Natural water is not a given

In Denmark we can usually drink the water straight from the tap. Not many other places in the world are so lucky. For example in the USA, where the challenge with the man-made chemicals PFAS is much greater than here at home. So remember to enjoy your clean and natural Danish water without chemicals.

WE EXPECT CLEAN AND NATURAL WATER

It's a sure thing in the Danish media when the water from one of Denmark's many local waterworks is suddenly affected by pollution. We are still so spoiled in our latitudes with clean and natural drinking water.

Once our normal state is restored, we can put our mouth or glass to running water from the tap and drink as much as we can without worrying about whether the water contains anything that shouldn't be there.

PFAS in the United States

Most other people in the world are not so lucky. For example, measurements in the United States have indicated that the contamination of drinking water with man-made and non-degradable chemical substances – the so-called PFAS or in Danish: perfluoro alkyl compounds – is allegedly much greater than previously assumed .

This is what the environmental organization Environmental Working Group (EWG) believes after finding some of the highest PFAS levels in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans.

In 2018, EWG estimated, based on unpublished data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that the groundwater of 110 million Americans was contaminated with various PFAS compounds.

According to the EWG, the new findings indicate that many more Americans are living with contaminated groundwater.

ONLY ONE PLACE WITHOUT PFAS

EWG took water samples from 44 locations in 31 states, and only in the city of Meridian, Mississippi, where the water comes from sources more than 200 meters underground, were there no traces of PFAS.

Only in Seattle and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, did EWG find PFAS levels below the limit that EWG itself recommends. 34 of the places where EWF found PFAS are not registered with the authorities.

PFAS are used, for example, in the production of Teflon, the cleaning agent Scotchguard and fire-fighting foam. PFAS are linked to liver damage, kidney damage, cancer, birth defects and hormonal disruptions, among other things.

PFAS IN DENMARK

In Denmark, PFAS are now also among the substances that contaminated soils emit into the local marine environment such as streams, lakes and coastal areas.

Thus, PFAS was present in the majority of the 120 plots that leaked contamination when the regions conducted an initial investigation of 400 plots.

In 2014, a study by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency concluded that PFAS could be found in groundwater near fire drill sites and Denmark's relatively few carpet factories.

However, the project did not assess whether the PFAS compounds posed a risk to groundwater used for drinking water.

In 2023, a survey conducted by Politiken with access to documents in the five regions showed that 1,161 of Denmark's contaminated sites contain PFAS in concentrations above the limit value.

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has been examining food for PFAS since 2011 and has generally only found PFAS in low quantities, i.e. below the current limit value, except for cases in organic eggs in 2022.

NATURAL WATER WITHOUT CHEMISTRY

With LAGUR We work to ensure that Danish tap water maintains its status and quality as an easily accessible, top-class food for the benefit of our children's teeth - and everyone's health.

Therefore, the water treatment plant uses LAGUR not salt and chemicals. Instead, it transforms LAGUR the structure of limescale , so you can still enjoy healthy drinking water with all its natural benefits and at the same time make it easier to maintain your faucets, tiles and white goods.

Chemical-free water is not a given. Remember to enjoy your clean and natural Danish water without chemicals.

Understand lAGUR® FOR PRIVATE HOMES

LAGUR® water treatment plant for private households, it relieves the environment with reduced consumption of chemicals and detergents and provides comfort in everyday life.

ARE YOU IN A LARGE PROPERTY?

We offer chemical-free water treatment for large properties and businesses that are cheap to operate and save you both time and money.

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