MultiPure Water Filters Reduce The Widest Range Of Contaminants Of Any Water Filter On The Market, Providing Healthier, Safer, & Better Tasting Drinking Water To Millions Of People Throughout The World.  Today, Multi Pure Has 100,000 Successful Distributors and Over 3 Million Satisfied Customers.

Multi-Pure produces the most effective carbon block water filters available on the market today.  Multi-Pure's carbon block filtration systems provide performance that is superior to other filters.  Our carbon block filters combine mechanical filtration, electrokinetic adsorption, and physical adsorption to provide the most effective contaminant reduction possible.

Our Drinking Water Purification Systems reduce a wide range of contaminants of health concern plus chlorine, chloramine and particulate matter.  Below is a summary of the tested contaminants and their noted health effects.  Please check the Performance Data Sheet for specific claims for your model.

MultiPure Water Filters are NSF Certified to reduce:   Chemicals found in Pesticides - Herbicides and various other chemicals such as Benzene, Fluoride, MTBE, Styrene -  Disinfection By-Products - Bacterial Cysts - Lead - Mercury - Inorganics and improves the aethetics of your water (look,taste, & smell) by reducing Chlorine, Chloramine, and Particulate Matter. 

Multi-Pure Water Filters are tested by NSF International and are NSF Certified - Any and all performance claims are backed up by NSF. 

See the Multi-Pure Water Filter NSF Certification for more details.

The following is a listing of the Health Effects of the contaminants NSF Certified to be removed by MultiPure Solid Carbon Block &/Or Reverse Osmosis Water Filters.


Arsenic Rule:

Arsenic V                           98.4%        Cancer risk/ cardiovascular and dermal effects


Pesticides:

2,4-D                                  98%             Nervous System, Liver and kidney damage  
Carbofuran (Furadan)     99%            Nervous system disorders, kidney, reproductive system, liver
                                                                 damage; anemia, leukemia
Chlordane                          99.5%        Nervous system, muscle damage; cancer
cis-1,3-Dichloropropylene    99%      Bladder and kidney damage  
Endrin                                 99%            Nervous system, kidney, liver, heart damage; anemia, cancer
Heptachlor                          99%           Cancer
Heptachlor Epoxide          98%            Cancer
Lindane                               99%            Nervous system disorders, liver & kidney damage
Methoxychlor                       99%            Nervous system, kidney, liver damage; anemia, cancer
Toxaphene                          92.9%         endocrine Disruptor, cancer


Herbicides:

Alachlor                             98%              Cancer; nervous system damage
Atrazine                              97%             Cancer; nervous system and mammary glands damage
Dinoseb                             99%             Thyroid, reproductive organ damage
Pentachlorophenol          99%              Liver and kidney damage; cancer
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)               99%              Nervous system damage; liver, and kidney damage; cancer
Simazine                            97%              Nervous system damage; cancer

Chemicals:

Benzene                                     99%                 Cancer, leukemia, and anemia
Carbon Tetrachloride               98%                Cancer
Chlorobenzene (Monochlorobenzene)    99%     Nervous system, kidney, liver damage
DBCP (Dibromochloropropane)               99%             Reproductive system damage; cancer
o-Dichlorobenzene                                      99%    Cancer, Kidney, liver, and lung damage
p-Dichlorobenzene (para-Dichlorobenzene)    98%    Cancer
1,2-Dichloroethane(1,2-DCA)              95%             Cancer
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene                    99%             Liver, kidney, nervous & circulatory system damage
1,1-Dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE)         99%    Cancer, kidney, and liver damage
cis 1,2-Dichloropropane                       99%    Nervous system, kidney, and liver damage
Ethylbenzene                                           99%    Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage
EDB (Ethylene Dibromide)                    99%    Reproductive and other organ damage
Hexachlorobutadiene (Perchlorobutadiene)  Under Pending Study
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene                 99%     Kidney and stomach damage
meta-Xylene                                                          Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, and mucous membranes
Methyl Tert Butyul Ether (MTBE)           Lymphoma, leukemia, testicular tumors, thyroid tumors, 
                                                                   and kidney tumors
o-Xylene (Ortho-Xylene)                        Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, and mucous membranes
para-Xylene                                             Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, and mucous membranes
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)     99.9%       Endocrine Disruptor; cancer
Styrene                                                     99%          Nervous system, kidney, and liver damage
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane                    99%          Nervous system, kidney, and liver damage
Tetrachloroethylene                               99%          Nervous system damage; cancer
Toluene (Methylbenzene)                      99%         Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene                          99%         Liver and kidney damage
1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA)        95%        Nervous system and liver damage
1,1,2-Trichloroethane                              99%        Kidney, liver, and Nervous system damage
Trichloroethylene  (TCE)                         99%        Cancer


