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Ever wonder who’s really behind that sleek water filter you just bought on Insta or TikTok or, god forbid, Facebook Marketplace? The one marketed as “eco-conscious” and “revolutionary”? Turns out, ...

Let’s talk about water filters, because apparently, everyone’s an expert these days. On one side, you’ve got the reverse osmosis evangelists who act like tap water is a chemical weapon. On the othe...

When I first heard about reverse osmosis (RO), I imagined some kind of futuristic, sci-fi water purification system—like a tiny spaceship for your sink, zapping contaminants into oblivion. Turns ou...

Looking around the world today, it’s a little difficult to imagine what a post-plastic one would look like. The history of how plastic went from an interesting technology to fundamental to modern l...

(This article is also available as a podcast at https://therightfilter.substack.com/) When we talk about PFAS/OS, what are we actually talking about? Let’s start with Wikipedia. “[P]er- and polyflu...

At The Right Filter, we carry a small number of water filters. This is on purpose.  They aren’t the most cutting edge technology, or some sort of hyped up repackaging of an older technology.  They ...

When I started out in the water filtration industry, I thought it would be pretty obvious what filter to use.  I mean, we’ve been filtering water since the dawn of civilization so how hard could it...

Like a lot of people, I ramped up my hand washing during Covid. Unlike a lot of people, having a mother who was a nurse also meant I didn’t have to learn how to wash my hands ‘the right way’. What ...

When I was a kid, being sick meant one thing: soup. Cold? Soup. Cough? Soup. Nauseous? Soup.  When I got older, earned my own money, cooked my own food, advocated for myself at the doctors, and got...