Thursday, June 13, 2019

Bottled Water is a popular topic in recent years....Check this out for what it is happening to the plastic.


Do You Drink Bottled Water?


Most of us drink bottled water at one time or another. It’s sold everywhere—in supermarkets, corner stores, concert venues, theaters, etc. Can we even imagine not drinking bottled water? Realistically, it’s important not only to imagine it, but also imperative to start practicing it. Planet Earth depends on us.
Bottled water marketing campaigns have been so successful in making people suspicious of tap water that sales skyrocketed 700 percent between 1997 and 2005.1 With this growth in sales, environmental degradation, landfill waste and other abuses associated with bottled water also grew exponentially.
Although most people think of bottled water as being healthier than tap water, bottled water is not subject to the same high level of scrutiny and regulation that the federal government mandates for tap water. In fact, the chemical pollution standards for bottled water and tap water are nearly identical—most brands of bottled water are simply filtered tap water. In the U.S., while public water utilities are required to disclose their testing results, bottled water companies are not required to release testing data, except in the state of California, where a minimum of information is required. Essentially, when we buy bottled water, we can never be sure of what we’re getting—research done by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found 38 contaminants in 10 popular brands of bottled water, including disinfection byproducts, industrial chemicals, arsenic, fertilizer residue and pain medication. 2
Water is life and an Active Wellness lifestyle requires drinking lots of water to maintain a healthy body. We also owe it to ourselves and future generations to minimize waste in order to save the environment. Producing less plastic waste by breaking the bottled water habit is key to this effort. Here’s why:
  • Every year, the equivalent of 17 million barrels of oil are used to produce plastic water and soda bottles in the U.S.—not including transportation. Bottling water produces more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.3
  • Next to plastic bags, plastic bottles are the most prevalent source of pollution found on our beaches and shores. Each year, over 500 billion disposable bottles and cups end up littering our soil, rivers, lakes and oceans, killing countless fish and animals.4
  • Once you add in the water needed to manufacture paper labels and transportation fuel, it actually takes closer to six bottles of water to produce one liter of bottled water.5
  • From creation to disposal, plastic water bottles contribute to air pollution. And many of the chemicals that go into their production continue to leach out into the air and into the water they hold.
It’s really not that difficult to change. Get used to taking a portable water bottle when on-the-road and using a countertop water filter at home. Filtering tap water at home and from water fountains elsewhere can help remove impurities and make water safer to drink. Pathogens, dirt, chemicals and other contaminants are effectively removed by micro-, ultra- and nano-filters.6
Two young scientists have tackled the problem of plastic waste in a huge way. Jeanny Yao and Miranda Wang have developed a bacterium that may transform plastic into CO2 and water. They have already won the Perlman science prize and obtained financing to begin developing the product.7 As we look forward to other innovations, we can all contribute to the well-being of the environment by drinking filtered water instead of bottled water.
Nikken is a pioneer in water filtration and helps us break the bottled water habit. The PiMag® Sport Bottle and the PiMag® Waterfall feature state-of-the-art filtration that exceed NSF standards. Both feature multiple filtration systems that help remove chloramine, chlorine, cysts, lead and bacteria.

Nikken Water Bottle
The new improved PiMag Sport bottle is not just a state-of-the-art water filter, but also a health 
product crucial to an Active Wellness lifestyle. The new filter has the ability to significantly 
reduce certain harmful pathogens in potable drinking water. It’s also a green choice: You won’t be 
adding to landfills and polluting ocean waters with plastic. Instead, you’ll be saving a fortune by 
not paying for commercially bottled water. Drink municipally treated water, but make sure it’s 
safe!

FEATURES & BENEFITS
• The new PiMag Sport Bottle is the only water bottle that combines three technologies: nano- 
filtration, alkalization and declustering.
• The patent pending nano-filtration technology was originally developed for NASA and dramatically 
increases the filter’s ability to reduce potential contaminants from drinking water, now including 
pathogens and micro-plastics.
• The patent-pending alkalizing media increases the pH from 7 to 8.5, representing a 15 to 25 fold 
increase in pH value, going from an acidic to an alkaline range. Alkaline water decreases 
oxidation-reduction potential and helps offset the effects of harmful free radicals.
• Four 4,600+ gauss neodymium magnets help decluster the water, improving bioavailability to the 
body’s cell structure because smaller clusters of water molecules are easier to absorb.
• Environmentally responsible: Both bottle and filter can be recycled.
• Bottle made with Bio-treated LDPE plastic from patented Biogreen materials that contain EcoPure®, 
an additive that enables it to be completely broken down into biomass that nourishes soil, and 
biogas that can be harvested for energy use.
•FDA Food Contact Safe and BPA-, DEHA- and DEHP-free.
• Unaffected by light, heat or humidity.
• Filter components are replaceable, to extend the life of the bottle, further reducing the impact 
on landfill waste caused by disposable water bottles.
• Improves taste of water in an eco-friendly manner.
• New improved replaceable flip top drinking spout is more convenient and sanitary and has a loop 
that can attach to a hook, belt, backpack or lanyard.
• Sport grip for easy handling.
FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY : ANSI/NSF STANDARDS
Particulates (clarity, sediment): exceeds standard Chlorine reduction: exceeds standard  Chloramine 
reduction: exceeds standard
Taste and odor reduction: exceeds standard Cyst reduction: exceeds standard
Lead reduction: exceeds standard
Bacteria reduction: exceeds standard (more than 99.99%) VOCs : exceeds standard
MTBE: exceeds standard

FEATURED TECHNOLOGIES
PiMag Water Technology, patent-pending nano-filtration, patent-pending alkalizing media, 
declustering, patented Biogreen materials for bottling

CAPACITY: 21 ounces / 621 ml

FILTER LIFE: Up to an estimated 250 refills per filter; approximately 40 gallons or 3 months of 
average use.
13503 Replacement Filter Pack

EcoPure® will not alter the integrity of the base plastic resins. EcoPure® treated, biodegradable 
plastics will maintain their original look, durability, and shelf life until the product has been 
disposed of in a landfill environment.
EcoPure®’s formula was developed by engineers to activate in the presence of landfill- specific 
microbes and enzymes. This means that the organic additive only starts allowing the breaking down 
of plastic when it has reached its end of life destination – disposal in a landfill.


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