Yesterday I replaced our reverse osmosis system as the one we had was costing me something like $200 per year to replace the filters. The previous owners of our house installed probably one of the most expensive systems they could find and to top it off, the replacements filters had to be ordered. So I picked up a GE Profile Smart Water system from Home Depot where the replacement filters are about $40 every six months so not only is it half the price per year, I can get the filters right from the local store.
Plumbing is definitely something I hate doing and this job only reaffirmed that. A simple task (since it was already setup for it) turned into an all day affair and I still didn’t get it exactly how I wanted it as I wanted a shutdown value for the refrigerator water line (2 Home Depots were out of the part).
Anyway, after I got it installed, I noticed a warning label on the tank “This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.”
Hmmm. Now that is a great thing to have in a system that is supposed to clean my water. I figured it was the paint on the outside of the holding tank, but called GE this morning. The lady I spoke with knew exactly what I was talking about and said that their tests have shown that this is not the case and the label is being removed from new production runs. I asked if my tank was the same and she said yes, so I should have nothing to worry about. My question is, how does a company put out a product that is advertised to reduce harmful contaminants when it has a sticker on the side indicating that it could cause cancer? This label is not on the outside of the box, but is inside. I would have thought that they would have cleared up this issue before shipping. That kind of explains why most of the units were opened at Home Depot; I managed to get a sealed one as I have no idea what people may have done to the units before returning them.