Pitcher Filter Contaminant Comparison

HEAVY METALS

PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

Lead

✓

✓

Mercury

✓

✓

✓

✓

Cadmium

✓

✓

✓

Copper

✓

✓

✓

Zinc

✓

✓

✓

Hexavalent Chromium

✓

TASTE AND ODOR

PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

Chlorine

✓

✓

✓

✓

Taste and Odor

✓

✓

✓

✓

PARTICULATES

PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

Particulate Class I

✓

Particulate Class VI

✓

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS

PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

Benzene

✓

✓

Carbon Tetrachloride

✓

Tetrachloroethylene

✓

Toulene

✓

✓

Xylene

✓

✓

Ethylbenzene

✓

✓

Hydrogen Sulfide

PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES

 PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

2,4-D

Atrazine

✓

Simazine

✓

Linuron

✓

PHARMACEUTICALS

PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

Estrone

✓

Trimethoprim

✓

Ibuprofen

✓

Naproxen

✓

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS

PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

Bisphenol A (BPA)

✓

Nonyl Phenol

✓

MICROBES

PUR PLUS LEAD REDUCING

PUR BASIC

BRITA STANDARD

ZEROWATER

Cysts

Bacteria

Viruses