Faucet Systems and Pitcher Filtration
Contaminants We Reduce
- Apr 19, 2021

Contaminant Comparison Chart
HEAVY METALS
PUR & PUR PLUS FAUCET FILTERS
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PUR BASIC PITCHER FILTERS
Lead
✓
✓
Mercury
✓
✓
✓
Cadmium
✓
✓
Copper
✓
✓
Zinc
✓
✓
TASTE AND ODOR
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Chlorine
✓
✓
✓
Taste and Odor
✓
✓
✓
DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS
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PUR BASIC PITCHER FILTERS
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
✓
PARTICULATES
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PUR BASIC PITCHER FILTERS
Particulate Class I
✓
✓
Particulate Class VI
✓
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS
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PUR BASIC PITCHER FILTERS
Benzene
✓
✓
✓
Carbon Tetrachloride
✓
✓
Chlorobenzene
✓
DEET
✓
o-Dichlorobenzene
✓
Xylene
✓
✓
Ethylbenzene
✓
✓
✓
Styrene
✓
Tetrachloroethylene
✓
✓
Toluene
✓
✓
✓
Trichloroethylene
✓
TCEP
✓
TCPP
✓
Asbestos
✓
Volatile Organic Chemicals
(VOCs 32 total)
✓
PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES
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PUR BASIC PITCHER FILTERS
2,4-D
✓
Alachlor
✓
Atrazine
✓
✓
Carbofuran
✓
Chlordane
✓
Endrin
✓
Lindane
✓
Linuron
✓
✓
Methoxychlor
✓
✓
Metolachlor
✓
Simazine
✓
✓
Toxaphene
✓
PHARMACEUTICALS
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PUR BASIC PITCHER FILTERS
Atenolol
✓
Carbamazepine
✓
Ibuprofen
✓
Estrone
✓
✓
Phenytoin
✓
Naproxen
✓
Meprobamate*
✓
Trimethoprim
✓
✓
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS
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PUR PITCHER FILTERS
Bisphenol A (BPA)
✓
✓
Nonylphenol
✓
✓
MICROBES
PUR & PUR PLUS FAUCET FILTERS
PUR PLUS PITCHER FILTERS
PUR PITCHER FILTERS
Cysts
Bacteria
Viruses
PUR's Filtration Systems Are Certified By NSF And WQA For Their Contamination Reduction. WQA certifications as of 5/27/21 for models RF-3375, RF-9999, PPF951K, and PPF900Z.