In order to understand how a water filter creates safe water, it is important to know why the water that comes out of your faucet is not necessarily safe to drink. All water supplied by the water board must go through a treatment center. This is where the water is treated to remove bacteria and other potential health issues. There are special filters to remove debris and chlorine is added to kill bacteria. Once the water reaches the government standard it is sent down the pipes to your home. Unfortunately, the cleaning process uses chlorine, a substance that is known to be harmful to human health. It also adds fluoride…

Due to the national dengue outbreak, the Department of Health announced 4S in dengue prevention to the public. They are trying to educate the public on how to prevent a dengue outbreak in our places. The 4S are as follows: Search and Destroy (Search and destroy mosquito breeding sites.) Self-protection Measures (Use insect repellants daily and wear light-colored clothes, long sleeves, and long pants.) Seek early consultation. (Seek early consultation at the nearest health care facility once signs and symptoms are manifested.) Say YES only to fogging only during outbreaks. (Support fogging, spraying and misting only in hotspot areas where increases in cases are registered two consecutive weeks to prevent…