Choosing a Drinking Water Treatment System:

When choosing a drinking water treatment system, be sure to check the system for certification by NSF. The product should provide a statement that lists exactly which contaminants the filter is certified to reduce under which ANSI/NSF Standard (Standard 42: Aesthetic Effects or taste and odor, and Standard 53: Health Effects, like Cryptosporidium, lead, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), and disinfection by-products).

Our filter is one of the few that is Certified by ANSI and NSF.

Why Filter Drinking Water:

Drinking water pollution comes from many sources. Surface water becomes contaminated from agricultural runoff, community landfills, polluted runoff (the nation's leading cause of water pollution), and hazardous waste produced as byproducts of manufacturing. Groundwater is contaminated by leaks of pollutants such as gasoline and MTBE from underground storage tanks and injection of hazardous waste into deep wells (which is being phased out). The drinking water treatment industry is experiencing significant growth due to consumer demand for products that could protect them from these potentially harmful contaminants which may be found in drinking water supplies as well as aesthetically improve their water in both clarity and flavor.

REPORT FINDS SIGNIFICANT POLLUTION LINKED TO CHRONIC HEALTH IMPACTS

According to (U.S. PIRG News Release, January 22, 2003, Washington, DC

"U.S. Industries discharge several billion pounds of toxic chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive and developmental disorders, and other chronic health problems each year." Meghan Purvis, U.S. PIRG environmental health associate reports, "Polluters across the country discharge billions of pounds of toxic pollution linked to serious health impacts each year. But without adequate public health systems for tracking environmental exposures and potentially related disease, we don't know how this pollustion is affecting our health."

Significant amounts of pollution linked to chronic health problems documented in the report include:

• More than 100 million pounds of carcinogens were released into the air and water nationally in 2002.

• Tennessee ranked first overall in releases of both developmental and reproductive toxicants, followed by Alabama and Illinois in 2000.

• More than 1 billion pounds of chemicals suspected to cause neurological problems were released in 2000.

• Over 1.7 billion pounds of suspected respiratory irritants were released into the air and water in 2000.

Research also showed that the public lacks information on how toxic pollution affects human health.

More Drinking Water News:

MTBE is now banned in 16 states and others are pending. MTBE is a gasoline additive thas has been contaminating U.S. water supplies all over the country. MTBE has been linked to drinking water contamination, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the federal Department of Energy. EIA estimates that the existing state bans and limitations will require the production of 2.73 billion gallons of ethanol in 2004 to replace MTBE.

The effectiveness of any drinking water treatment device is measured by the performance of its filter. A close review of drinking water treatment unit certifications shows that solid carbon block filters are the most effective for reducing a wide range of contaminants, including those that may be found in groundwater. Certain drinking water treatment units (DWTU) that use solid carbon block filters have been tested and certified to reduce as many as 65 contaminants. In the early 1970s, the solid carbon block filter technology was developed for the purpose of treating contaminants for health reasons as well as aesthetically improving water quality. The technology combines mechanical filtration, chemical reaction and physical adsorption into a single device to reduce a broad spectrum of harmful contaminants.

Multi-Pure solid carbon block water filters are the logical solution to drinking water pollution.