What's in Your Tap Water? Contaminants, Filtration, and How to Test It | Johnny Pujol | The Metabolic Link Ep. 91

About this episode

Johnny Pujol discusses the hidden contaminants in tap water and the importance of testing.

You could have elevated levels of contaminants like uranium or arsenic in your drinking water—and not know it. Many of these compounds are colorless, odorless, and undetectable without testing. Johnny Pujol is a water chemist and the founder of Tap Score, a drinking water testing platform supported by a network of roughly 270 specialized laboratories. His path from electrochemistry research to consumer water testing was driven by a simple realization: the chemistry inside what looks like a cl...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Dominic D'Agostino, Dr. Angela Poff, Victoria Field

Guest: Johnny Pujol

Topics covered

• water quality
• contaminants
• filtration
• drinking water
• testing

Keywords

• tap water
• contaminants
• uranium
• arsenic
• water testing
• filtration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tap Score

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