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I know the particles aren't harmless, but they're not supposed to get into the jug where I pour my water from.

What's causing this? Sign that I need a new filter maybe? It's been happening since I put it in 2 months ago though.

Anything I can do?

The instructions suggest that you run two full pitchers for a new filter to get the loose particles out.

That said, perhaps you didn't insert it tightly enough into the jug in the first place. Try pushing it a little tighter and try again.

It's okay if the particles are in the top part, as long as they don't leak through.

2009-06-14 23:36:47 by Joe S

The Brita Maxtra filter cartridge with the unique Maxtra 4-Step Filtration has 20% improved limescale reduction compared to the Brita Classic ...

i have a brand new brita filter, and did everything correct in setting it up.....i discarded the first couple fills, and now whenever i use it, theyres always those carbon particles in my water.....i cleaned them all out of the top compartment one time, and they just came back the next fill.....is this normal, and if not how do i fix this problem?....and when they do go in my drink, they always stay at the bottom of my water, so i drink it anyway and dont drink the last few sips....is this bad?

This happens sometimes with my Brita too.
It's no big deal. Just check to make sure that the filter cartridge isn't cracked damaged.
The little particles are carbon particulates.

2008-04-01 09:16:47 by T BOIII

You may be helping a lot of people to save money and keep healthy by answering and share your experience using Brita filters.

I found that Brita Filter replacement cartridges and similar products are extremely expensive. Not mention if you have to pay for the water+sewage as well in your monthly utility bill.

1. Is it good for pregnant woman to drink water filtered by brita instead of buying bottled/distilled water?
2. Is brita filter cartridge contains only activated carbon, what are the white/cream particles inside?
3. Is it easy to regenerate just by boiling it, or you have to reactivate the carbon by baking or burning it?
4. Can you replace the carbon with regular activated carbon (with the same particle size)?

It depends on what you are wanting to filter out of the tap water. Do you know if your tap water contains an elevated level of lead or other heavy metal or chemicals other than the chlorine added in water treatment? If not, I suspect that most filters are very effective far beyond their recommended capacity, since that is based on the worst possible level of contamination in any water system. If you want to test this, use the filter for a while beyond the recommended replacement date, and test the water for chlorine with a swimming pool test kit. If you don't have a pool or know someone with one, call local pool maintenance companies & see what they would charge to test it for you. I am quite certain that there is no way to regenerate activated charcoal/carbon.

2006-10-06 12:27:36 by coza b

You may be helping a lot of people to save money and keep healthy by answering and share your experience using Brita filters.

I found that Brita Filter replacement cartridges and similar products are extremely expensive. Not mention if you have to pay for the water+sewage as well in your monthly utility bill.

1. Is it good for pregnant woman to drink water filtered by brita instead of buying bottled/distilled water?
2. Is brita filter cartridge contains only activated carbon, what are the white/cream particles inside?
3. Is it easy to regenerate just by boiling it, or you have to reactivate the carbon by baking or burning it?
4. Can you replace the carbon with regular activated carbon (with the same particle size)?

The truth is that TAP WATER is just fine in most communities. State laws regulate frequent samplings, inspections and reports on the content of our drinking water.

Lugging in jugs of bottled water to drink in your house is simply not necessary.

2006-10-06 12:24:03 by coza b

is it true that BRITA water purification can pose health hazards from these tiny carbon particles? is it otherwise ok to use it? thanks!

There's no health risk from the activated carbon unless you accidently *inhale* them. Any small particles, when inhaled, can cause inflammatory pneumonia.

The activated carbon is in the Brita filter to soak up any organic solvents that might be in your water. If you digest the carbon, you release those organic solvents again. But you're in no worse shape than if you drank that polluted water in the first place.

The biggest problem with the Brita water purification system is that it's a water purification system. It can remove stuff from the water you drink, and make it less unpalatable. However, most municipal water is *surface* water, water from reservoirs, lakes, and rivers. It comes from the sky, where air pollution makes it unhealthy, and then runoff from parking lots, and discharge from factory and residential sewers can taint it. Not to mention what fish do in water.

Water that comes from springs and wells is mineral water. The minerals make the water tastier, and the water does a better job of quenching your thirst. It's possible to add minerals to purified surface water to accomplish the same ends - Coke/Dasani and Pepsi/AquaFina both try to do that. However, they add a limited number of minerals, compared to the much longer list of minerals in most spring water, and there is always the problem of manufacturing error. Coke has *repeatedly* had recalls of Dasani water because it was unsafe to drink.

While Brita isn't a health *risk*, it still is a way of treating municipal surface water. It doesn't give you the benefits of drinking spring, well, or mineral water in the first place.

2007-08-12 13:02:01 by innocentANDpc