Faculty Experts Interviewed About Water Filters

Clinical Associate Professor and Chair for the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Mindy Haar, Ph.D., and Research Assistant Professor David Nadler, Ph.D., were quoted in the TIME article “Do You Really Need a Water Filter?” Nadler, a former director within the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, notes that while plenty of public systems produce impressively pristine water, the water that leaves the reservoir and treatment plant is not necessarily the same water that comes out of your tap. “Your supply company could send you the purest water in the world. But if your pipes are old and have lead in them, there’s really no protecting you,” says Nadler. “You’re at the mercy of your plumbing.”

Haar, a registered dietitian, explains that periodic flooding and seasonal changes can also contaminate otherwise clean water. “There can be differences caused by the seasons and by weather, in addition to those caused by plumbing,” says Haar. She also notes that the Safe Water Drinking Act, signed into law in 1974, provides certain nationwide minimum standards for water cleanliness, but “there can be variety from place to place.”

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