Reverse Osmosis Confirmed as Safe, Effective and Affordable Method to Filter out Cyanobacteria and the Microcystin Toxin

University of Toledo Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering and Water Purification Expert G. Glenn Lipscomb confirms in an email to me sent today that good multi-stage Reverse Osmosis (RO) filter systems costing around $200 to install (often even less) and $60 per year for replacement filters are the method of choice to reliably clear Cyanobacteria and the microcystin toxin from your drinking water - and that the expensive NSF certified filters are NOT necessary. There is no excuse to resort to bottled water and contribute to the dangerous plastic pollution of our planet. Below is Prof. Lipscomb's email that I share with his permission.

Tom,

I am sorry to hear you are experiencing water quality problems. I know how frustrating and infuriating it can be.

I cannot guarantee the quality and efficacy of all RO systems that are available for point-of-use treatment at home. However, the ones we tested provided excellent removal of microcystin – to non-detectable levels.

We still are preparing the papers from the work. The thesis of the graduate student who performed the work, Neelam Jagani, is available here: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:toledo1524844338053604. I also attached a PDF copy.

Hope things improve soon,
Glenn

G. Glenn Lipscomb
Professor and Chair

Chemical Engineering
University of Toledo
3048 Nitschke Hall (MS 305)
1610 N Westwood Ave
Toledo, OH 43607

Tom Wassmer: I am more than happy to help Adrian residents and businesses with locating the right RO system free of charge.

Update, Good system at just $176:
https://www.abt.com/product/130329/APEC-Water-Essence-5-Stage-50-GPD-Reverse-Osmosis-Drinking-Water-System-ROES50.html

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Katie Jurek was 19 years old when she was told the osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, had returned. She could amputate her leg or die within three months.




'Bombarded with it': Katelyn O'Connell is one of at least 21 Tartan High School students diagnosed with cancer during their primary, middle or high school years or within 10 years of graduating.CREDIT:DAVID BOWMAN



Toxic Secrets: The town that 3M built - where kids are dying of cancer

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Flossing teeth could increase the body's levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) — widely used chemicals linked to a number of diseases and certain cancers — warn US researchers.

Changing daily behaviors could reduce exposure, they say.

Certain Dental Flosses Raise Body Levels of Toxic Chemicals

The battle on the frontline of climate change in Mali - BBC News

Everything about Mami exudes exhaustion. Her round brown eyes are pools of sadness, and her bulbous body throbs with pain.



"First, armed groups attacked nearby," she explains in a tired voice as we sit on plastic matting, five young children nestled close to their mother in Mali's fabled city in the sand Timbuktu.



"Then the rains came, and did the rest."



The worst rains in 50 years in northern Mali washed away their entire crop.



Those rains poured through the cracks in her mud home caused by an explosion an armed group set off.





Mali is lurching between drought and flood



The battle on the frontline of climate change in Mali - BBC News

Reverse Osmosis - Affordable Solution for Adrian's Water Issues

The current water situation should be another reason for restaurants, bars, coffee shops and other food related businesses and affluent residents to invest in an under the sink Revers Osmosis System. It also provides peace of mind about hexavalent chromium, lead, chlorine and chlorine organics products in chlorinated water, and many other pollutants that could occur.
RO systems can be purchased from many places at bargain rates of $100 to everyday rates of $250. Filters need to be replaced every year for about $60. Compare this to the price for 1 year of unregulated bottle water producing plastic waste polluting the environment.. No brainier and no excuses!

The link below supports RO as a solution during the Toledo water crisis:

https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2016/08/29/Reverse-osmosis-seen-as-solution-for-toxin.html

A good source for an RO system is:

https://www.uswatersystems.com/

Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study | Environment | The Guardian

Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now



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 The study found there is a 66% chance of staying below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels if immediate action is taken. Photograph: Alamy



Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study | Environment | The Guardian

BBC News: Australia swelters through record-breaking heatwave

The country has just experienced five of its 10 warmest days on record, meteorologists say