By Carole Allen

Taken from a talk by Kelly Reynolds PH.D.at Multipure's Convention 2016

Dr Reynolds discussed  Water Born Pathogens UTube

                        

Micorbiological Contaminants 

Including Lead and Arsenic V.

Microbiological contaminants causing microbes in water are unhealthy and even life threatening. For example, bacteria that live in the intestinal tracts of humans and other warm blooded animals, such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, andVibrio, can contaminate water if feces enters the water.

Cancer (Bladder Cancer from Arsenic.)

Water Born Virus, Bacteria, and Parasites such as Cryptosporidium  

and Giardia‎:

These Microrganisims cause cysts which attach to your gut preventing you from absorbing nutrients.

Once in your gut cryptosporidiosis will result.

What are the symptoms of cryptosporidiosis?

The most common symptom of cryptosporidiosis is watery diarrhea. There may also be abdominal cramps, nausea, low-grade fever, dehydration, and weight loss. Symptoms usually develop 4 to 6 days after infection but may appear anytime from 2 to 10 days after infection.

Parasites are Chlorine resistant

Chlorine is the # 1 method used in municipalities for water disinfection.

• Cryptosporidium and Giardia are the most common protozoa of concern in U.S. drinking water.
• They are fecal, oral intestinal parasites of many warm-blooded animals.
• There are several species of each, and some can infect humans.
• Cryptosporidium has a more complex reproductive cycle, although both can survive in water or food environments, and they reproduce and become infectious in the host’s intestines…
• Water filration is used to get rid of parasites

Multipure Commentary:
Multipure Drinking Water Systems have been certified by NSF International to reduce the widest range of contaminants of health concern including Cryptosporidium reduction under Standard 53.

Water-based infection are Difficult to Control. 

Post treatment in municipalities as water sits in storage tanks in distribution pipes and plumbing in your home.

Your water is not sterile when it reaches your home.

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 WHAT IS IN OUR WATER?

Multipure has been NSF to reduce up to 90 contaminants more than any other water filter on the market. Some companies tout their products as “tested according to NSF standards” or “meets NSF testing requirements,” but unless they have been officially NSF certified, such claims are not a guarantee of quality.

Make the right choice!

Millions of people will purchase some kind of drinking water filter over the next year, but unless they purchase a Multipure system and filter, they will be buying a product that provides less than ideal drinking water. So as a Multipure customer, you have an opportunity to have the best solution, and best choice, for better, healthier water.

Multipure filters remove harmful contaminants from your tap water without removing the natural beneficial minerals that your body needs; this allows you to drink water that is safer, more refreshing, and healthier for you. In addition, Multipure provides this delicious and healthy drinking water when you need it, conveniently at your fingertips in your home.

Copyright: likephotoman / 123RF Stock Photop>News report of contaminant's widespread presence raises public drinking water concerns. MultiPure has solutions to health concerns in drinking water. President Obama's Cancer Research Panel encourages Americans to protect themselves from water-borne carcinogens by simply using an effective water filter.
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Chromium (or chromium-6) is a highly toxic form of the naturally occurring metal chromium. It is a well-known human carcinogen when inhaled, and recent evidence indicates it can cause stomach or gastrointestinal cancer when ingested in drinking water. A different form of this metal, trivalent chromium, is an essential nutrient.

How does it get into tap water?

Hexavalent chromium can enter water through industrial contamination from manufacturing facilities, including electroplating factories, leather tanneries and textile manufacturing facilities, or from disposal of fluids used in cooling towers before 1990. It also occurs naturally in some minerals. The commonly used tap water disinfectant chlorine can transform trivalent chromium into toxic hexavalent chromium.

Multpure’s model MP750 AquaRO is certified by NSF International to reduce levels of hexavalent  chromium

PRESS RELEASE
Multipure Products Effective at Reducing Levels of Chromium VI
in Water
New report of contaminant’s widespread presence raises public drinking water concern.
Las Vegas, NV, December 21, 2010:
Millions of Americans are at potential risk from Chromium VI
contamination in their drinking water. Homeowners can protect themselves from the contaminant with a Multipure drinking water system. New reports from the Washington Postand the
Environmental Working Group (EWG)indicate the suspected carcinogen is more widespread than
previously thought –Read More:

Some industry experts indicate this level may be unrealistically low, citing limitations of the EPA’s analytical methods in detecting such low concentrations.
Multpure’s model MP750 AquaRO  is certified by NSF International to reduce levels of hexavalent chromium

                                                                                 

What are PFCs?

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Basic Information about Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water: Total Trihalomethanes, Haloacetic Acids, Bromate, and Chlorite

To protect drinking water from disease-causing organisms, or pathogens, water suppliers often add a disinfectant, such as chlorine, to drinking water. However, disinfection practices can be complicated because certain microbial pathogens, such as Cryptosporidium, are highly resistant to traditional disinfection practices. Also, disinfectants themselves can react with naturally-occurring materials in the water to form byproducts, which may pose health risks.
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WQA says homeowners should turn to certified products for removing Trihalomethanes

LISLE, IL, March 4, 2013 (Water Tech) — The Water Quality Association says homeowners concerned about trihalomethanes in their water supply should turn to certified products to learn about options for removing the contaminant, according to a press release
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Multipure Commentary:
Multipure Drinking Water Systems have been certified by NSF International, under Standard 53, to reduce Trihalomethanes, a VOC.

Arsenic water treatment technical tips
A breakdown of this harmful contaminant and what customers must be mindful of.

February 3, 2014 (Water Tech - editorial staff )
Today, most consumers and prospects are at least mildly aware of the health risks involved with drinking water containing high levels of arsenic (As), or even low levels over a period of time. Water treatment dealers often face a different challenge when communicating that arsenic may be present in a consumer’s water.

