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November 2009

• Heavy Rainfall Causing Dirty Water

  Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

  Recent heavy rainfall in the Vancouver area is causing dirty-looking, turbid water due to excessive amounts of sediment and organic matter being washed into our North Shore mountain water reservoirs.  Metro Vancouver has increased disinfection levels in response to this situation. Microbiological safety has not been compromised.

  However, occurrences of gastro-intestinal illness do increase during turbidity events. A one micron water filter is highly recommended to intercept Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts that can cause illness. A good filter will also make your water clear again and aesthetically pleasing to drink.

  Posted in News & Initiatives

• Ray Kurzweil Answers a Skeptic about Alkaline Water Ionizers

  Monday, November 16th, 2009

  The following answers from distinguished author and scientist, Ray Kurzweil, address inflamatory and unsubstantiated opinions about water ionizers that have been deliberately planted on the internet by someone identifying himself as an ex-chemistry professor at SFU.

  An introduction to Ray Kurzweil

  Ray Kurzweil was inducted in 2002 into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, established by the U.S. Patent Office. He received the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the nation’s largest award in invention and innovation. He also received the 1999 National Medal of Technology, the nation’s highest honor in technology, from President Clinton in a White House ceremony. He has also received scores of other national and international  awards, including the 1994 Dickson Prize (Carnegie Mellon University’s top science prize), Engineer of the Year from Design News, Inventor of the Year from MIT, and the Grace Murray Hopper Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. He has received twelve honorary Doctorates and honors from three U.S. presidents.

  Ray Kurzweil’s Answers for a Water Ionizer Sceptic

  Question: I have read on the Internet that it is not possible to create alkaline or acid water from pure water and that water that is pure enough to drink can’t be split into alkaline and acid components. Is this true?

  Ray Kurzweil: As responsible scientists, we had the same skepticism when we first heard about alkaline water. Therefore, the first thing we did was to purchase a water alkalinizer as well as an accurate electronic pH meter. We ran tap water with pH 7.1 from our home faucet into the device and found that the water coming out of the alkaline outlet had a pH of 9.5 (indicating very alkaline), while the water from the acid outlet measured pH 4.5 (indicating very acidic). We repeated this experiment with a variety of tap waters obtaining alkaline outputs with a pH ranging from 9.5 to 9.9. It is true that “pure” or distilled water can not be ionized. If you were to try to “split” distilled water, it would not work. Tap or spring water, however, has dissolved minerals in it. It’s the minerals in the water; primarily calcium, potassium and magnesium that allow water to be “split” by an electric current into alkaline, “electron-rich” (i.e., containing negatively charged ions that can engage in chemical reactions to provide electrons to positively charged free radicals) and acid, “electron-deficient” components. Individuals who say it is not possible to split tap or spring water are misinformed.

  Question: One site on the Internet states “Ionized water is nothing more than sales fiction; the term is meaningless to chemists. Most water that is fit for drinking is too unconductive to undergo significant electrolysis.” Is this an accurate statement?

  Ray Kurzweil:The above statement is easily shown to be incorrect with a simple pH meter and an electrolysis machine. Most tap waters run through the machine produce highly alkaline water as measured by a pH meter.

  Question: Since you advocate drinking alkaline water, why not simply mix something like sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) with water and drink that? There are, in fact, alkaline waters sold that are made by mixing water with bicarbonate. Wouldn’t that work as well and be much less expensive than a water alkalinizer?

  Ray Kurzweil: There are more benefits to “alkaline water” than simply the alkalinity or pH. The most important feature of alkaline water produced by a water alkalinizer is its oxidation reduction potential (ORP). Water with a high negative ORP is of particular value in its ability to neutralize oxygen free radicals. ORP can also be directly tested using an ORP sensor and meter. We have conducted these experiments as well. We found that water coming directly from the tap had an ORP of +290mV, while the water coming out of the water alkalinizer had a negative ORP. The more negative the ORP of a substance (that is, the higher its negative ORP), the more likely it is to engage in chemical reactions that donate electrons. These electrons are immediately available to engage in reactions that neutralize positively charged free radicals. This is the key benefit of water produced by a water alkalinizer that is not available by simply drinking water than has had some bicarb or other compounds dissolved in it to make it alkaline. Although water mixed with bicarbonate is indeed alkaline, it does not have a negative ORP; rather it has a positive ORP, meaning that it is unable to neutralize dangerous oxygen free radicals. Alkaline water produced by running tap water through an electrolysis machine does have a high negative ORP, meaning that it does have the ability to neutralize oxygen free radicals. We have confirmed these ORP measurements through our direct tests.

