How To Filter Radiation From Water

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Can radioactive particles be filtered out of contaminated drinking water?

That is what I take been trying to find out for the final two days. In that location are plenty of claims out there and much contend on forums across the spider web virtually radiations and drinking water. My search has proven enlightening and inconclusive at the same fourth dimension. If my eyes didn't hurt, I might soldier on, but for at present I'd like to make the following claim. There is probably no method of filtering water that is 100% effective against all kinds of radioactive particles.

I just got off the phone with the owner of a company that makes distiller kits that I am calculation to the Highwater Filters web store very before long. I asked him if you can effectively remove radioactive particles from water by distilling it. He pretty much said what I have said in a higher place. Not all types of radioactive particles can be removed by distilling. I hesitated to ask him what types can be removed because I got the feeling he did not want to make any claims that could possibly be challenged later, and I understand that completely. Although I have read on boards and in manufactures that distillation is the best, and maybe but, method for treating water contaminated with radioactive particles, I take also read that reverse osmosis is the best, that ceramic filters reduce radioactive particles, and that carbon filters are constructive too. 1 of my competitors is leading the accuse on their blog by touting that Katadyn emergency water filters are able to filter out radioactive particles, only they really don't say how effectively. I will look until I tin can get factual evidence before I make whatever claims. All I know is that the Katadyn visitor claims that the ceramic filters reduce radioactive particles. To me that means you meliorate test the h2o before drinking. Mayhap a ii or three phase filtering system will be constructive. Some of the forums out there have some great information about filters made from earth and other biological materials. Y'all can DIY some filters in a five gallon bucket. I as well read just the other twenty-four hours that banana peels make smashing filters. There are a lot of methods out there, both tried and true and some that seem dubious. But I am not inclined to dismiss annihilation without trying to find out the truth. Another business organization I accept for filtering contaminated h2o is that used filters demand to be handled and disposed of properly. I think that after the emergencies in Nippon are lifted, nosotros may be able to learn more well-nigh the proper style to safely dispose of the filters. Many radioactive particles have relatively short lives; for some, within two weeks particles volition be rendered safe. So it may exist just a matter of storing them temporarily in a place that is safely contained and protected from exposure. I plant it hard to find scientific show that any of the claims I read virtually are truthful. Some of the authors sure sound convincing merely many of them volition profit from the knowledge they are sharing. How do you lot tell whose claims are based on existent science and whose are purely speculation? The answer is not quite articulate to me yet. I'd love to hear from anyone who tin help me filter out the facts from the myths. Pun intended!

Update: January 10, 2013 The Vortex Non-electric Water Distiller Kit by Highwater Filters is now available. We have both kits installed in 5 gallon buckets and DIY kits available.

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