Since arsenic is an odorless, tasteless metalloid, which can enter water naturally through the erosion of natural deposits in the Earth, most end consumers will not be able to conclude that this contaminant is present in their drinking water without testing.

Arsenic is acutely toxic, but it also has chronic toxicity and it is a human carcinogen. Inorganic arsenic (arsenate and arsenite) is considered more of a risk than the organic forms that predominate in the diet. Skin, bladder and lung cancer have been identified from exposures to inorganic arsenic at high water and dietary exposure levels.

To read complete article, go to:
http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/167517-arsenic-water-treatment-technical-tips

Multipure Commentary:
Multipure Drinking Water Systems have been certified by NSF International to reduce the widest range of contaminants of health concern. Multipure’s Aquaperform (MP880) units have been certified by NSF International, under Standard 53, to reduce Arsenic V.

…In the article, Cotruvo explains that a significant component of the quality of drinking water is salinity (dissolved solids), which can be beneficial or harmful, as well as aesthetically pleasing or a reason for rejection of the water.
He states, “Distilled water, desalinated water and rainwater have minimal salt content. Seawater and brines have tens of thousands of parts per million (ppm) of salts, and typical drinking waters can have hundreds to well over 1,000 ppm, mostly less than 200 ppm concentration (ppm equals milligrams per liter of water). The problems are: How much is too much salinity? What are aesthetic issues? Are there any potential health consequences, and can it be managed at a reasonable cost?”
http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/169383-understanding-salinity-in-drinking-water

…Although nitrates and nitrites may still contaminate consumers’ drinking water supplies after they have been municipally treated, domestic wells are at a higher risk of contamination as they are not federally regulated to monitor nitrate levels. Water dealers must educate their customers the right way and adequately understand certification criteria and system performance.
High levels of nitrate contamination can lead to such health concerns as “blue baby syndrome,” or infant methemoglobiemia. However, the greatest risks to infants from nitrate exposure occur when both microbial contaminants and nitrate are present in water…
http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/169265-educating-customers-the-right-way-when-it-comes-to-nitrates
Multipure Commentary:
Multipure’s AquaRO has been certified by NSF International to reduce the widest range of contaminants of health concern including Nitrates under Standard 58.

View and Download our report here: Chromium-6 in U.S. Tap Water

Cancer-causing chemical found in 89 percent of cities sampled

Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group have detected hexavalent chromium, the carcinogenic “Erin Brockovich chemical,” in tap water from 31 of 35 American cities. The highest levels were in Norman, Okla.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Riverside, Calif. In all, water samples from 25 cities contained the toxic metal at concentrations above the safe maximum recently proposed by California regulators.

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Water is a life-sustaining fluid that’s essential to health, but can undermine it if you’re drinking straight out of the tap. The trouble is, drink tap or even spring water and you’ll likely be getting more than you bargained for – chlorine, fluorine compounds, Trihalomethanes (THMs), assorted hormones, pesticides and even trace amounts of prescription drugs. It can be a witches’ brew of health-killing effluvia – but you can improve the odds. Here’s the low-down on water, and how to turn it back into the health drink nature intended: Read More:

What’s In Your Bottled Water – Besides Water?

Download the Full Report PDF

Pure, clean water.
That’s what the ads say. But what does the lab say?
When you shell out for bottled water, which costs up to 1,900 times more than tap water, you have a right to know what exactly is inside that pricey plastic bottle

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Rethink What You Drink

Chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price: new reasons to rethink what you drink and beware of bottled water.

According to a recent news release, the Perchlorate Information Bureau (PIB) announced it agrees with Water Technology Technical Editor Dr. Joseph Cotruvo’s statements in the December issue’s Professor POU/POE.

In the Professor POU/POE feature, Cotruvo discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to regulate perchlorate in drinking water and questions whether the health benefits of a national regulation of perchlorate would outweigh potential costs, stated the release…
http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/169602-pib-supports-former-epa-officials-stance-on-perchlorate-regulation
Multipure Commentary:
Multipure Drinking Water Systems have been certified by NSF International to reduce the widest range of contaminants of health concern including Multipure’s AquaRo for Perchlorate reduction under Standard 58.

As U.S. citizens, we assume our tap water continues to be safe to drink and bathe in. Reports have confirmed its quality over the last few years, but several reports in the last six months have raised concern and the need for action…

http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/169571-water-contaminants-in-the-us-provide-opportunities
Multipure Commentary:
Multipure Drinking Water Systems have been certified by NSF International to reduce the widest range of contaminants of health concern

What it is:

• Mercury (Hg) is a silvery metal with a melting point of -39o C, so it is a liquid under normal conditions.
• Its atomic number is 80 and its atomic weight is 200.59 daltons.
• Its specific gravity is 13.59 times water’s.
• It is found in cinnabar ore as mercuric sulfide primarily on the Iberian Peninsula. Heating the oxide to 500o C produces metallic mercury that distills out.
• It forms a variety of organic and inorganic compounds, including Hg+1 and Hg+2 salts, oxides and sulfides, as well as organometallic compounds like dimethylmercury and methylmercuric chloride, and complexes with amines.
• Mercury and its compounds have many commercial and industrial uses. The metal has been used in thermometers and barometers and as a seal in some electrical switches.
• The salts have been used as biocides. Until 1991, interior latex paints commonly contained mercuric fungicides. It is also used in dental amalgams.
• Mercury and its compounds are mobile, and they enter the environment from combustion of fossil fuels and biological processes producing alkyl mercury compounds that are much more toxic than the salts and elemental mercury…

http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/169588-contaminant-of-the-month-mercury
Multipure Commentary:
Multipure Drinking Water Systems have been certified by NSF International to reduce the widest range of contaminants of health concern including Mercury under Standard 53.