe.
Ke pau ka hana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻike haʻaheo i kēia ipu kānana wai ma kāu pākaukau me kona ʻano nani a hou hoʻi. ʻAʻole wale ia e kū i waho me kona hoʻolālā kū hoʻokahi, akā makemake pū kā mākou poʻe loea i ka maʻalahi o ke ʻano o ka hola aniani e paʻa ai.
Hoʻokahe ia i ka chlorine a me nā metala kaumaha ʻehā, me ke cadmium, ke keleawe, ka mercury a me ka zinc, ma o kahi kānana cone i hūnā akamai ʻia ma luna o ke carafe. Ua ʻike kā mākou poʻe loea he maʻalahi ke hoʻouka, hoʻopiha a ninini, akā pono e holoi lima.
"He maʻalahi ke hoʻouka, ʻaʻole pipiʻi ke kumukūʻai a ua hoʻāʻo ʻia e nā kūlana ANSI 42 a me 53, no laila e kānana pono i nā ʻano haumia like ʻole," wahi a Dan DiClerico, ka luna hoʻokele o GH's Home Improvement and Outdoor Lab. Makemake nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā a ua ʻike ʻia ka hōʻailona Culligan.
Hiki i kēia kānana ke hoʻololi maʻalahi mai ka wai kānana ʻole i ka wai kānana ma ka huki wale ʻana i ka valve bypass, a ʻaʻohe pono o nā mea hana e hoʻokomo i kēia kānana ma kāu faucet. Kānana ia i ka chlorine, ka sediment, ke kēpau a me nā mea hou aku. ʻO kahi hemahema, ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka faucet.
Ma ka Good Housekeeping Institute, hana pū kā mākou hui o nā ʻenekinia, nā kemika, nā loiloi huahana a me nā loea hoʻomaikaʻi home e hoʻoholo i ka kānana wai maikaʻi loa no kou home. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻāʻo mākou ma mua o 30 mau kānana wai a ke hoʻomau nei mākou e ʻimi i nā koho hou ma ka mākeke.
No ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā kānana wai, noʻonoʻo mākou i ko lākou hiki, pehea ka maʻalahi o ke kau ʻana, a (inā pili) pehea ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻopiha ʻana. No ka maopopo, heluhelu pū mākou i kēlā me kēia puke kuhikuhi a nānā inā palekana ka hoʻohālike ipu hao i ka mea holoi kīʻaha. 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 hiki ai i kahi pahu wai piula ke paʻa.
Hōʻoia pū mākou i nā koi wehe ʻana i nā ʻila ma muli o ka ʻikepili ʻaoʻao ʻekolu. Ke hoʻololi nei i nā kānana ma ka papa kuhikuhi i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea hana, nānā mākou i ke ola o kēlā me kēia kānana a me ke kumukūʻai hoʻololi kānana i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
✔️ ʻAno a me ka Mana: I ke koho ʻana i nā ipu hao, nā ʻōmole a me nā mea hoʻokaʻawale ʻē aʻe e paʻa ana i ka wai i kānana ʻia, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka nui a me ke kaumaha. He mea maikaʻi nā ipu nui no ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hoʻopiha hou ʻana, akā ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o lākou a hiki ke lawe i kahi ākea i loko o kāu pahu hau a i ʻole ka ʻeke ʻeke. Mālama ke ʻano countertop i kahi ākea o ka pahu hau a hiki ke paʻa pinepine i ka wai hou aku, akā pono ia i kahi ākea o ka countertop a hoʻohana i ka wai mahana o ka lumi.
Me nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho holoi, nā kānana faucet, nā kānana ʻauʻau a me nā kānana hale holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻohe pono e hopohopo e pili ana i ka nui a i ʻole ka nui o ka wai no ka mea kānana lākou i ka wai i ka wā e kahe ai.
✔️ʻAno Kānana: Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia he nui nā kānana i loaʻa nā ʻano kānana like ʻole e wehe i nā mea haumia like ʻole. Hiki i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ke ʻokoʻa loa i nā mea haumia a lākou e wehe ai, no laila he manaʻo maikaʻi e nānā i nā mea a ke kumu hoʻohālike e kānana ai e hōʻoia i kūpono ia i kāu mau pono. ʻO ke ala hilinaʻi loa e hoʻoholo ai i kēia, ʻo ia ke nānā i ke kūlana NSF i hōʻoia ʻia ai ke kānana. No ka laʻana, uhi wale kekahi mau kūlana i ke kēpau, e like me NSF 372, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e uhi pū i nā mea ʻawahia mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana, e like me NSF 401. Eia kekahi, eia nā ʻano kānana wai like ʻole:
✔️ Pinepine o ka Hoʻololi ʻana i ke Kānana: E nānā i ka pinepine o kou hoʻololi ʻana i ke kānana. Inā makaʻu ʻoe e hoʻololi i ke kānana a poina paha iā ia e hoʻololi, makemake paha ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi kānana lōʻihi. Eia kekahi, inā kūʻai ʻoe i nā kānana no ka ʻauʻau, ka ipu hao, a me ka poho holoi, pono ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻololi iā lākou pākahi, no laila he mea naʻauao paha ke noʻonoʻo e hele me kahi kānana hale holoʻokoʻa no ka mea hoʻokahi wale nō kāu e hoʻololi ai no kou home. ka hale holoʻokoʻa.
