Does it remove contaminants such as if we had nuclear fallout?
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"Food Grade Zeolite" a volcanic crystal powder, removes radiation and has been used in both Japan and Chernobyl to help absorb the radiation in the people around those nuclear disasters. Zeolite is easily mixed with food or water and taken, and 1 pound with last a family for quite some time. It was cooked into biscuits during Chernobyl and given to children, decreasing the amount or radiation in their bodies by about 60% with just one serving! The LifeStraw will get rid of the viruses and bacteria, and the Food Grade Zeolite will absorb the radiation and many other chemicals you could be exposed to ;-) "Food Grade Zeolite" a volcanic crystal powder, removes radiation and has been used in both Japan and Chernobyl to help absorb the radiation in the people around those nuclear disasters. Zeolite is easily mixed with food or water and taken, and 1 pound with last a family for quite some time. It was cooked into biscuits during Chernobyl and given to children, decreasing the amount or radiation in their bodies by about 60% with just one serving! The LifeStraw will get rid of the viruses and bacteria, and the Food Grade Zeolite will absorb the radiation and many other chemicals you... » Read More "Food Grade Zeolite" a volcanic crystal powder, removes radiation and has been used in both Japan and Chernobyl to help absorb the radiation in the people around those nuclear disasters. Zeolite is easily mixed with food or water and taken, and 1 pound with last a family for quite some time. It was cooked into biscuits during Chernobyl and given to children, decreasing the amount or radiation in their bodies by about 60% with just one serving! The LifeStraw will get rid of the viruses and bacteria, and the Food Grade Zeolite will absorb the radiation and many other chemicals you could be exposed to ;-) « Show Less
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I would strongly doubt it... look into iodine materials and Japanes diet things they have done. Check Dr. Mark Sircus materials, too.
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I've read that in the event of fallout that water should be treated with bleach and potassium iodide. If possible I would use a combination of the three. When my stored water runs out I would treat and filter collected water as much as I could. Its a good question and you motivated me to research it more.
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There is nothing that you can add to contaminated water to remove nuclear materials. Bleach and iodine is good for organics but that is it. Filtering could remove some depending on how the radioactive elements are suspended , i.e. large 'chunks' of the material in question. However individual molecules will not be removed. The only effective way to treat water like this is with and evaporator/condenser. A de-salinator type filter may work but would need to be researched a bit more.
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With radiation it makes things radioactivelike dustand dust travels on the wind, which normally is like 10 to 15 mph, your best bet is if some nuclear event happend, is to fill every container and plastic bag with waterand wait it out. As the type of radiation that sticks to dust has a short half life, so between time and rain to rinse things away.Your best bet again is to use a stock pile of clean water as long as you can.and wear dust masks to not breath in radioative dust.
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Well, though there is nothing said about the removal of viruses, in the product description it states it removes bacteria, among other things: "The Big Berkey system removes pathogenic bacteria, cysts and parasites entirely and extracts harmful chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, VOCs, organic solvents, radon 222 and trihalomethanes. It also reduces nitrates, nitrites and unhealthy minerals such as lead and mercury. This system is so powerful it can remove food coloring from water without removing the beneficial minerals your body needs. " The details for the BLACK filter elements states this: " The powerful Black Berkey purification elements also remove or reduce viruses", so seems may not completely remove all, but significantly reduce them.
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I've read claims it can, but not 100%. I'd use an ion-exchange filter also. Is your water in a high radium area (such as Radium Springs near LaGrande, OR)? You might want to look into a dosimeter/Geiger counter to check after purification. If you're worried about Fukushima, you wouldn't be looking for radium but other isotopes, most of which are not gamma emitters (and wouldn't be detected by Geiger counter)&gt;
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My system puts out water that reads 000ppm on a quality dissolved solids meter. I would think it will remove most everything from the water.
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It's only for removing debris. Chemicals are needed to prevent bacteria and algae from growing.
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I cannot speak to the age issue but it would filter out any contaminants in the current container.
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It can. It will remove powder residue. With a brush it will remove copper and lead fouling as well but for heavy build up somthing like Sweets may be needed. Follow the directions with solvents.
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That is the purpose for which the filter was designed, it may not get viruses, but no filters really do. It will remove bacteria and Protista (giardia) an if you need to worry about viruses where you are camping you can boat treat the water with iodine drops or a UV light. But most places this filter alone will make the water safe to drink.
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I haven't cleaned any gun parts it so I can't say for sure. I have however cleaned old coins. For that, it worked really well with corn cob media.
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No it has multiple stages it goes through that basically removes heavy metals and chlorine, but not flouride.
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Yes, it should help as this unit is very effective for chemicals as it absorbs gases as well as particles. Helpful for persons with with chemical sensitivities. It contains Four (4) plus pounds of broad spectrum carbon/purifil chemical control media.
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Yes it will remove the chlorine and other contaminants from water so your water will have no taste the way it should be.
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If there are bugs swimming around in it, and fish, then yes. Otherwise the Chlorine (bleach) will do the same thing to you that it did to everything else that drank it. (the answer is no)
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My best guess is yes it does. This sanitizer is basically food grade phosphoric acid. If you absolutely want to get rid of every living organism and be sure of it, use hot water and bleach solution. 1 tablespoon bleach and 1 gallon water should do it, just make sure you give it a nice good and long rinse afterward with boiling water. Or just use star san and not rinse at all. :)
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Sorry. The only thing that I know of that Might work would be to distill the water and try to get rid of the contaminants afterward. The filter system that seems to filter the best, and remove the most hazards is the Berkey filters. Suggest that you research them. I spent days........,,, looking for something thy would remove salt and biochemical contaminants. There is not one that I could find. I was very impressed with the Berkey, and for a lightweight purifier, I really do like the LifeStraw. It will do more than most of the very small filters. Be sure to get this one, and not the green camoflage one that lets 2 micron particles through. That one seems to be mostly for looks. Hope this helps.
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I do not think so. it does not have anything like bleach or cleaning chemicals in it.
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Yes, I believe so - I researched different filters and this one was the best at removing metals and other contaminants.