Re: Water Filter and multi-vitamin

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> I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for my

> family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for another

> one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? The price does not matter, as

> long as it's good.

I'll share an experience of mine, and that might help you with your

decision....We bought a new house in Nevada, where the water is so awful,

everyone who can afford it gets a reverse osmosis system installed in their

home. When the salesman came to our house to show us his product, he

brought a testing kit, to test the purity of the water. He tested our tap

water against his reverse osmosis system water. I then also had him test

the water that we bought at The Water Place, (which uses the industrial

sized water filtering equipment--ozone, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet

light). You can probably guess which water showed up as being the

cleanest---the water I bought in 5 gallon containers at The Water Place.

We thanked him for coming and I still buy my water at The Water Place for 30

cents a gallon. It might be a little more inconvenient, but I know I am

getting the cleanest water I can get.

> I am also looking for a good multi-vitamin and mineral supplement for my

> two kids, ages 4 and 2. Currently they take Animal Parade.

That's what my kids take.

Patty

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In a message dated 7/8/00 8:22:49 AM Central Daylight Time,

jsuenick@... writes:

<< I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for my

family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for another

one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? The price does not matter, as

long as it's good.>>

If you want to get most of the toxic stuff out you need a reverse osmosis

unit or distiller. We have Honeywell's RO unit and it's been working really

well for us. We bought it out of a Danmark catalog several years ago.

<< I would appreciate knowing what you all use for your children.>>

This has been so hard for Curtis because he's allergic to so much. We've

been using Twinlab's Allergy Multi-caps. Looking at the label, it does

contain copper -- 334 mcg per capsule -- so not sure if this will work for

you.

Gaylen

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A copper free multi Vitamin is available from Allergy Research Group and is

called Multi Vi Min. Check it out if copper is an issue for your kids.

That's what we use for our son.

sanjay

stikku@...

[ ] Water Filter and multi-vitamin

Hi List,

I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for my

family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for another

one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? The price does not matter, as

long as it's good.

I am also looking for a good multi-vitamin and mineral supplement for my

two kids, ages 4 and 2. Currently they take Animal Parade. Andy

mentioned to me that my son (severe allergies and digestive problems)

could use more minerals. After having no luck searching the Health food

store, I tried to get a suggestion from my son's current Dr. He sent me

one that cost twice as much as Animal Parade, and almost matched the

Animal parade. How frustrating! The only difference was more copper. My

son seems to be copper toxic so this may not be a good choice. I would

appreciate knowing what you all use for your children.

Thank you so much!

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In a message dated 7/8/00 9:22:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

jsuenick@... writes:

<< I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for my

family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for another

one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? >>

We used the Brita pitchers which do not indicate that they remove mercury.

We switched to the Pur filter that attaches to the faucet, which states that

it removes mercury as well as other products. It appears to be working fine,

and you switch it when you want filtered water, and when you don't. It also

reduces to a drip when it is used up, so you know when to change it. My only

complaint is that we seem to use up the replacement filter cartridges

relatively quickly (approx. 2 weeks is my estimate). If cost isn't a

problem, then I would recommend this one. It is called PUR Ultimate, we

purchased it at a Costco several months ago.

If you are interested you might try their website at:

http://www.purwater.com/

Joe Marciano

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In a message dated 7/11/00 12:34:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, aka@...

writes:

<< What else does the Pur Ultimate filter? Will it filter all metals? What

about fluoride? >>

The box I have in front of me does not list fluoride.

It says:

Reduces

Lead 98%

Mercury

ne (a pesticide)

Atrazine (a herbicide)

Benzine

2,4-D

Asbestos

Sediment

Chlorine

Bad Taste & odor

Removes Microbiological Cysts

Cryptosporidium (99.99%)

Giardia (99.99%)

Also reduces

Trihalomethanes (THM's)

Drinking water chlorination by-products linked to increased risk of cancer

That is from the box there is alot more data inside.

For example under mercury it states that it removes from 74 to 92% depending

on the amount in the water filtered.

For more details I would direct you to there website

http://www.purwater.com/

By the way, I have no connection to this company, I just found their product

in the store and it seems to be working well enough for us. I'm sure there

are other products out there such as the reverse osmosis process ones, but

cost was an issue for us.

Joe Marciano

[Guest guest]

What else does the Pur Ultimate filter? Will it filter all metals? What

about fluoride?

-Al.

Re: [ ] Water Filter and multi-vitamin

> In a message dated 7/8/00 9:22:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> jsuenick@... writes:

>

> << I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for my

> family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for another

> one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? >>

>

> We used the Brita pitchers which do not indicate that they remove mercury.

> We switched to the Pur filter that attaches to the faucet, which states

that

> it removes mercury as well as other products. It appears to be working

fine,

> and you switch it when you want filtered water, and when you don't. It

also

> reduces to a drip when it is used up, so you know when to change it. My

only

> complaint is that we seem to use up the replacement filter cartridges

> relatively quickly (approx. 2 weeks is my estimate). If cost isn't a

> problem, then I would recommend this one. It is called PUR Ultimate, we

> purchased it at a Costco several months ago.