ʻOiai ke ʻano o ka kānana wai āu e koho ai, ʻaʻole ia e hana i kekahi mea maikaʻi inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pani iā ​​ia e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia. "ʻO ka pono o kahi kānana wai e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ke kumu wai a me ka pinepine o kou hoʻololi ʻana i ke kānana," wahi a Aral. Ua lako kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona me kahi hōʻailona, ​​​​akā inā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ke kumu hoʻohālike, ʻo ke kahe lohi a i ʻole ke kala ʻokoʻa o ka wai he hōʻailona ia e pono ai ke pani ʻia ke kānana.
✔️ Kumukūʻai: E noʻonoʻo i ke kumukūʻai mua o ka kānana wai a me ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana. Hiki ke piʻi aʻe ke kumukūʻai o kahi kānana wai i ka wā mua, akā hiki i ke kumukūʻai a me ka pinepine o ka hoʻololi ʻana ke mālama iā ʻoe i ke kālā i ka wā lōʻihi. Akā, ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia mau, no laila e helu pono i nā kumukūʻai hoʻololi makahiki e pili ana i ka papa hana hoʻololi i ʻōlelo ʻia.
He pilikia honua ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai inu palekana e hoʻopilikia ana i nā kaiāulu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Inā kānalua ʻoe e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o kāu wai, ua hōʻano hou ka Environmental Working Group (EWG) i kāna waihona ʻikepili wai paipa no 2021. He manuahi ka waihona ʻikepili, maʻalahi ke huli, a loaʻa iā ia 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 kāu wai paipa ma mua o 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 no ka wai inu ʻino paha, akā hoʻokumu ia i kahi pilikia nui me nā hopena koʻikoʻi lōʻihi no ka haumia. Hoʻolei aku nā ʻAmelika i 30 miliona tone o ka palakika i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo 8% wale nō i hana hou ʻia. Hoʻopau ka hapa nui o ia mea i nā ʻōpala no ka mea he nui nā lula like ʻole e pili ana i nā mea hiki ke hana hou ʻia. ʻO kāu koho maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia ke hoʻopukapuka i kahi kānana wai a me kahi ʻōmole wai nani a hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia - aia kekahi mau kānana i kūkulu ʻia i loko.
Ua kākau ʻia a hoʻāʻo ʻia kēia ʻatikala e Jamie (Kim) Ueda, he mea loiloi huahana kānana wai (a he mea hoʻohana maʻamau!). He mea kākau kūʻokoʻa ʻo ia i loea i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā huahana a me nā loiloi. No kēia papa inoa, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i kekahi mau kānana wai a ua hana pū me nā loea mai kekahi mau keʻena hoʻokolohua ʻo Good Housekeeping Institute: Nā Mea Hana Kīhini & Innovation, Beauty, Health & Sustainability, Outdoors, Tools & Technology;
Kamaʻilio ʻo Nicole Papantoniou e pili ana i ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hue a me nā ʻōmole. Ua kōkua ʻo Kauka Bill Noor Alar i ka loiloi ʻana i nā koi wehe ʻana i nā mea haumia ma lalo o kēlā me kēia o kā mākou mau hoʻonā. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Dan DiClerico lāua ʻo Rachel Rothman i ka ʻike loea i ke kau ʻana i nā kānana.
He loea huahana mea kūʻai aku ʻo Jamie Ueda me ka ʻoi aku o 17 mau makahiki o ka hoʻolālā huahana a me ka ʻike hana ʻana. Ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana alakaʻi ma nā ʻoihana huahana mea kūʻai waena a me kekahi o nā lama lole kaulana a nui loa o ka honua. Ke komo nei ʻo Jamie i kekahi mau keʻena hoʻokolohua GH Institute e komo pū ana me nā lako kīhini, nā pāpaho a me nā ʻenehana, nā lole a me nā lako home. I kona manawa kaʻawale, makemake ʻo ia i ka kuke ʻana, ka huakaʻi a me ka pāʻani haʻuki.
Ke komo nei ʻo Good Housekeeping i nā papahana kūʻai aku pili like ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa nā komisina ma nā huahana i koho ʻia e ka hoʻoponopono i kūʻai ʻia ma o kā mākou mau loulou i nā pūnaewele kūʻai aku.