Contaminants Removed by the life flo Water Purification System
The contaminants listed below can be found in drinking water;
some may be present in your water supply. Only a test by a qualified
laboratory can establish the presence of contaminants or water
quality.
Organics |
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Bacteria |
Mold Spores |
Agrobacterium tumefaciens Bacillus
anthracis Bacillus megaterium Bacillus
megaterium Bacillus subtilis (vegatative) Bacillus
subtilis spores) Clostridium tetani Corynebacterium
diphtheriae Escherio Coli Legionella
dumofifii Legionella gormanii Legionella
micdadei Legionella longbeachae Legionella
pneimonphila Leptospira interrogans (infectuous
jaundice) Mycobacterium ftuberculosis Neisseria
catarrhalis Proteus vulgaris Pseudomonas aeruginosa (lab
strain) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(environmental) Rhodospirillum rubrum Salmonella
entertidis Salmonella paratyphi (enteric
fever) Salmonella typhimurium Salmonella typhoso (typoid
fever) Sarcina lutea Saratia marcesans Shigella
dysenteriae (dysintery) Shigella flexneri
(dysintery) Shigella sonneii Staphlococcus
epidermis Staphlococcus aureus Streptococcus
faecalis Streptococcus hemolyticus Streptococcus
lactis Virdans streptocacci Vibrio chlorae
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Mucor ramosissimus (white
gray) Penicillum expensum (olive) Penicillum roqueforti
(green) (olive)
Algae Chlorella vulgaris (algae)
Viruses (Indicators of organisms
creating serious gastro-intenstinal
problems) Bacteriphage (E.coli) Hepatitus
virus Influenza Poliovirus Rotavirus
Yeast Bakers yeast Brewers yeast Common
yeast cake Saccharomyces var. ellipecideus Saccharomyces
ap
Protozoim Nematodeeggs Paramecium
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Contaminants Reduced to Safe Levels |
Possible Chronic Effects |
Benzene (Found In detergents solvents and
gasoline.) |
Anemia, blood disorders,
leukemia |
Dibromochloropropance (DPCP) (Used as
pesticide.) |
Male sterility, cancer |
Carbon tetrachloride* (Found In Industrial
degreasing and refrigerating agents, fumigants and chemical
manufacturing.) |
Liver, kidney, lung disorders,
CNS, damage, cancer |
Trichloroethylene (TCE) (Used In
degreasers paints dry cleaning fluids) |
Liver, kidney, lung disorders, CNS
damage, cancer |
Trichloroethane (TCA) (Found In solvents
degreasers and pesticides.) |
Liver, cardovascular, CNS damage,
birth defects |
Trihalomethanes (THMs) (Formed during
chlorine treatment to destroy harmful |
Cancer |
Vinyl Chloride |
Liver, kidney damage,
cardiovascular pulmonary effects, g.i. problems, cancer, birth
defects |
Lead |
Mental defects in children, CNS,
kidney problems, birth defects |
Pesticides |
Lindane |
Dichloriphenoxyacetic (2 4-D) |
Ethyl Dibromide EDB |
Asbestos |
Microbiological |
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Total Coli forms (coli form
bacteria fecal coli form streptococcal and other
bacteria) |
Indicators of organisms creating serious
gastro-intenstinal problems |
These contaminants are those which the United States
Environmental Protection Agency states can be found in drinking
water and are treated by the Lifeflo system. Only a test by a
qualified laboratory can establish the presence of contaminants or
water quality of your drinking water.
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