>

> If you are interested you might try their website at:

>

> http://www.purwater.com/

>

> Joe Marciano

>

>

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[Guest guest]

We use this one, I think it is a very good product, yes, it says reduces

mercury

Kathy

Re: [ ] Water Filter and multi-vitamin

>In a message dated 7/8/00 9:22:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

>jsuenick@... writes:

>

><< I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for my

> family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for another

> one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? >>

>

>We used the Brita pitchers which do not indicate that they remove mercury.

>We switched to the Pur filter that attaches to the faucet, which states

that

>it removes mercury as well as other products. It appears to be working

fine,

>and you switch it when you want filtered water, and when you don't. It

also

>reduces to a drip when it is used up, so you know when to change it. My

only

>complaint is that we seem to use up the replacement filter cartridges

>relatively quickly (approx. 2 weeks is my estimate). If cost isn't a

>problem, then I would recommend this one. It is called PUR Ultimate, we

>purchased it at a Costco several months ago.

>

>If you are interested you might try their website at:

>

>http://www.purwater.com/

>

>Joe Marciano

>

>

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Joe,

Water filters are (sometimes, usually, always...?) rated by NSF

International which is an independant organization. You should check

what the system is rated for. Many meet their Standard 42, which is just

vague stuff like taste, odor and color. Some meet Standard 53 which has

quite a list of bad stuff like lead and pesticides. The best of the

carbon block based ones can meet this criteria. Unfortunately I don't

have a complete list.

I would think for our kids (anyone actually) Standard 42 is quite

inadequate.

Somebody's probably gonna ask so I'll go ahead and say what I know.... I

used to be an active Amway distributor and know that their water system

which is a 4 stage carbon block system was the first carbon based system

to be able to meet Standard 53 a few years back. (If you want to go

better than carbon block, I believe you'de be looking at reverse osmosis

technology filtration which are more than triple the price. The Amway

under the counter model wholesales at $370. (retail 466.) (I think the

little faucet is extra but this catalog isn't really clear to me right

now...) It has a filter change light on it that is nice. I think around

6 months is a common usage length for the filter -replacement filter is

$81. (+tax + ship)

I still have a distributorship and would be happy to let anyone buy

through me (...just so you know, I wouldn't make any $ at the purchase,

but all products have a point value and at month's end they determine

bonus, so I actually would make a little money off it.)

Bottom line is I'm pretty sure you want to look for an NSF STD. 53

rating....

Hope that's helpful,

Chris

On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:38:05 EDT CentreAv2C@... writes:

> In a message dated 7/8/00 9:22:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> jsuenick@... writes:

>

> << I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for

> my

> family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for

> another

> one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? >>

>

> We used the Brita pitchers which do not indicate that they remove

> mercury.

> We switched to the Pur filter that attaches to the faucet, which

> states that

> it removes mercury as well as other products. It appears to be

> working fine,

> and you switch it when you want filtered water, and when you don't.

> It also

> reduces to a drip when it is used up, so you know when to change it.

> My only

> complaint is that we seem to use up the replacement filter

> cartridges

> relatively quickly (approx. 2 weeks is my estimate). If cost isn't

> a

> problem, then I would recommend this one. It is called PUR

> Ultimate, we

> purchased it at a Costco several months ago.

>

> If you are interested you might try their website at:

>

> http://www.purwater.com/

>

> Joe Marciano

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/12/00 3:52:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

howard78@... writes:

<< Water filters are (sometimes, usually, always...?) rated by NSF

International which is an independant organization. You should check

what the system is rated for. Many meet their Standard 42, which is just

vague stuff like taste, odor and color. Some meet Standard 53 which has

quite a list of bad stuff like lead and pesticides. The best of the

carbon block based ones can meet this criteria. Unfortunately I don't

have a complete list.

>>

Thanks for the info -

The Pur filter has a stamp indicating that it meets both standard 53 and 42

[Guest guest]

?Do they have filters for the bath water?

Kathy

Re: [ ] Water Filter and multi-vitamin

>Joe,

>Water filters are (sometimes, usually, always...?) rated by NSF

>International which is an independant organization. You should check

>what the system is rated for. Many meet their Standard 42, which is just

>vague stuff like taste, odor and color. Some meet Standard 53 which has

>quite a list of bad stuff like lead and pesticides. The best of the

>carbon block based ones can meet this criteria. Unfortunately I don't

>have a complete list.

>

>I would think for our kids (anyone actually) Standard 42 is quite

>inadequate.