Disinfection By-Products  (DBPs; VOCs)

Chloropicrin                                              Under pending study, Fumigant; soil insecticide; war gas
Haloacetonitriles                                        Under pending study
           Bromochloroacetonitrile
           Dibromoacetonitrile
           Dichloroacetonitrile
           Trichloroacetonitrile
Haloketones (HK)                                     Under pendiing study
            1,1,-Dichloro-2-Propanone
            1,1,-Trichloro-2-Propanone
Tribromoacetic Acid                                  Under pending study
Trihalomethanes (THMs; TTHMs)          99.8%    Cancer and other effects; reproductive problems
            Bromodichloromethane                99.8%    Cancer, liver, kidney and reproductive problems
            Bromoform                                       99.8%    Cancer, nervous system, liver, and kidney effects
            Chloroform                                       99.8%    Cancer, liver, kidney, and reproductive effects
            Dibromochloromethane                 99.8%    Nervous system, liver kidney, reproductive effects

Cysts

Cryptosporidium                         99.95%                Gastroenteric diseases
Giardia                                          99.95%                Gastroenteric diseases


Heavy Metals 

Lead                                               98.6%             Nervous system and kidney damage; highly toxic to            
                                                                                 infants and pregnant women     RO Only
Mercury                                           99%               Kidney, nervous system disorders


Inorganics:

Asbestos                                         99.9%           Cancer
Turbidity                                            99%              Interferes with disinfection, related to disinfection 
                                                                                  by-products


Aesthetic Treatment:

Chlorine                                          99%                  None known; however, creates disinfection by-products 
                                                                                    that have been linked to cancer
Chloramine                                     97%                 None known; however, consumers advised not to use 
                                                                                    water that is known to contain chloramines for home
                                                                                    dialysis machines or aquariums & ponds
Particulate Matter                             99%               None known


INORGANICS:      (Reduced only by Multi-Pure's MP750Plus RO)

Barium                                             97.9%               Circulatory and/or gastrointestinal effects
Cadmium                                        98.6%                Liver, kidney, bone, circulatory effects
Copper                                             99%                   Gastrointestinal, liver, kidney effects
Chromium, Hexavalent                 91.3%                Cancer, damage to mucus membranes
Chromium, trivalent                       94.1%                Cancer, damage to mucus membranes
Cysts (Giardia; Cryptosporidium; Entamoeba; Toxoplasma)   99.9%  Gastrointestinal Effects
Fluoride                                            93.9%                Skeletal effects
Hexavalent Chromium                   91.3%               Cancer and/or damage to mucous membranes
Nitrate                                                76.54%            Methemoglobinermia (blue baby syndrome)
Nitrite                                                  82.14%            Methemoglobinermia (blue baby syndrome)
Perchlorate (man-made anion)    96.5%               Interferes with the function of the thyroid
Radium 226/228                              80%                  Cancer
Selenium                                           92%                  Nervous system, kidney, liver, & circulatory effects
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)        96.8%                     Aesthetic effects

                                  



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