I won’t focus much on purification systems like water filters, life straws, etc. The primary purpose of this post is to run through options of how to purify water for survival or in the wild and the organisms we’re trying to remove. The aim is to cover things you already have in y...
This process converts the hardness-causing minerals in the water to a hardness crystal that will not stick to any surface in your home. The feature-rich UV water purification system add-on then controls microbiological issues in water, including E. coli, Cryptosporidium, and Giardia lamblia. ...
In these scenarios, you are likely going to have to take some steps to treat the water to make it safe. In this guide, we’re going to go through the whole topic of water purification from a travel perspective. We’ll start with resources on discovering if the water will be safe to ...
The challenge is to create a safe, effective way to treat the drinkingwaterof the poorest nations -- without an enormous financial burden. Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen believes that its product, LifeStraw -- as well as a unique distribution method -- may be a solution. In the next few...
The most common cause is contagious gastroenteritis which can be due to: Viruses (for example, Norovirus, Adenovirus and others) Bacteria (for example, Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli and others) Parasites (for example Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium, and others) However, many other causes of ...
“treat all water as suspect”. To heighten our fear, there is a long list of completely invisible to the eye pathogens you would probably not want to put into your body, including various bacteria, parasites, and viruses. To make them even scarier, they have nasty sounding names like:...
Water Wary Is your water safe? Milwaukee was not the place to be in 1993. Nearly 400,000 people were stricken with diarrhea and vomiting from drinking the public water, which had somehow been contaminated with the Cryptosporidium organism. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) es...
Aquamira’s chlorine dioxide water treatment drops are EPA-registered, are iodine and chlorine-free, safe to use during pregnancy and treat all forms of water. Other advantages to chlorine dioxide is it remains stable, stays good for a long time, does not produce harmful bi-products, and neu...
but people with imbalanced gut flora,leaky gut syndromeor a weakened immune system may be more susceptible. Some can also be spread through the bite of a mosquito or sand fly, or transmitted to humans from animals such as cows and pigs that are infected with parasites likeCryptosporidiumorTrich...
Parasitic causes include Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium. Infections can be spread through contaminated food and water, close contact with an infected person, or contact with an animal that has the infection. 2. Food Intolerance ...