Contact: Kenton Jones, Marketing
Recent AP News Report Names Reverse Osmosis As Being Effective At Removing “Virtually All Pharmaceutical Contaminants,”

Manager, MultiPure International
Phone: (800) 622-9206
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10 A.M. PDT, March 10, 2008

MULTI-PURE RESPONDS TO AP REPORT ON DRUGS IN WATER

LAS VEGAS, NV, MARCH 10, 2008: Multi Pure International is responding to a report by the Associated Press (AP) regarding widespread contamination of public drinking water supplies by pharmaceutical drugs. Multi Pure has been aware of the issue of these drugs making their way into public water supplies for several years.
However, NSF International, the leading certifying body in the industry, does not have established test protocols for pharmaceuticals; and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not established allowable limits for any over-the-counter or prescription drugs found in drinking water supplies.
Multi-Pure, and all other drinking water treatment manufacturers cannot make any NSF certified claims to remove pharmaceuticals from water.  However, Multi Pure can assure its customers that they use the industry’s most widely certified filter system on the market, which outperforms all other NSF Certified drinking water systems in terms of contaminant reduction. MultiPure has led the industry in introducing new technologies to address emerging contaminants found in our nation’s water supplies.
The AP report also cites bottled water as not being a safe alternative, as it is often processed and repackaged tap water.
The AP report names reverse osmosis as being effective at removing “virtually all pharmaceutical contaminants,” but does not cite any test data to substantiate this claim. 
Since 1970 Multi-Pure International has been an industry leader in high performance drinking water filters for home or office.
Multi Pure was the leading developer of carbon block water filters and was the first manufacturer to gain NSF Std. 53 certification for the reduction of many contaminants such as MTBE, Mercury,
Lead, PCBs, Arsenic V, and Toxaphene. MultiPure is headquartered at the Las Vegas Technology Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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