Water Filter Pitcher & Filtering Water Bottles & Canteen Test Results

           
The same filtration is used in all the Seychelle products we sell, the pitchers, bottles, straws, pumps and canteens.  The media is adjusted to the water flow in each product.
Below includes composite results for the filter material used in these several applications.

All tests, provided by manufacturer, used ANSI/EPA protocols and NSF Standards 42 & 53.

Column A is a composite of earlier results before additional improvements.

Column B is specifically on the Water Filter Pitcher, with tests performed by the County of Los Angeles.

Column  D results for the advanced filter for outdoors and emergency preparedness which is in Plastic Water Bottles, Pumps, Straws, and Canteens we sell.

Note that trihalomethanes are chlorination byproducts – generally considered the risk from chlorine.

To see comparisons to other water filter pitchers, see this page: Water Filter Pitcher Comparisons.

To go directly to water filter pitchers in the store, click on Water Pitcher Filters.

Feb-09
Percent Reduction
Filter Type: Standard Standard Standard Advanced
ORGANICS – VOC’S TEST ( A ) TEST ( B ) TEST ( C ) TEST (D)
Bromodichlormethan* 98.40 99.70 n/a 88.10
Bromoform* 99.44 99.80 n/a 91.20
Acetone 96.20 n/a n/a n/a
Benzene 98.84 99.70 n/a 88.00
Chloroform* 98.52 99.60 n/a n/a
Chlorobenzene 99.20 n/a n/a n/a
Dibromochloromethane* 98.08 99.80 n/a 94.20
Carbon Terrachloride 99.56 99.80 n/a 88.00
1.2-1.3-1.4- Dichlorobenzene 99.80 99.70 n/a n/a
1.1-1.2- Dichloromethane 98.24 99.70 n/a n/a
1.1-1.2- Dichloroehtylene 98.81 99.70 n/a n/a
Ethyl benzene 99.52 99.80 n/a 88.00
Styrene 99.72 99.80 n/a n/a
MTBE 99.80 n/a n/a 99.00
1.1,1-1.1.2- Trichlorothane 99.76 99.70 n/a 88.00
Trichloroethylene 99.20 99.80 n/a n/a
Toluene 99.16 99.80 n/a 87.60
Total Xylenes 99.61 99.80 n/a 88.00
Gamma BHC (Lindane) 98.00 98.00 n/a 93.30
Heptachlor 90.90 99.00 n/a 96.70
Endrin 99.00 99.00 n/a 94.40
Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) 95.00 n/a n/a n/a
Dibromochloromethane (DBCP) 98.00 99.80 n/a 94.20
Heptachlor – Epoxide 99.86 99.90 n/a 96.70
4.4-DDD and DDT 98.80 98.00 n/a 96.70
Methoxychlor 90.00 n/a n/a n/a
PCB’s Arochlor-1260 94.50 95.00 n/a 96.70
INORGANICS – HEAVY METALS
Aluminum 90.00 n/a n/a 70.00
Arsenic 88.90 99.00 n/a 28.80
Cadmium 99.50 36.00 n/a 94.80
Chlorine Residual BDL 87.60 n/a 99.60
Chromium 6 99.87 96.10 n/a n/a
Copper 95.00 80.40 n/a 75.00
Fluoride 65.00 90.00 n/a n/a
Lead 97.50 97.50 n/a 75.00
Mercury 99.60 98.00 n/a 77.10
Nitrate & Nitrite 88.43 95.00 n/a n/a
Radon 222 99.00 n/a n/a n/a
Total Suspended Solids 99.00 n/a n/a n/a
Turbidity 85.60 97.30 n/a n/a
BIOLOGICALS
Giardia 99.99 n/a n/a 99.9999
Cryptosporidium 99.90 n/a n/a 99.9999
Cholera n/a n/a 99.90 n/a
E-Coli n/a n/a 99.90 99.9999
Salmonella n/a n/a 99.90 n/a
Anthrax n/a n/a n/a 99.9999
Test Groups
( A ) County of Los Angeles – CTL – BioVir – National Testing (Four laboratories from 1996 to 2001)
( B ) County of Los Angeles, 2006
( C ) South Africa ( SABS), 2005
( D ) United Kingdom Environmental Agency, 2005
Notes:
* Compounds listed are Trihalomethanes
Labs tested for different contaminants using EPA protocols and NSF Standard 42 and 53.

For more general information, please click on Water Filter FAQ.You can also Check Water Filter Certificates and Lab Test Results

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