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Rapid Diagnostics |  ENVIRO RDTs

* Drinking water quality

Do you know what you are drinking. The Watersafe® All-In-One rapid diagnostic water test can tell you and restore your confidence in the safety of you and your family. More importantly, testing may reveal contaminants that you have unknowingly been living with for many years. Some cause immediate illness, while others can create serious long-term health problems. Discover the WaterSafe All-In-One Drinking Water Test Kit. It contains these tests for E.Coli bacteria, lead, pesticides, chlorine, hardness, pH, nitrates and nitrites. Knowing the pH level of your water can help you prevent secondary effects. If the acidity of your water is too high, corrosion can leach out lead from pipes and plumbing as well as damage your water supply system and water heater. Lead was used extensively in plumbing until the 1980's, and even low levels of lead have been linked to learning disabilities in children and hypertension in adults. Nitrates and Nitrites are common, yet an incredibly harmful pollutant, especially to children and small animals. When animal and human wastes or field fertilizers come into contact with water, they show up as nitrates and nitrites. Both are serious contaminants because they affect the very core of human life - birth and the development of young life.

* Well water safety

Contaminated private well water cause about 30% of the drinking water outbreaks that made people sick. As a private well owner, it is up to you to make sure that your well water is safe to drink. Check your well once each year for germs and once every two to three years for harmful chemicals. You should also test after flooding, land disturbances, and if you are near waste disposal sites. You can use our Watersafe® Well Water rapid diagnostic test to maintain your well and test it regularly for germs and chemicals. Some germs and chemicals occur naturally, such as arsenic, lead, and cadmium, which are found in rocks and soil and sometimes seep into ground water. Other contaminants come from human and animal waste resulting from polluted storm water runoff, agricultural runoff, flooded sewers, or individual septic systems that are not working properly.

* Water quality tester

The TDS-EZ water quality tester from US-based HM Digital is ideal for all basic water testing applications. Their handheld and portable TDS, EC and pH testers, in-line monitors, controllers and demonstration devices for reverse osmosis water filters and water purification systems are superior in construction and performance, yet made available at a very economic cost. HM Digital, Inc. is the only manufacturer of economical in-line dual TDS meters that measure total dissolved solids (TDS) levels of feed and product water lines simultaneously, an effective way to compare rejection rates and gauge reverse osmosis membrane, water filter and water purification performance.

* Water contamination

CheckLight's innovative methods and testing kits for real time water quality monitoring provide means for performing low-cost, fast and sensitive water quality tests. This saves valuable time, expensive chemical analyses and enables rapid response to changing conditions. The company provides rapid testing solutions for determining:
* Chemical Contamination in water
* Biocide activity in water
* Biochemical oxygen demand
* Assimilable organic carbon

FAQ 100% pure water

What is the benefits of pure water?

When water is free of contaminants, chemicals and additives, consuming the adequate daily amount may benefit your health by improving your energy, increasing your mental and physical performance, and removing toxins and waste from your body. It allows for proper digestion to occur, and keeping you more relatively alkaline. Drinking pure water may also improve how you look since it helps you maintain a proper body weight and keeps your skin healthy and glowing.

Water is especially important for pregnant women and nursing mothers. For athletes or those who exercise regularly, drinking water reduces cardiovascular stress and improves performance. Water reduces body temperature, rendering exercise safer and more effective.

Water is also important if you suffer from kidney stones. Since water dissolves calcium in the urine, consuming at least 8 glasses daily reduces the risk of stone formation. Drinking water is also valuable in preventing urinary tract infections, flushing impurities out of the body.

Even mild dehydration may make you more susceptible to viruses. Do not wait to drink water when you feel thirsty, because by the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated.

Benefits of mineral water for health?

There is little difference between the health benefits of mineral water and those of tap water. Any beneficial vitamins or minerals found in either water source will be in trace amounts; and drinking low totally discoved soldids or TDS water is typically preferred for hydration. Minerals are also best absorbed when consumed through food.

Scientific research to suggest that most minerals in mineral water in an inorganic form. While they may enter the circulation, they cannot be used in the physiological process of building the human cell. In fact, these inorganic minerals only interfere with the delicate and complex biology of the body. The organic minerals in tap water represent only 1% of the total mineral content of the water.

* Soil contaminants  
More on soil toxins...

To be launched

Rapid immunoassay tests for soil contaminants

Detect chemicals such as nitrogen, chloride, chorine, iron, phosphate, zinc, and nitrates.
Test procedure for soil contaminants

Test procedure for soil contaminants



* Air quality  
More on air quality...

To be launched

Rapid immunoassay tests for air quality
Test procedure for air pollution

Test procedure for air pollution



Socio economic drivers

Socio economic drivers

Rapid diagnostic tests are highly relevant for developing countries in improving the quality of life and access to technology and medical care of people. With education in South Africa not generating enough highly skilled laboratory technicians, professional healthcare workers, doctors, veterinarians and inspectors of health, pollution and harmful industrial waste, rapid diagnostics have a significant role to play in alleviating human suffering and poverty in South Africa, bringing down the cost of medical care and empowering people through technology and cost-effective innovation.

Using rapid diagnostics food and water safety can be assured, diseases identified early so progression is averted, and animals and crops are saved from epidemics.

This even more important in the context in building a new, sustainable home for the children in Africa, considering all the known cliches of "aids in Africa, malaria in Africa, hunger in Africa." Much more interesting for the future would be the "scramble for Africa",

Apartheid in South Africa has lead to unequal allocation of resources, settlement and human development. However, the map of South Africa, and the culture in South Africa is changing. As we all unite around the new South Africa flag, and write a fresh South Africa history, ideas about our people and outdated facts about our country are making way a better, more informed future.


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