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Customer Review: Very good flavor
I agree with the other reviews. This tea does have a very good flavor. It tastes as good or better than the Twinings. Since Twinings English Breakfast decaf is no longer available through Amazon, this is a good alternative.
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Excellent tea. Timothy's need to make their coffee as robust as this tea. Good stuff!

With all of the fanfare that it has been receiving a lot of people have asked the question, "Exactly what does reverse osmosis do?" "What is reverse osmosis?" you ask. Don't worry, by the time that you finish reading this article, you will possess at least a rudimentary understanding of the RO system and what it can and cannot do.

Let's begin with what does reverse osmosis do? The RO system is responsible for filtering large volumes of water by pushing it through a porous membrane filter at high pressure for the purpose of removing minerals and seeable contaminants. Seeable contaminants are those that have a molecular weight greater than that of the water itself.

What is reverse osmosis used for? It originally was designed in order to reduce the number of deaths resulting from exposure to waterborne parasites and bacteria at the turn of the century. Before RO came along the people were at the mercy of the contaminants and were dying at a rate of 174 people out of every 10,000. This number was reduced after RO's inception.

The most significant difference was made after the idea was brought up to disinfect the water with chlorine. The system had only been partially effective up until that point, and from there the numbers greatly improved. Thousands of lives have been saved due to the use of RO.

That's a great history lesson, but what does reverse osmosis do now? It basically serves the same function that it did almost a century ago. Unfortunately for us, it's not doing much better of a job now than it did then. RO by design, simply hasn't been able to keep up with the ever evolving contaminant base that is in our reservoir system.

What is reverse osmosis going to do about this growing contaminant threat? It's not going to do anything about it. The federal government seems for the most part content with having an invention that does little more than de-mineralize cleaning our drinking water. They seem to think that having water barely safer than drinking from a stream is okay.

It must have improved at least a little since it was brought into use so long ago. What does reverse osmosis do better now than it did in the beginning? The membrane filter has improved somewhat so that it can actually filter out smaller objects, but it is still powerless to stop liquid chemical agents or microbial parasites and bacteria.

What is reverse osmosis going to change in order to be able to better combat the contaminants present today? The RO system would have to undergo a major overhaul which most municipalities cannot afford to expend the money to complete. I'm sad to say that without the aid of additional filters that the RO system is not going to be able to help.

The best answer to your question of what does reverse osmosis do is that it doesn't do enough. The safest advice that I can offer to you is to purchase a home water purification system today. The treatment facilities that utilize reverse osmosis technology can't begin to help you, only you can.

Dana Lakes is a natural health enthusiast and passionate about living a healthy lifestyle with a keen interest in finding products that provide clean safe water. She is a regular contributor to http://www.clean-filtered-safe-water.com

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