Brita Pitcher Replacement Filter

Healthier, great-tasting water. Certified to reduce chlorine (taste and odor), mercury, 98% lead and more. Tested and certified under industry standards by Water Quality Association. World's No. 1 brand of water filtration. Fresher filter = fresher water. For optimum performance, change your filter as directed. (Filter replacement is essential for product to perform as represented. Replace filter every 40 gallons (about 2 months for the average family). Water coolers require 2 filters; replace both filters every 80 gallons (about 4 months for the average family.) The Amazing Brita Filter: The Brita filter's activated carbon and ion exchange resin work together to filter your water so you get healthier, great-tasting drinking water. Brita is a Great Value: Brita filters your own tap water, giving you healthier, great-tasting drinking water at a fraction of the cost of bottled water. Certification: Chemical/Source/Potential Health Effects: Lead/Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits/Infants and Children: delays in physical or mental development. Adults: kidney problems; high blood pressure; Copper/Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits/Short-Term: gastrointestinal distress. Long-Term: liver or kidney damage; Mercury/Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from landfills and cropland/Kidney damage; Cadmium/Corrosion of galvanized pipes; runoff from waste batteries and paints/Kidney damage; Benzene/Discharge from factories; leaching from gas storage tanks and landfills/Anemia; decrease in blood platelets; increased risk of cancer. The Brita filter keeps a healthy level of fluoride, a water additive that promotes strong teeth. (Applies to fluoridated municipal tap water and based on independent laboratory testing.) The Brita pitcher filter (model no. OB03) has been tested and certified by NSF International in all Brita pitchers, dispensers, and water cooler filtration systems for: NSF/ANSI Standard No. 53 Health Effects - Reduction of: lead, benzene, copper, toluene, mercury, tetrachloroethylene, cadmium; NSF/ANSI Standard No. 42 Aesthetic Effects - Reduction of: chlorine, taste and odor, zinc. The contaminants or other substances removed or reduced by this water treatment device are not necessarily in all users' water. Assembled in Canada.