  Question: OK, why is it important to drink alkaline water with a high negative ORP?

  Ray Kurzweil: All chemical reactions occur with the transfer of electrons. Negatively charged entities are said to be reducing agents, meaning they are relatively electron rich and are able to donate electrons, reducing the charge of the entity with which they react. Relatively electron-poor entities are referred to as oxidizing agents, meaning they tend to pull electrons away. Thus, each substance in our body may act as either an oxidizing or reducing agent. However, not just any negatively charged ion will be able to engage in the specific chemical reactions needed to neutralize oxygen free radicals. The HCO3-(bicarbonate) ions in alkaline bicarb water do not have this potential, whereas the OH- and mineral-rich water coming from an electrolysis machine (from tap water) does have this potential. That is implied in the negative value of the “oxidation reduction potential.” Free radicals are among the most damaging molecules in the body and are highly unstable molecules that are oxidizing agents and are electron deficient. They are a principal cause of damage and disease in the body. Oxygen free radicals contribute significantly to a broad variety of harmful conditions in the body ranging from life-threatening conditions such as heart disease, stroke and cancer, to less severe conditions such as sunburns, arthritis, cataracts, and many others. Free radicals MUST get electrons from somewhere and will steal them from whatever molecules are around, including normal, healthy tissues. Damage to tissues results when free radicals strip these electrons from healthy cells. If the damage goes on unchecked, this will lead to disease. For example, the oxidation of LDL cholesterol particles in arterial walls by free radicals triggers an immune system response that results in atherosclerosis, the principal cause of heart disease. The negative ions in alkaline water from an electrolysis machine are a rich source of electrons that can be donated to these free radicals in the body, neutralizing them and stopping them from damaging healthy tissues. Specifically, these ions have the potential to engage in the chemical reactions necessary to neutralize oxygen free radicals. Vitamin C and E, grape seed extract and alpha lipoic acid, for example, are all powerful electron donors. The vegetable- rich diet we recommend is alkaline and helps donate electrons to the body. Alkaline, electron-rich water falls in the same category. It can help with your body’s need for electrons to counteract free radicals. Interestingly, we also tested vegetable juice with the ORP meter and found that it also has a high negative ORP, meaning that it is able to neutralize oxygen free radicals. So at least one of the important benefits of eating vegetables can be obtained from drinking the high negative ORP alkaline water from an electrolysis machine. Another benefit of drinking alkaline water is that it assists in the absorption of minerals. We know that if the body is not absorbing enough minerals, it will rob minerals from the body’s mineral reserves, chiefly calcium from the bones. It is well known that many chronic diseases result in excess acidity of the body (metabolic acidosis). We also know that the body tends to become more acidic due to modern dietary habits and lifestyles and the aging process itself. By drinking high negative ORP alkaline water, you combat metabolic acidosis and improve absorption of nutrients. The blood is carefully buffered to keep it in a narrow range between pH 7.35 to 7.45. The body keeps blood pH stable by utilizing alkaline buffers, chiefly bicarbonate, to neutralize acidic liquids (such as colas, which have a pH as low as 2.5) and other acidic products and byproducts. But as the blood stream receives these acidic substances, the alkaline buffers get used up. Drinking alkaline water helps reduce the burden on the limited alkaline buffers which are needed for the body’s natural detoxification processes.

  Question: Is there research that actually shows the benefits of drinking alkaline water?

