Sunbeam WF7400 manual Safe, Clean Drinking Water, Contaminant, Source, Health Effect

Safe, Clean Drinking Water

The Sunbeam Water Purifier features a micro-fine 0.5 micron carbon block filter which removes contaminants from water that can cause bad taste and odour, as well as being harmful to your health.

Some of the potential contaminants of concern are listed below, along with the sources of each and their potential health effects.

	Contaminant	Source	Health Effect
Lead		Lead can enter your water from lead	Lead can interfere with red blood cells,
		plumbing, lead solder and brass alloy	delay physical and mental development
		taps.	in babies and children, increase blood
			pressure and damage kidneys in adults.
			Cysts can cause acute flu like symptoms
Cysts		Main source is from animal faeces	that can last one to three weeks in
(Cryptosporidium		containing the cysts. Run off carries	healthy adults. Effects on children or
& Giardia)		cysts into lakes and rivers.	the elderly can be more serious and life
		A hard shell protects these micro-	threatening for those with suppressed
		organisms from the chlorine disinfection.	immune systems such as cancer patients
			or HIV/Aids patients.
			Lindane has been shown to damage
		Chemicals can soak through the soil	liver, kidney, nervous system and immune
Lindane		into ground water, or can be carried into	system in lab animals. At high levels, it
(a common pesticide)		lakes and rivers by rainwater run off.	has caused nervous
			and circulatory system damage in
			humans.

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