As many of you might have known, there had been Great Tohoku Earthquake in Japan. I was far away from the most devastated area, but the damaged nuclear plants keeps emitting radioactive substances in the air and water (to the ocean and groundwater).
Last week, government reported that municipal water in some prefectures were radiation polluted and the quaity of tap water has exceeded the safe level for babies. After this announcement, everybody rushed to buy mineral waters and it has become harder to obtain water in stores around Japan.
In my area, tap water hasn't exceeded the safe level, but since we have two-year-old baby, I was worried about drinking water quality in my house. So I've decided to purchase reverse osmosis water filtering unit from a store in the U.S.
RO unit that I ordered costed about $300 (shipping to Japan costed additional $150!), but the investment would be much cheaper than regulary purchasing bottles of water in a long run. Besides, it's now very hard to purchase water bottles here in Japan. With a RO unit, you can turn unlimited amount of purified water.
Particles of radiactive substances can't go through filtering membranes of RO unit. So it's gonna be very safe. Also, I like purified water very much. It tastes much better than mineral water.
It's said that the problem of nuclear power plants last some years so I believe this investment would contribute the health of our family. Of course, the best solution is the stop of radioactive emission from the plants, but we have to do whatever we can do to manage our health.
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