25 Water Purification: Questionable or Dangerous methods of water treatment:
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This article is from the Water Treatment FAQ, by Patton Turner with numerous contributions by others.
25 Water Purification: Questionable or Dangerous methods of water treatment:
1) Aerobic 07. Also sold as Aerobic Oxygen. The company refuses to
release the disinfectant. It maybe chlorine dioxide, a well known, if
somewhat unstable, disinfectant. The company has shown company
sponsored tests showing effectiveness against viruses and bacteria
(but not against Giardia). No independent testing has been performed,
nor has anybody provided concentration-time data for the product.
2) Survival Straw: This product claims to destroy and eliminate
impurities including bacteria, protozoa. fungi, chemicals and heavy
metals using a matrix of metal alloy. The manufacturer claims the
product's media meets EPA and FDA specs, which is no indication of the
filter's effectiveness. The filter violates a number of laws of
physics since it claims that it destroys heavy metals and pathogens
without filtering them.
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