Black particles at the top of my Brita pitcher?!
Black particles at the top of my Brita pitcher?
It,s been one week that I began to use the Brita pitcher, and I notice a lot of black particles on the upper level of the pitcher. They look like dried black tea, having the size of Nescafe powder particles. They float at the upper compartment of the pitcher.
What could they be?
Answers:
According to: http://www.brita.com.au/help/frequently_...
The black particles are tiny granules of food grade carbon that are used in the cartridge. Our carbon comes from natural sources, usually coconut shell, and can sometimes vary in shape and size. Some pieces can occasionally be unusually small and may escape into the funnel through the cartridge cap. These particles are food grade and the small amount that escape in no way affect the performance of the cartridge.
An effective means of minimising this is to re-soak the cartridge as you would with a new cartridge.
Also:
All materials used in a Brita Cartridge are non-toxic, top foodgrade quality and are in no way dangerous
Source(s):
http://www.brita.com.au/help/frequently_...
I noticed the same thing. It's particles of the carbon from inside the filter. It's no big deal, because they shouldn't get into the water. Just rinse it out a few more times and they become less and less.
activated charcoal particles. harmless. natural occurence.
charcoal
That's just the carbon particles that filter the water. Chances are you need a new filter.
They're from the filter, they're part of it that's broken off.
It's carbon and it's completely normal.
And because it's in the top of the pitcher, it's not in the drinkable water, It's okay.
EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeew. Those are the impurities from your tap water, left behind by the filter! Clean it out, and maybe try changing the filter too .
When you have a new filter it can leave black particles in the water. You have to run several pitchers of water through the filter first before using it.
might have been a defective filter.
If/when you buy another filter, keep the box and call the 800 number from the insert and ask them about it. My guess is that it is some kind of charcol (sp) derivative to help take out the 'harmful' stuff. I doubt that it is anything to worry about if you were to ingest a piece of two of it but just to be on the safe side, I would probably take the filter out and hold on to it as the brita people might send you a prepaid postage thing so that they can examine it (they will probably send you coupon too)
Its just the carbon particals from the filter. It normally does happen with new filters and will gradually decrease with use. Its completely safe as long as it is in the upper part of your pitcher and not in the filtered part.
you must not have filled and drained it for times before usage---i still got a couple chunks my first pitcher i kept after draining-----look at instructions or web site says what it is
Cancer cells waiting to enter your system.
time to clean the pitcher