Clinical Studies versus Certification Tests

NSF/UL/WQA all follow these water guidelines - http://www.aquascience.net/water-standards.cfm So if your water falls within this range, you get certified.

Please visit www.NSF.org and you will see they are like SIRIM - testing anything from car parts to clothes washers. Like Sirim, they set minimum standards that the local government considers safe for consumers.

http://www.nsf.org/consumer/faucets/index.asp?program=Faucets is another site that refers back to the EPA guidelines on water safety - namely less than .025 percent lead content. EPA has minimum standards on water safety and NSF checks for the minimum standards.NSF tests minimum standards 0.25% lead content versus EPA micro-biological standards of 0.00001% lead content. As an informed consumer, which would you prefer?

http://engineers.ihs.com/news/epa-ul-ucmr2.htm - says EPA approves UL testing. When I read that, I can only conclude that EPA is the highest body, that can grade any air or water products. So any products that carry the EPA certification, in my mind are the highest grade.

http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/offerings/industries/waterandfood/water/waterlab/resources/ This link says water is tested for 24 and 48 hours only. But its common knowledge that for any certification tests, they only test the water for 1 or 2 days. But if your water system works in your house until you change your filter, would you want a test on the water, the day before you are supposed to change your filter?

There is a very big difference between a clinical study and a certification test.

With 2 clinical studies at University of Arizona and the Institute Pasture in France, together with the EPA certification that the Seagull IV is a "Micro-biological Purifier - able to remove 99.99999% of all contaminants in the water" - far exceeds the minimum standards.

The clinical study done at University of Arizona is the last drop test - meaning the last of the 4,000 litres that successfully passed through the faucet. The Seagull IV cartridge once full, will not allow any more water through, unlike all the rest of the systems, that allow you to continue using, long after the safe water period is over. Many tests will check the first 24 or 48 hours water only.

The clinical study done at the Institue Pasteur France was the incubation test - where billions of viruses and bacteria was put into the Seagull IV, left for 30 days, and then the purified water was tested. This is the most comprehensive test which EPA used, as a guideline to grade "Micro-Biological purifiers"

A copy of both these clinical studies will be uploaded to my blog shortly.

Only the Seagull IV can remove 99.99999% of all viruses, bacteria, heavy metals and chemicals in the water, up till the last drop.

I have happily used my unit for 20 years. At today's price of RM2,997, it works out to a capital cost of just RM 150 per year. Most people will spend RM3,000 on a tv or mobile phone, but to invest in the safest water for the whole family to drink, is expensive.

Remember, a good water purifier will enhance your health, and protect your kidneys, by not adding more chemicals and heavy metals into our already contaminated body.

Let the buyer beware. And now that you are a better informed consumer, you can certainly make the best choice for the health of your family and yourself.