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Can activated charcoal remove bpa from water? If not, how can it be removed. A steam distilling system?
Thank you.
John Z.
charcoal is so porous that it will absorb some chemicals like chlorine, but it is not great as the only filtermethod in say Brita filters. I distill my water and as far as I can reason out, all chemicals are left out unless they have a lower boilingpoint than water (100C) in which case they would escape from the steam pipe through a small vent in the top.
So the answer is NO to charcoal and YES to distilling water.
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