[CPEO-MEF] Point-of-use perchlorate treatment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release	Source: Sylvan Source
November 15, 2006

Sylvan Source M-600 Earns NSF Certification for Perchlorate Reduction in 
Drinking Water
System Delivers Better Than 99-percent Reduction Rate



SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sylvan Source, the provider 
of breakthrough ultra-clean water systems, today announced that its 
Sylvan Source M-600 has been certified to reduce perchlorates, a class 
of increasingly common and hazardous water contaminants, from drinking 
water. In testing conducted by NSF International, the M-600 delivered 
more than six times the required reduction level, resulting in treated 
water with less than 1 part per billion (ppb) of perchlorate. The Sylvan 
Source M-600 is the only system to pass the NSF/ANSI Standard 62 
perchlorate reduction test.

"Perchlorates have been recognized as a contaminant in at least 35 
states, and awareness of their presence in drinking water is growing," 
said Thomas J. Bruursema, general manager of NSF International's 
Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Unit Programs. "Although a 
national drinking water standard has not yet been established, consumers 
have made it clear that they expect their drinking water to be free from 
as many contaminants as possible, and the NSF's certification program 
will give consumers the data that they need for making informed 
decisions about their water treatment choices."

In certification testing, the M-600 reduced perchlorates by more than 99 
percent -- to a level below the required maximum allowed in the NSF test 
of 6 micrograms per liter of treated water, Perchlorates are manmade 
chemicals that are suspected of disrupting human thyroid functions. They 
are the primary ingredients of solid rocket propellant, although they 
are also used in other industrial and manufacturing processes. 
Perchlorates have been detected in soil, surface water, and/or drinking 
water wells in 35 states and Puerto Rico, with the highest 
concentrations found in Southern California, west central Texas, between 
New Jersey and Long Island, and in Massachusetts.

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For the entire press release, see
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061115/sfw070.html?.v=75

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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