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Vitashower - 1000 Shower Filter

For Healthier Skin and Silky Shiny Hair

Vitashower - 1000 Shower filters use pharmaceutical grade Vitamin which fully neutralizes both chlorine and chloramines as de-chlorination media. The newest and most superior technology (patent pending) ever to enter the shower filter market is more environmentally conscious than traditionally activated carbon, KDF or sulfur-based chemicals. Vitamin is not toxic to humans and is known to boost the immune system and improve skin and hair. This proprietary Vitamin shower filter let you enjoy chlorine-free, odorless, clean and nutrient rich showers year around.

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Chlorine and Chloramines

   

 
Traditional Shower Filter Technologies
Advantages of Vitamin De-chlorination over Traditional Technologies
The Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter
Features of the Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter
Photograph Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter
Research
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Chlorine and Chloramines

Chlorine is universally used to chemically disinfect public water systems. It is an inorganic substance that chemically bonds to the protein in our hair and skin. Chlorine can leave your hair dry and brittle and make your skin flaky and itchy. It can also trigger negative reactions in children, the elderly, and people with chlorine - sensitivity. During the bathing process, the toxic chlorine evaporates out of the water and is inhaled. Chloramines, although a more stable compound, contains chlorine and ammonia. It is also used to control bacteria in water systems. Its harmful effects cause the same danger as pure chlorine. Vitashower - 1000 Shower Filter prevents chlorine gas from being inhaled and absorbed through the skin and hair. 

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Traditional Shower Filter Technologies

Activated carbon filtration (AC) is effective in reducing certain organic chemicals chlorine in cold water. chlorine is attracted to and held (absorbed) into the surface of the carbon particles. However, the efficiency of absorption is quickly nullified when the water becomes warm. The lifetime of an activated carbon shower filter is very short. An activated carbon shower filter gets clogged very quickly by the dirt it is meant to stop. As soon as that happens, it immediately starts to supply dirty water. KDF, another widely used water filtration media, is comprised of copper and zinc. It removes free chlorine by reversing the electrochemical process that originally separated the chlorine from sodium in brine solution. It can't however remove chloramines and it's efficiency depends on water temperature, it doesn't work well in cold water. There are several other limitations using KDF as de-chlorinating agent. KDF shower filters are also affected by water pressure. When the water pressure is not high enough, water simply can't pass through the KDF powders. The major problem of KDF shower filters is that the lifetime of the filter depends on the quality of water passing through it. This is truly a catch-22. When the quality of water is bad, that's when we need the shower filter the most. the dirt, a KDF filter removes from the water quickly covers the surface of the KDF, that in turn makes the filter ineffective very quickly. When the quality of water is clean, we don't need a shower filter and a KDF shower filters works great and will last a lot longer. Other shower filter manufacturers use sulfur-based compounds such as calcium sulfite or sodium sulfite (or sulfate) as de-chlorinating agents. These sulfur based compounds can be toxic to humans. The additions of excess sulfite or sulfate chemicals to our water supplies has always been a concern.

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Advantages of Vitamin De-chlorination over Traditional Technologies

Vitamin C de-chlorination has a lengthy history. It has been used in EPA and APHA methods for the de-chlorination of lab samples. In the medical industry, it is the standard for critical applications such as dialysis, where the introduction of chlorinated water or toxic chemicals would be catastrophic. Breeders of rare fish also choose this method of de-chlorination. 

Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) and sodium Ascorbate fully neutralize both chlorine and chloramines. Ascorbic Acid is mildly acidic and sodium Ascorbate is in pH neutral form. Neutral for will require approximately 10% more to achieve the same chlorine neutralization. One gram of Vitamin C will neutralize 1 ppm (part per million) chlorine in 100 gallons of water. Vitamin is the  safest and least toxic of de-chlorination media. 

The research by Unites States Environment Protection Agency (US EPA) found that L-Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) reacts rapidly and stoichometrically with active chlorine and has limited interactions with disinfected byproducts. They found no interference from L-ascorbic acid or its oxidation product (dehydroascorbic acid) in mutagenicity assays of chlorinated NOM using Salmonella typhimurium TA 100, with or without metabolic activation.

*Urbansky ET, Freeman DM, Rubio FJ, JOURNAL OF ENVIORNMENTAL MONITORING 2 (3) :253 - 256 2000, US EPA, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Labarotary, Water Supply and Water Resources Division, 26 W Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA.

 

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The Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter

The water we use from city water systems has been treated by chemicals such as chlorine and chloramine. The new technology used in the Vitashower-1000 Shower filter astonishingly uses a Vitamin as the media to remove the harmful chlorine in the water we use to shower.

The Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter releases the exact amount of Vitamin to neutralize both chlorine and chloramine as the water passes through the shower filter. When the water is shut off, the Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter stops releasing the Vitamin. This economy of Vitamin release increases the useful life of the Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter significantly. Also the Vitamin Shower Filter works in any water temperature, any water pressure and the lifetime of the filter does not depend on the water quality.