  Ray Kurzweil: A number of studies are summarized below. One study described below suggests that alkaline water encourages “friendly” anaerobic microflora in the human intestinal tract, and discourages “unfriendly” aerobic organisms. The researcher (see Vorobjeva NV below) writes: “Many diseases of the intestine are due to a disturbance in the balance of the microorganisms inhabiting the gut. The treatment of such diseases involves the restoration of the quantity and/or balance of residential microflora in the intestinal tract. It is known that aerobes and anaerobes grow at different oxidation-reduction potentials (ORP). The former require positive E(h) values up to +400 mV. Anaerobes do not grow unless the E(h) value is negative between -300 and -400 mV. In this work, it is suggested that prerequisite for the recovery and maintenance of obligatory anaerobic microflora in the intestinal tract is a negative ORP value of the intestinal milieu. Electrolyzed reducing water with E(h) values between 0 and -300 mV produced in electrolysis devices possesses this property. Drinking such water favours the growth of residential microflora in the gut. A sufficient array of data confirms this idea. Dr. Grossman has also had many of his patients report of health benefits they have experienced from drinking alkaline electron-rich water.

  Question: How can alkaline water with a pH of 9 or 10 be expected to affect the body when the pH of the stomach is 2 or less?

  Ray Kurzweil: It is important to remember that large amounts of hydrochloric acid are present in the stomach primarily when food is there. There is only a small amount of acid in stomach when it is empty, and this can be easily overcome when alkaline electron-rich water is consumed. Therefore, in order to gain maximum benefit, we recommend drinking alkaline water in between meals. Water consumed between meals will very quickly pass through the stomach and the GI tract.

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  Some studies on the health benefits of alkaline electron-rich water

  Legal disclaimer: The following information is sourced from peer reviewed studies and internet sites. The statements made here have not been evaluated by Health Canada. This information is for educational purposes only and is not meant to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. It should not be construed as personal medical advice or instruction. No action should be taken based solely on the contents of this website. Readers should consult appropriate health professionals on any matter relating to their health and well-being. The information and opinions provided here are believed to be accurate and sound, based on the best judgment available to the authors, but readers who fail to consult appropriate health authorities assume the risk of any injuries. The publisher is not responsible for errors or omissions.

  Reduced hemodialysis-induced oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease patients by electrolyzed reduced water.

  Huang KC, Yang CC, Lee KT, Chien CT.

  Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

  BACKGROUND: Increased oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients may oxidize macromolecules and consequently lead to cardiovascular events during chronic hemodialysis. Electrolyzed reduced water (ERW) with reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging ability may have a potential effect on reduction of hemodialysis-induced oxidative stress in ESRD patients. METHODS: We developed a chemiluminescence emission spectrum and high-performance liquid chromatography analysis to assess the effect of ERW replacement on plasma ROS (H2O2 and HOCl) scavenging activity and oxidized lipid or protein production in ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis. Oxidized markers, dityrosine, methylguanidine, and phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide, and inflammatory markers, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were determined. RESULTS: Although hemodialysis efficiently removes dityrosine and creatinine, hemodialysis increased oxidative stress, including phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide, and methylguanidine. Hemodialysis reduced the plasma ROS scavenging activity, as shown by the augmented reference H2O2 and HOCl counts (Rh2o2 and Rhocl, respectively) and decreased antioxidative activity (expressed as total antioxidant status in this study). ERW administration diminished hemodialysis-enhanced Rh2o2 and Rhocl, minimized oxidized and inflammatory markers (CRP and IL-6), and partly restored total antioxidant status during 1-month treatment. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that hemodialysis with ERW administration may efficiently increase the H2O2- and HOCl-dependent antioxidant defense and reduce H2O2- and HOCl-induced oxidative stress.

  Kidney Int. 2003 Aug;64(2):704-14.
  PMID: 12846769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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  Electrolyzed-reduced water scavenges active oxygen species and protects DNA from oxidative damage.

  Shirahata S, Kabayama S, Nakano M, Miura T, Kusumoto K, Gotoh M, Hayashi H, Otsubo K, Morisawa S, Katakura Y.

  Institute of Cellular Regulation Technology, Graduate School of Genetic Resources Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. sirahata@grt.kyushu-u.ac.jp

