Re: [at-l] weird water purification

[Landis <landis@epix.net>]

Wildbill,
If you go to the Who Needs Steri-Pen Link on their Home page they allude
to NSF certification with this statement , "The Steri-Pen will be certified
by NSF as a micro biologically
effective disinfectant device" ???
Steve

WHHAWKINS@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 11/7/98 11:59:46 PM EDT, thornel@ibm.net writes:

<< I have seen news reports on this product. I am suspicious of it, as it
looks a
 bit too good to be true. I note they offer no information regarding giardia,
 and no testing of their equipment on any pathogens (baker's  yeast only).
  >>

I searched the National Sanitation Foundation's Certifed Product Database.
There was NO listing of the Steri-pen or the company Hydro-photon.
 <A HREF="http://www.nsf.org/">NSF International: HACCP, Food Safety, Water
...</A>

This is Hydro-photon's info.
"Steri-Pen* meets the requirements set forth in the National Sanitation
Foundation's Standard 55 for class B micro-biological systems.
Steri-Pen* neutralizes even the smallest viruses and bacteria which
filters can't remove."

NSF STANDARD 055 Ultraviolet Microbiological Water Treatment Systems

Wildbill
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