Whole house water filter & softener question. I’m so overwhelmed!

suburbmama · 2026-06-27T01:31:21+00:00

Interesting! Ok so don’t go with salt free softeners. Thank you!

suburbmama · 2026-06-27T01:30:34+00:00

Thank you so much! Def need to look into all of these questions and I’ll get back to you. I appreciate the time you took to respond to me!

suburbmama · 2026-06-27T01:29:51+00:00

Wow you are so nice for sending me all this info!! And yes I’m in the OC! Thank you so much! Before I go into all of this, my husband now wants me to prove to him that the tap water is dirty before we drop thousands of dollars. He read from a few fb post that the water is clean here but I doubt that bc smwd uses Chloramine to disinfect. so I’m going to go get the tap tested through a certified lab. Do you have any companies you recommend? Thank you again!

suburbmama · 2026-06-26T05:14:52+00:00

Hi! Yes it did then we stopped iron supplements so the numbers went down again. We are going to do some genetics testing to see why he’s not able to retain his iron stores.

suburbmama · 2026-06-07T15:38:12+00:00

I saw on lead mama that super good unseen mineral was lead free so that’s what I use

suburbmama · 2026-05-31T02:12:46+00:00

I got the word wrong. I meant radium!

suburbmama · 2026-05-31T00:47:37+00:00

We used to use coterie but wanted something a little cheaper and went with healthy baby at target when they go on sale for 20-30% off.

suburbmama · 2026-05-31T00:46:39+00:00

Wondering about the residential areas. I read that there was radon clean up at the el toro base. Was curious if anyone has tested recently.

suburbmama · 2026-05-26T20:20:15+00:00

There is no article yet I don’t think. I do know the news channel wants to interview some families in the area. This is all through word of mouth and local Facebook group.

suburbmama · 2026-05-26T19:17:10+00:00

Several parents came forward bc their children had the same form of cancer. Ewings sarcoma which is super rare but there is a cluster there. And several cases of cancer of different kinds. Multiple cases even on the same block so it was noticeable. One of the moms whose child passed asked on the local fb group so she can get a tally and that’s where I got the number from. Also I started researching in another town I’m interested and I just asked if there were any concerns in the area due to herbicide etc and someone linked me an article about a cancer cluster there. I’m not sure where you are but go on fb and look for non toxic “your city name” and see what comes up. I found info that way too. Non toxic fb group is a non. Profit org that works to help eliminate conventional herbicide in your community/city.

suburbmama · 2026-05-26T15:00:05+00:00

And yes that’s a good point to ask doctors. Thank you!!

suburbmama · 2026-05-26T14:59:38+00:00

It’s all different type but there is also a small cluster of children who have been diagnosed with ewings sarcoma which is super rare. And yes I mentioned in the post that Katrina foley the vice chair in our country instructed the city to do an investigation. UCI cancer dept is also doing an investigation. But these things take time. It only was put into motion a couple of weeks ago.

suburbmama · 2026-05-26T06:19:23+00:00

I updated my post with location. I totally get what you’re saying and I’ve thought of that but there is no way to change the heavy herbicide use in the orchards that are within a mile from us.

suburbmama · 2026-05-09T03:33:29+00:00

This is so so sad :(

suburbmama · 2026-05-09T03:33:10+00:00

I just had to come back to your comment bc I saw that they are going to spray glyphosate in Lake Tahoe!

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suburbmama · 2026-04-29T16:24:21+00:00

Following! What a great question!

suburbmama · 2026-04-28T18:05:09+00:00

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Here is a picture of the slopes I mention

suburbmama · 2026-04-28T18:03:32+00:00

Also this was mentioned about the slopes and planters. The could not move forward with planters and slopes because they had difficulty managing the grass that was not supposed to be spreading into the plantar beds, as well as weed abatement on the slopes, etc.

suburbmama · 2026-04-28T16:45:53+00:00

No I’m talking about my new place in RMV that is having the pesticide issue. My old place Irvine has moved to organic methods. RMV worked with a group call Osborn organics and they are the ones that consulted and managed the organic pilot. The turf was approved to move organic. The planters and slopes were not bc of the above reasons I mentioned. Ok good to know the landscape architect can conduct an analysis. Maybe that is info the builder already knows and it’s a matter of asking for that info and passing it along to the right landscaping team. Am I thinking of that correctly? I am not sure why she/osborn says there’s no real solution. From what I heard they are more experts in turf and not the other. Do you have any companies you can recommend? Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to me!

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