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Features of the Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter

Vitashower-1000 shower filter contains roughly 210 grams of Vitamin and is capable of neutralizing 1pp chlorine in 21,000 Gallons of water. Since different attributes of water will affect your actual results, it lasts for approximately 15,000 Gallons of water. The lifetime is independent on the temperature, pressure and quality of the water. Vitashower-1000 shower filter is capable of working continously up to 110 hours and the corresponding KDF shower filter is only able to work continously 30 to 40 hours. The lifetime of Vitashower-1000 is 300% longer than that of KDF shower filter. The flow rate of the showerhead is roughly the same before and after the Vitamin shower filter is installed. It works universally as long as the regular showerhead can be used.

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Photograph Vitashower-1000 Shower Filter

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Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) and sodium Ascorbate fully neutralize both chloine and chloramines. Ascorbic Acid is mildly acidic and sodium Ascorbate is in a pH neutral form. Neutral form will require approximately 10% more to achieve the same chlorine neutralization. One gram of Vitamin C will neutralize 1 ppm (part per million) chlorine in 100 gallons of water. Vitamin is the safest and least toxic of dechlorination media.

 
Ascorbic acid reduction of residual active chlorine in potable water prior to halocarboxylate determination

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 2 (3): 253-256 2000


Urbansky ET, Freeman DM, Rubio FJ
United States Environmental Protection Agency(US EPA), Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Water Supply and Water Resources Division, 26 W Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA

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In studies on the formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), it is necessary to scavenge residual active (oxidizing) chlorine in order to rx the chlorination byproducts (such as haloethanoates) at a point in time. Such research projects often have distinct needs from requirements for regulatory compliance monitoring. Thus, methods designed for compliance monitoring are not always directly applicable, but must be adapted. This research describes an adaptation of EPA Method 552 in which ascorbic acid treatment is shown to be a satisfactory means for reducing residual oxidizing chlorine, i.e., HOCl, ClO-, and Cl-2, prior to determining concentrations of halocarboxylates. Ascorbic acid rapidly reduces oxidizing chlorine compounds, and it has the advantage of producing inorganic halides and dehydroascorbic acid as opposed to halogenated organic molecules as byproducts. In deionized water and a sample of chlorinated tap water, systematic biases relative to strict adherence to Method 552 were precise and could be corrected for using similarly treated standards and analyte-fortified (spiked) samples. This was demonstrated for the quantitation of chloroethanoate, bromoethanoate, 2,2-dichloropropanoate (dalapon), trichloroethanoate, bromochloroethanoate, and bromodichloroethanoate when extracted, as the acids, into tert-butyl methyl ether (MTBE) and esterified with diazomethane prior to gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD). Recoveries for chloroethanoate, bromoethanoate, dalapon, dichloroethanoate, trichloroethanoate, bromochloroethanoate, bromodichloroethanoate, dibromoethanoate, and 2-bromopropanoate at concentrations near the lower limit of detection were acceptable. Ascorbic acid reduction appears to be the best option presently available when there is a need to quench residual oxidants fast in a DBP formation study without generating other halospecies but must be implemented cautiously to ensure no untoward interactions in the matrix.



Ascorbic acid reduction of active chlorine prior to determining Ames mutagenicity of chlorinated natural organic matter (NOM)

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 2 (2): 161-163 2000


Urbansky ET, Schenck KM
United States Environmental Protection Agency(US EPA), Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Water Supply and Water Resources Division, 26 W Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA

Abstract:

Many potable water disinfection byproducts (DBPs) that result from the reaction of natural organic matter (NOM) with oxidizing chlorine are known or suspected to be carcinogenic and mutagenic. The Ames assay is routinely used to assess an overall level of mutagenicity for all compounds in samples from potable water supplies or laboratory studies of DBP formation. Reduction of oxidizing disinfectants is required since these compounds can kill the bacteria or react with the agar, producing chlorinated byproducts. When mutagens are collected by passing potable water through adsorbing resins, active chlorine compounds react with the resin, producing undesirable mutagenic artifacts. The bioanalytical and chemoanalytical needs of drinking water DBP studies required a suitable reductant. Many of the candidate compounds failed to meet those needs, including 2,4-hexadienoic (sorbic) acid, 2,4-pentanedione (acetylacetone), 2-butenoic (crotonic) acid, 2-butenedioic (maleic and fumaric) acids and buten-2-ol (crotyl alcohol). Candidates were rejected if they (1) reacted too slowly with active chlorine, (2) formed mutagenic byproducts, or (3) interfered in the quantitation of known chlorination DBPs. L-Ascorbic acid reacts rapidly and stoichiometrically with active chlorine and has limited interactions with halogenated DBPs. In this work, we found no interference from L-ascorbic acid or its oxidation product (dehydroascorbic acid) in mutagenicity assays of chlorinated NOM using Salmonella typhimurium TA100, with or without metabolic activation (S9). This was demonstrated for both aqueous solutions of chlorinated NOM and concentrates derived from the involatile, ether-extractable chlorinated byproducts of those solutions.

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