Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Polar Pure Water Disinfectant With Iodine Crystals - Pure And Safe Water

Water is a scarce resource and it is common knowledge. What is mostly undervalued is the fact that potable water is even rarer to find. As temperatures rise, pollution levels increase and the world continues with a drastic change in weather and climate patterns, drinking water is becoming a precious and extremely rare commodity. Purifying whatever little water available, hence, is a priority as well as a duty.

While artificial chemical purifiers and machines are effective, nothing can beat natural time tested methods of obtaining pure drinking water. Disinfectants like the Polar Pure Water Disinfectant With Iodine Crystals are one such natural and safe purifying techniques. Iodine can be used in several different forms for water purification: as tablets, liquid, or crystals. Iodine tablets are available at most camping supply stores, and they are very effective at killing anything in the water, but they have a short shelf life even when new, and rapidly lose potency after opening.

Products like the Polar Pure Water Disinfectant With Iodine Crystals combine the goodness of iodine with technology to provide longer duration disinfectant effect. They use pure crystallized iodine packaged in an innovative and unique delivery system that can destroy water-borne pathogens including giardia cysts and micro-organisms (viruses) that pass through filters.

It can be used for backpacking, camping, hiking, water sports, bicycling, foreign travel, hunting and fishing, emergency kits. The small size and easy to use make them an ideal choice for most outdoor trips and for those who are keen on being prepared for emergencies.

Alternately, a 2% tincture of liquid iodine from the drug store, like that used in a first aid kit, can be used as a less expensive alternative to tablets. Just add 8 drops to one quart of water and let it sit for about fifteen minutes before drinking. But make sure it is fresh iodine, since it too has a short shelf life. However, the best form of iodine for water purification seems to be USP-grade re-sublimed iodine crystals. The crystals "sublime" from a solid to a gaseous state without passing through a liquid phase in between.

Iodine crystals are like alchemy since the crystals can be re-used indefinitely. The difference in taste may be simply that the iodine sublimes into a gaseous state, rather than dissolving into a liquid form. The iodine flavor becomes less and less noticeable the longer the water sits, suggesting that the iodine slowly escapes from the water. Iodine and its crystals are the best way to having safe and healthy drinking water anywhere and anytime.

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