>

>Somebody's probably gonna ask so I'll go ahead and say what I know.... I

>used to be an active Amway distributor and know that their water system

>which is a 4 stage carbon block system was the first carbon based system

>to be able to meet Standard 53 a few years back. (If you want to go

>better than carbon block, I believe you'de be looking at reverse osmosis

>technology filtration which are more than triple the price. The Amway

>under the counter model wholesales at $370. (retail 466.) (I think the

>little faucet is extra but this catalog isn't really clear to me right

>now...) It has a filter change light on it that is nice. I think around

>6 months is a common usage length for the filter -replacement filter is

>$81. (+tax + ship)

>

>I still have a distributorship and would be happy to let anyone buy

>through me (...just so you know, I wouldn't make any $ at the purchase,

>but all products have a point value and at month's end they determine

>bonus, so I actually would make a little money off it.)

>

>Bottom line is I'm pretty sure you want to look for an NSF STD. 53

>rating....

>

>Hope that's helpful,

>Chris

>

>On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:38:05 EDT CentreAv2C@... writes:

>> In a message dated 7/8/00 9:22:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

>> jsuenick@... writes:

>>

>> << I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water for

>> my

>> family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for

>> another

>> one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? >>

>>

>> We used the Brita pitchers which do not indicate that they remove

>> mercury.

>> We switched to the Pur filter that attaches to the faucet, which

>> states that

>> it removes mercury as well as other products. It appears to be

>> working fine,

>> and you switch it when you want filtered water, and when you don't.

>> It also

>> reduces to a drip when it is used up, so you know when to change it.

>> My only

>> complaint is that we seem to use up the replacement filter

>> cartridges

>> relatively quickly (approx. 2 weeks is my estimate). If cost isn't

>> a

>> problem, then I would recommend this one. It is called PUR

>> Ultimate, we

>> purchased it at a Costco several months ago.

>>

>> If you are interested you might try their website at:

>>

>> http://www.purwater.com/

>>

>> Joe Marciano

>>

>>

>>

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Kathy,

Probably anything can be rigged up by a plumber-ish kind of person. You

just have to route the water to flow through the unit. With a bathtub

you'de want to route both the hot and cold...you could probably do both

through one unit.

Chris

On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:57:48 -0700 " Jim Blanco " <kblanco@...>

writes:

> ?Do they have filters for the bath water?

> Kathy

> Re: [ ] Water Filter and multi-vitamin

>

>

> >Joe,

> >Water filters are (sometimes, usually, always...?) rated by NSF

> >International which is an independant organization. You should

> check

> >what the system is rated for. Many meet their Standard 42, which

> is just

> >vague stuff like taste, odor and color. Some meet Standard 53

> which has

> >quite a list of bad stuff like lead and pesticides. The best of

> the

> >carbon block based ones can meet this criteria. Unfortunately I

> don't

> >have a complete list.

> >

> >I would think for our kids (anyone actually) Standard 42 is quite

> >inadequate.

> >

> >Somebody's probably gonna ask so I'll go ahead and say what I

> know.... I

> >used to be an active Amway distributor and know that their water

> system

> >which is a 4 stage carbon block system was the first carbon based

> system

> >to be able to meet Standard 53 a few years back. (If you want to

> go

> >better than carbon block, I believe you'de be looking at reverse

> osmosis

> >technology filtration which are more than triple the price. The

> Amway

> >under the counter model wholesales at $370. (retail 466.) (I think

> the

> >little faucet is extra but this catalog isn't really clear to me

> right

> >now...) It has a filter change light on it that is nice. I think

> around

> >6 months is a common usage length for the filter -replacement

> filter is

> >$81. (+tax + ship)

> >

> >I still have a distributorship and would be happy to let anyone buy

> >through me (...just so you know, I wouldn't make any $ at the

> purchase,

> >but all products have a point value and at month's end they

> determine

> >bonus, so I actually would make a little money off it.)

> >

> >Bottom line is I'm pretty sure you want to look for an NSF STD. 53

> >rating....

> >

> >Hope that's helpful,

> >Chris

> >

> >On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:38:05 EDT CentreAv2C@... writes:

> >> In a message dated 7/8/00 9:22:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> >> jsuenick@... writes:

> >>

> >> << I am currently using the Brita water filter, to filter water

> for

> >> my

> >> family. I understand this is not ideal, so I am looking for

> >> another

> >> one. Can anyone make a good suggestion? >>

> >>

> >> We used the Brita pitchers which do not indicate that they remove

>

> >> mercury.

> >> We switched to the Pur filter that attaches to the faucet, which

> >> states that

> >> it removes mercury as well as other products. It appears to be

> >> working fine,

> >> and you switch it when you want filtered water, and when you

> don't.

> >> It also

> >> reduces to a drip when it is used up, so you know when to change

> it.

> >> My only

> >> complaint is that we seem to use up the replacement filter

> >> cartridges

> >> relatively quickly (approx. 2 weeks is my estimate). If cost

> isn't

> >> a

> >> problem, then I would recommend this one. It is called PUR

> >> Ultimate, we

> >> purchased it at a Costco several months ago.

> >>

> >> If you are interested you might try their website at:

> >>

> >> http://www.purwater.com/

> >>

> >> Joe Marciano

> >>

> >>

> >>

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