  Active oxygen species or free radicals are considered to cause extensive oxidative damage to biological macromolecules, which brings about a variety of diseases as well as aging. The ideal scavenger for active oxygen should be ‘active hydrogen’. ‘Active hydrogen’ can be produced in reduced water near the cathode during electrolysis of water. Reduced water exhibits high pH, low dissolved oxygen (DO), extremely high dissolved molecular hydrogen (DH), and extremely negative redox potential (RP) values. Strongly electrolyzed-reduced water, as well as ascorbic acid, (+)-catechin and tannic acid, completely scavenged O.-2 produced by the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase (HX-XOD) system in sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0). The superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity of reduced water is stable at 4 degrees C for over a month and was not lost even after neutralization, repeated freezing and melting, deflation with sonication, vigorous mixing, boiling, repeated filtration, or closed autoclaving, but was lost by opened autoclaving or by closed autoclaving in the presence of tungsten trioxide which efficiently adsorbs active atomic hydrogen. Water bubbled with hydrogen gas exhibited low DO, extremely high DH and extremely low RP values, as does reduced water, but it has no SOD-like activity. These results suggest that the SOD-like activity of reduced water is not due to the dissolved molecular hydrogen but due to the dissolved atomic hydrogen (active hydrogen). Although SOD accumulated H2O2 when added to the HX-XOD system, reduced water decreased the amount of H2O2 produced by XOD. Reduced water, as well as catalase and ascorbic acid, could directly scavenge H2O2. Reduce water suppresses single-strand breakage of DNA b active oxygen species produced by the Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidation of ascorbic acid in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that reduced water can scavenge not only O2.- and H2O2, but also 1O2 and .OH.

  Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997 May 8;234(1):269-74.
  PMID: 9169001 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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  Selective stimulation of the growth of anaerobic microflora in the human intestinal tract by electrolyzed reducing water.

  Vorobjeva NV.

  Department of Physiology of Microorganisms, Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia. nvvorobjeva@mail.ru

  96-99% of the “friendly” or residential microflora of intestinal tract of humans consists of strict anaerobes and only 1-4% of aerobes. Many diseases of the intestine are due to a disturbance in the balance of the microorganisms inhabiting the gut. The treatment of such diseases involves the restoration of the quantity and/or balance of residential microflora in the intestinal tract. It is known that aerobes and anaerobes grow at different oxidation-reduction potentials (ORP). The former require positive E(h) values up to +400 mV. Anaerobes do not grow unless the E(h) value is negative between -300 and -400 mV. In this work, it is suggested that prerequisite for the recovery and maintenance of obligatory anaerobic microflora in the intestinal tract is a negative ORP value of the intestinal milieu. Electrolyzed reducing water with E(h) values between 0 and -300 mV produced in electrolysis devices possesses this property. Drinking such water favours the growth of residential microflora in the gut. A sufficient array of data confirms this idea. However, most researchers explain the mechanism of its action by an antioxidant properties destined to detox the oxidants in the gut and other host tissues. Evidence is presented in favour of the hypothesis that the primary target for electrolyzed reducing water is the residential microflora in the gut.

  Med Hypotheses. 2005;64(3):543-6.
  PMID: 15617863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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  Evaluation of Ionized Calcium as a Nutrient

  Chen H, Kimura M, Zhu Z, Itokawa Y

  The 11th symposium on Trace Nutrients Research, Japan Trace Nutrients Research Society, p131-138, 1994.

  Summary: To clarify effect of ionized calcium water for drinking water in rats, 36 Male Wister rats weighing about 50g were randomly divided into 6 groups, and given following diet and drinking water : (1) Ca-sufficient diet, tap-water; (2) Ca-sufficient diet, tap-water;(3) Ca-sufficient diet, calcium lactate added-ionized calcium-water : (4) Ca-deficient diet, calcium lactate added-water ; (5) Ca deficient diet, calcium lactate added-water (6) Ca-deficient diet, calcium lactate added ionized calcium-water. The diets were given by paired-feeding method 4 weeks and drinking water was ad libitum. The significant change of calcium concentration in the rats were was follows; Ca concentration of plasma, spleen, of plasma, spleen, kidney, testis and tibia in Ca deficient groups (4), (5), (6) were significantly low compared with these in Ca sufficient groups (1),(2),(3) Ca concentration in brain of groups (4),(5),(6) was low compared to these in groups (2), Ca concentration in heart and muscle of group (4) was low compared to Ca deficient groups (1),(2),(3), but these in group  (5) drank Ca added-water was recovered and these in group (6) drank ionized-Ca-water was higher than these in any other groups. Ca concentration of liver in groups (4) were significantly lower than that in group (1),(3) and Ca concentration of liver in Ca deficient rats (groups (5),(6)) drank Ca-added-water were high compared to these in group (4). In 24 hours urine discharge of group (2) was high compared with groups (4), (5), (6). These results suggest that ionized Ca in drinking water may be active for intestinal absorption.
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  Supplementation with alkaline minerals reduces symptoms of patients with chronic low back pain

