Drinking Water Filter Systems, Drinking Water Safety

Performance Data Sheet

The products have been tested and certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to comply with ANSI/NSF Standard 53 - Health Effects. Detailed standards and testing information can be obtained from NSF International or by contacting us at mystic@castle.net.

NSF Standard No. 53 - Health Effects

                                      Chemical
          Chemical                    Reduction
                                      Percent
                         
          alachlor                      >98
          asbestos                      >99
          atrazine                      >97
          benzene                       >99
          bromodichloromethane (TTHM)   >99.8
          bromoform (TTHM)              >99.8
          carbofuran (furadan)          >99
          carbon tetrachloride          98
          chlordane                     >99.8
          chlorobenzene                 >99
          chloroform  (TTHM)            >99.8
          cryptosporidium (cysts)       99.9
          cysts                         99.9
            (giardia; cryptosporidium;
             entamoeba, toxoplasma)
          2,4-D                         >99
          dibromochloropropane (DBCP)   >99.7
          o-dichlorobenzene             >99
          p-dichlorobenzene             >98
          1,2-dichloroethane            95
          1,1-dichloroethylene          >99.1
          cis-1,2-dichloroethylene      >99
          trans-1,2-dichloroethylene    >99
          1,2-dichloropropane           >99
          cis-1,3-dichloropropylene     >99
          dinoseb                       99
          endrin                        99
          ethylbenzene                  >99
          ethylene dibromide (EDB)      >99
          heptachlor                    >99
          heptachlor epoxide            98
          hexachlorobutadiene           >98
          hexachlorocyclopentadiene     >99
          lead (pH 6.5)                 >98.3
          lead (pH 8.5)                 >98
          lindane                       >99
          mercury (pH 6.5)              >91.4
          mercury (pH 8.5)              >99.3
          meta-xylene                   >99
          methoxychlor                  >99
          methyl Tert Butyl Ether (MTBE)>96.6%
          para-xylene                   >99
          pcb's                         >99
          pentachlorophenol             >99
          simazine                      >97
          silvex (2,4,5-TP)             99
          styrene (vinylbenzyne)        >99
          1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane     >99
          tetrachloroethylene           >99
          toluene                       >99
          toxaphene                     >99.9
          2,4,5-TP (silvex)             99
          1,2,4-trichlorobenzene        >99
          1,1,1-trichloroethane         95
          l,1,2-trichloroethane         >99
          trichloroethylene             >99
          trihalomethanes               >99.8
            (TTHM) chloroform, bromoform,
            bromoicholoromethane,
            dibromoicholoromethane
          turbidity                     99.7
          xylenes (total)               >99

NSF Standard No. 42 - Aesthetic Effects

Taste, Odors, and Chlorine - 97.5% (Class I)
Particulate Matter Down To 0.5 Micrometers - 99% (Class I)