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Nothing Eliminates Pathogens From Water Like UVX™

Surface Water Contamination

UVX purifiers inactivate viruses and bacteria from freshwater. UVX's outstanding effectiveness was proven by tests simulating the U.S. EPA's requirements at the University of Arizona:*

Waterborne Pathogens	Major Organisms
Protozoa	Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Entamoebic Dysentery, Diphyllobothrium and Blastocysts
Viruses	Bacteriophage - E. Coli, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Rotavirus, Norovirus, Enterovirus (meningitis), Influenza and Poliovirus – Poliomyelitis
Bacteria	Bacillus anthracis – Anthrax, Brewer's yeast, Corynebacterium diptheriae, Dysentery bacilli, Escherichia coli, Leptospiracanicola – infectious, Legionella pneumophilia, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella dyseteriae, Shigella flexneri, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus faecaelis, Trachoma, Typhus amd Vibria comma - Cholera

 

For more information on water contaminants — including their causes and symptoms — please see the U.S. EPA's web page on water contaminants.