  Vormann J, Worlitschek M, Goedecke T, Silver B

  The cause of low back pain is heterogeneous, it has been hypothesised that a latent chronic acidosis might contribute to these symptoms. It was tested whether a supplementation with alkaline minerals would influence symptoms in patients with low back pain symptoms. More

  J Trace Elem. Med. Biol. Vol. 15, pp. 179-183, 2001

  Posted in News & Initiatives, Water Treatment Guide, Water and Health

• Jupiter, Ionways, Enagic, Kangen, Chanson Water Ionizers

  Monday, November 16th, 2009

  Who and where are these water ionizer companies and for how long?

  Jupiter water ionizers are made in Korea by Emco Tech (aka Dong Yang/Royal Science) and has been in business since 1982.
  Ionways is the brand name for their new ‘referral’ marketing division launched in 2007.
  Emco Tech is a recognized manufacturer of medical equipment holding over 30 patents and multiple international certifications. Emco Tech ionizers are assembled in Korea using water cells that are designed and produced in Japan.

  Enagic water ionizers are made in Japan. Enagic started selling ionizers in 2000 and merged with Toyo Aitex in 2001. Their current relationship is not clear (to this writer).
  ‘Kangen’ is a Japanese word which means ‘return to the origin’ according to Enagic’s US website. It may also mean reduction or deoxidation. ‘Kangen’ is not trademarkable in Japan just as a word like ‘natural’ could not be trademarked in an English-language country. For marketing purposes, Enagic has obtained the US trademark for ‘Kangen Water’ for exclusive use of this term in the US. It refers to ionized water produced in the same way as other ionizer brands.

  Chanson water ionizers are made in Taiwan by the Bai-Yin Company which has been in the water treatment industry since 1979. In 1985 this company started importing ionizers from Japan for the Taiwanese market while simultaneously building its own team of engineers. It serviced other ionizer companies for 20 years. In 2000 Chanson launched its own ionizer brand into the international market. This company manufactures its own products, possesses multiple patents and international certifications. Water quality products are its exclusive focus.

  Posted in Water Treatment Guide, Water and Health

• The History of Water Ionizers

  Sunday, November 15th, 2009

  Water ionization is based on electrolysis, a process first identified in the early 1800’s. It involves the exchange of ions caused by electrical current, an activity that characterizes all matter including the properties of water.

  In the 1940’s a fascination with the phenomenal properties of Hunza water and the extraordinary longevity of the Hunza* people was spurred by the findings of Romanian Nobel Prize winner and inventor of fluid dynamics, Dr. Henri Coanda.

  This was the era of Shangri-la, a legendary Himalayan paradise portrayed in a popular book and film called Lost Horizon. Those of you who are old enough will remember them.

  The development of ‘functional water’

  Russian scientists evolved the use of electrolysis while attempting to replicate the properties of this special water. Their work drew the attention of Japanese scientists interested in ionization. By 1954 the first water ionizers were being used in Japanese agricultural universities for experiments on plants and animals. This was the beginning of what is now referred to as functional water technology.

  The first commercial water ionizers were available in Japan in 1958. In 1960, a group of Japanese medical doctors and agricultural researchers formed a special medical and agricultural research institute to investigate and develop the use of this technology. As a result of their work, in 1966 water ionizers were approved as a medical device by the Health and Rehabilitation Ministry of the Japanese Government.

  Chemical free cleaning with Electrolyzed Anode Water

  Water ionizers (also known as Electrolyzed Anode Water and Electrolyzed Reduced Water machines) simultaneously produce 2 streams of water – one is oxidizing acid water and the other is reducing alkaline water.

  It was the useful oxidizing effects of the acid water produced by these machines that gained early recognition. Experiments began using this water for plant preservation and antiseptic applications in hospitals.

  This acidic, oxidizing water is for external use. The beneficial results of its powerful anti-bacterial action are easily and almost instantly measurable by scientific means.

  In today’s world the potential uses, environmental benefits and health implications of this water are staggering. Tennant, a forward thinking US-based corporation, has just launched its chemical-free ecH2O industrial cleaning machine that uses this technology. See photo at left.

