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Filter Test Results

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's):

household cleaning products, industrial waste, insecticides

Contaminate	Potential Health Effects	Reduction
1,1 Dichloroethane	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage	99.80%
1,1 Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney damage, cancer	99.80%
1,1,1 Trichloroethane	Liver, nervous system damage	99.76%
1,1,2,2 Tetrachloroethane	Pending study	99.76%
1,1,2 Trichloroethane	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage	99.76%
1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene	Liver, kidney damage	99.80%
1,2 Dichlorobenzene	Liver, kidney, lung damage, cancer	99.71%
1,2 Dichloroethane	Cancer	99.80%
1,2 Dichloropropane	Liver, kidney, circulatory, nervous system	99.80%
1,4 Dichlorobenzene	Cancer	99.71%
4,4 DDD, 4,4 DDT	Cancer	98.80%
Arochlor 1260 (PCB)	Cancer	94.50%
Benzene	Cancer, leukemia, anemia	99.50%
Carbon Tetrachloride	Cancer	99.63%
Chlorobenzene	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage	99.20%
cis 1,2 Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney, circulatory, nervous system	99.80%
DBCP Dibromochloropropane	Reproductive system damage, cancer	99.00%
Ethylbenzene	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage	99.53%
MTBE	Cancer	99.80%
PCB	Endocrine disrupter, cancer	94.50%
Styrene	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage	99.43%
Tetrachloroethylene	Nervous system damage, cancer	99.80%
Toluene (Methylbenzene)	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage	99.80%
Total Xylene	Liver, kidney, lungs, mucous membrane	99.90%
Trans 1,2 Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney, nervous system damage	99.80%
Trichloroethylene (TCE)	Cancer	99.76%
Vinyl Chloride	Liver, immune system, nerve damage	99.80%

Trihalomethanes:

by-product of chlorine disinfection

Contaminate	Potential Health Effects	Reduction
Bromodichloromethane	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer	99.73%
Bromoform	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer	99.46%
Chloroform	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer	99.50%
Dibromochloromethane	Muscle, nervous system damage, cancer	99.46%

Microbiological Organisms

Contaminate	Potential Health Effects	Reduction
Cryptosporidium	Gastro-enteric diseases	99.90%
E. Coli	Gastro-enteric diseases	99.10%
Giardia	Gastro-enteric diseases	99.99%

Inorganics:

trace metals, turbidity

Contaminate	Potential Health Effects	Reduction
Lead	Kidney, nervous system	99.00%
Mercury	Kidney, nervous system	99.25%
Aluminum	Respiratory, nervous system	90.00%
Arsenic	Skin, nervous system damage	17.00%
Nitrates & Nitrites	Spleen hemorrhage, diuresis, death	88.43%
Cadmium	Kidney damage	85.75%
Chromium	Liver, kidney, circulatory system disorders	93.72%
Copper	Gastro-enteric diseases	98.50%
Turbidity (silt, sand, sediment)	Interferes with disinfection	85.00%
Total suspended solids		99.00%

Other:

Contaminate	Potential Health Effects	Reduction
Chlorine		99.99%
Radon 22	Cancer	99.00%

Please not substances listed may not be in all users water.

Directions

Make sure to follow the directions that came with the bottle and flush the new filter before use

The time to change any filter is when the water flow becomes greatly diminished, and it is difficult to squeeze it through the filter bottle.