The ability of five tabletop water pitcher filters, listed by the brand name, to
remove arsenic (10 μg/L) from soft water. Control represents ICP-MS
measurement of the arsenic solution before it was added to the filters. Three
lots of each filter were tested, 1 L/filter. *P<0.05 versus 10
μg/L. **P<0.001, indicates that the
ZeroWater® filter reduced the arsenic concentration in the filtrate to
less than 0.05 μg/L. Data presented as the mean ± SEM. Effluent
arsenic concentrations were: ZeroWater® (below detection, 100%
removed by filtration), PUR® (6.9 ± 0.6 μg/L,
31% removed by filtration), Brita® (7.7 ± 0.8
μg/L, 23% removed by filtration), HDX® (8.6 ±
0.8 μg/L, 14% removed by filtration), and Great Value®
(8.6 ± 0.6 μg/L, 14% removed by filtration).