Water purifier Q - Anyone ever hear of this brand?
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False.
Sunlight breeds bacteria which is why water supplies need to be stored in a dark place.
You could not be more wrong fren, and you are missing a proven technique that could save your life. Please educate yourself.
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This is what you said and what I responded to:
You earlier comment was incredibly vague and dangerous.
And you last comment is even more dangerous because SODIS, if done correctly, only kills bacteria and doesn't kill viruses or purify the water in any meaningful way.
You use words like "disinfect" and "purify" irresponsibly because people will read your wildly misleading comments and believe your false claims. Yes SODIS works for killing bacteria if done correctly. No, SODIS does not purify water in any meaningful way - it just makes it slightly safer and people will then need to use a real method to filter and kill the viruses and contaminants which defeats the purpose of screwing around with SODIS.
SODIS according to my research does kill viruses as well as bacteria. See here and also here
You know as well as I do that during the whole Covid debate, the science showed that the virus will not survive in sunlight. UV will kill a virus on a surface, so it's just common sense that it will kill a virus in a clear container.
I used the term Purify, in the context of my original statement in terms of bacteria, and viruses. I never said "Will totally purify", meaning of chemicals.
This was my original statement: All you have to do to kill bacteria and virus in water is leave it in the direct sunlight for a day. Italicized word DIRECT added so you don't come back with, "but what if it's cloudy"
I was right about this statement, and you were wrong to claim that sunlight contributes to bacterial growth.
You say:
No, SODIS does not purify water in any meaningful way. Who I ask you is using irresponsible language?
There are two things one is primarily concerned with, that can kill you in water. One is chemicals, two is bacteria, and some viruses. I suppose one could choke to death on a stick, but if one is that stupid, good riddance. What kills people short term is not chemicals, it is the bugs, the bacteria mostly.
If SODIS is capable of removing bacteria, in other words the things that kill you in a water shortage situation, and a virus which may harm you longer term, how is that not MEANINGFUL?
Finally, this conversations is not personal to me. This exchange of opinions is what adults are suppose to do when they don't see eye to eye on something, so more power to you. If however you want to actually back up your statements using sound reasoning, and actual facts, it would probably help us to find common ground.
You can't kill most viruses unless the water is boiling.
Your research is wrong.
Also I did not make any claim relative to storing water in a non-clear container. SODIS technique is used to purify the water, If you store water in plastic containers the primary reason you store plastic containers in dark area is not because Sunlight makes bacteria grow where their is none to start with, it's because Sunlight can cause plastic to degrade over time.