Mineral Water System

HEALTH

HEALTH BENEFITS: MINERAL WATER SYSTEM vs CHLORINE SANITIZATION

• Unlike chlorine, which can react chemically with organic materials in water to form a class of carcinogenic substances called trihalomethanes, the ions produced by the Mineral Water System pose no health risks.
• Moreover, the side effects of swimming in chlorinated water, which include burning eyes, odor, and bleached or dry skin and hair, are significantly reduced with the Mineral Water System.
• Numerous independent laboratory tests from NASA, health departments and universities, and many years of field testing have confirmed the exceptional sanitizing ability of copper/silver ionization. Studies further show that using a combination of copper and silver can be effective against E. coli, Pseudomonas, Legionella Pneumophila (Legionnaires' disease), Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Salmonella, and other pathogens - some of which have proven to be resilient even to high levels of chlorine.

CHILDREN AND HEALTH

A study in Europe released by the Scientific Review Board of the Government of Brussels stated that chlorine inhalation causes lung damage to children. The study established a direct relation between chlorine use in swimming pools and the lung damage in children who frequent them, thereby leading the environment minister of Brussels, Mr. Didier Gosuin, to propose that children under six years old NOT use chlorinated pools.

Pools disinfected with chlorine, bromine, or salt expose swimmers to the potential long-term effects of chlorine, which is an established carcinogen. The short-term effects of chlorine are observable in the sore eyes, dry skin, and bleached hair and swimwear of swimmers who use chlorinated pools. (To watch a video demonstrating how quickly your body absorbs chlorine in pool water, click here.)

The Mineral Water System provides healthy, natural mineral water purification that is chlorine-free for private pools. The system in public pools only uses the statutory minimum of 1ppm (part per million) or lower of chlorine, which is unnoticeable by swimmers.

TESTIMONIAL

From the YMCA, New Jersey, USA

As you know, the traditional chemical system that was used in the YMCA-YWCA pools had caused our swimmers considerable breathing problems. We have national caliber swimmers and it is important for them to train very hard which means swimming up to seven thousand yards per session. Many times we had to stop our training sessions after three thousand yards due to upper respiratory problems which showed up in the form of persistent coughing. This is not an uncommon problem but one that is plaguing swimming programs across the country.

Since Roy Verstraete installed the Mineral Water System we have yet to experience any type of related breathing problems. We have several swimmers who have EIA syndrome or Exercise Induced Asthma and they have experienced a significant improvement in their breathing and swim training. Other advantages of the Mineral Water System are the elimination of hair discoloration and hair damage, and eye irritation caused by the traditional chlorine system. Also, the swimmers have expressed that their suits, goggles and latex swim caps are showing a longer life.

As a swimming coach, I feel secure in the fact that our swimmers can swim in an ionized pool and not experience many of the various problems that are associated with a chlorine treated pool. I highly recommend this system for any pool whether it be used for competitive or recreational purposes.

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