Removal of Heavy Metals from our Drinking Water

[Sprocket]

@FatBird - Ahaa, so they do at least provide a fluoride option, thanks for that!  It does reflect badly on its efficacy when they do not promote it in the FAQ though.  And yes, I realise that fluoride removal is very difficult (have a cheap RO unit) but was unaware that it could be effectively filtered, even in a reduced form.  What bugs me is that the fluoride topic will certainly be one of the first a potential customer will enquire about - but it's not included in the FAQ!  So it's not really a FAQ, more a "filtered" FAQ... 

@blueplanet - It would be so much easier if fluoridation was just banned outright!  After years of preaching to my dear old ma about this and being humoured, she recently pointed me to a newly-bought medical dictionary that is absolutely damning regarding fluoride!  So at least someone out there is seeing the light!

[blueplanet]

Incidentally, Fe3O4 (Magnetite, Black Iron) is used to remove As (Arsenic) from water. So, next time you are making your custom iron core, save some powder for emergency water treatment.

Though, I think you will need to compress it somehow into a solid, as diluting powder and drinking it might not be a good idea.

no no no no no......

Iron is carcinogenic. Cancer cells are fed on iron.

Have a look on the following paper. For the first time, many studies (including this one) have consistently proved that activated carbon from walnut shells can effectively adsorb mercury and other metals:

http://www.haghighiasl.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=98&tmpl=component&format=raw&Itemid=22

For my part, I have done some experiments that confirm the findings of these studies. I have summarized the results of one of my experiments in the following article:

http://www.ehow.com/how_6124419_remove-hg-ions-water.html

[e2matrix]

There are several types of solar stills which can be used any time you have sunlight.  Some are fairly basic to build in an emergency situation and with no electricity you can still get some very pure water this way. 

   Chlorine dioxide will do a better job than most things of killing any pathogens in water and since it is the basis of MMS (see http://www.miraclemineral.org/index.php ) you will also have a cure for many diseases.

[blueplanet]

There are several types of solar stills which can be used any time you have sunlight.  Some are fairly basic to build in an emergency situation and with no electricity you can still get some very pure water this way. 

   Chlorine dioxide will do a better job than most things of killing any pathogens in water and since it is the basis of MMS (see http://www.miraclemineral.org/index.php ) you will also have a cure for many diseases.

Mercury and compounds made with mercury are  highly volatile at room temperature. Distillation does not work because, during the distillation process, both water and mercury can evaporate into vapor.

It is not difficult to disinfect water. All you need is to add a few drops of a iodine onto the unfiltered water. You can even add some colloidal silver as well. But removing the harmful chemcals from water is tricky.

[jikwan]

i havnt got mercury or magnet available to try this
if you put magnet near mercury-would it move?