  Equally important uses of Reduced Alkaline Water harder to verify

  On the other hand, the reduced alkaline water produced by water ionization is most commonly used internally as drinking water. Documenting the profound health benefits associated with its use requires much longer periods of time and far more complex analysis.

  Considerable data has been collected by Japanese medical doctors who have been successfully using reduced electrolyzed water for the treatment of human disease longer than any other group. Approximately 30 million Japanese have now used ionized water over a period of 40 years. Residential water ionizers have been a household appliance in Japan since 1985 and are now found in 15% of Japanese homes.

  Western medical community slow to respond

  So far, the ‘western’ medical community has shown no noticeable interest in these remarkable devices. As yet, there is little in the way of ‘western’ peer reviewed studies concerning the medical applications of electrolyzed reduced water.

  It is interesting to note that, at last count, the World Health Organization ranks Japan #1 for longevity of its population versus Canada #12 and USA only #24 of 191 countries which include the very poorest nations on earth.

  Meanwhile the use of this technology (which replaces the need for many toxic and water polluting chemicals and has proven beneficial in the treatment of many human and animal disease conditions) has spread from Japan to other Asian countries where water quality is recognized as a critical challenge for huge population groups.

  This dilemma is fast becoming a global one, although some groups are glaringly slower to respond to it than others.

  Widespread use of water ionization technology in Asia

  Water ionizers were first introduced to Korea in the 1970′s where they are now a commonly used household appliance. They are also approved as medical devices by the government of South Korea.

  Similarly, in Taiwan, research and development in this field has been ongoing for decades.

  The combined output of the major Asian water ionizer manufacturers (Toyo, Panasonic, Akai, Royal Water/Jupiter Science and Ion Farms) is over 1 million units per annum.

  Some background info about Chanson, Jupiter, Ionways and Enagic (aka Kangen) water ionizers

  Chanson water ionizers are made in Taiwan. Chanson evolved out of the Bai-Yin Company which began its involvement in the water treatment industry in 1979. In 1985 this company started importing ionizers from Japan for the Taiwanese market while simultaneously building its own team of engineers. It serviced ionizers produced by other ionizer companies for 20 years. In 2000 Chanson launched its own ionizer brand into the international market. This company manufactures its own products, possesses multiple patents and international certifications. Water quality products are its exclusive focus.

  Jupiter water ionizers are made in Korea by Emco Tech (aka Dong Yang/ Royal Science) and has been in business since 1982.

  Ionways is the brand name for their new ‘referral’ marketing division launched in 2007.
  Emco Tech is a recognized manufacturer of medical equipment holding over 30 patents and multiple international certifications. Emco Tech ionizers are assembled in Korea using water cells that are designed and produced in Japan. Tennant’s ecH2O industrial cleaning machine uses Emco Tech’s ionizer technology.

  Enagic water ionizers are assembled in Japan by TOYO. The Toyo Pure Porte 2 (predecessor to the SD501) was originally introduced into the U.S. in 2000. Enagic USA was formed in 2004 when a man named Oshiro formed an exclusive contract with TOYO to supply the SD501 to North America.

  ‘Kangen’ is a Japanese word which means ‘return to the origin’ according Enagic’s US website. It may also mean reduction or deoxidation. ‘Kangen’ is not trademarkable in Japan just as word like ‘healthy’ could not be trademarked in an English-language country. For marketing purposes, Enagic has obtained the US trademark for ‘Kangen Water’ for exclusive use of this term in the US. It refers to ionized water produced in the same way as other ionizer brands.

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  *Hunza is the name of a people living in a high altitude Himalayan valley in Pakistan. They have been reputed to remain vigourous past 100 and live to ages exceeding 130 years.

  Posted in The Future of Water, Water Treatment Guide, Water and Health

• Dr Robert Young Launches New Alkaline Water Ionizer

  Monday, November 9th, 2009

  Dr. Robert Young, the much quoted author of ‘The pH Miracle’ and endorser of Jupiter ionizers, has recently launched his own brand of alkaline water ionizer called the ‘pH Miracle Mark I’. It’s the Chanson Miracle! Only difference is the price – ours is better!

  Posted in News & Initiatives, Water Treatment Guide, Water and Health

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