In recent days, the reader's aunt zhao informed the beijing home office that she had seen a product called an electrolyter on the internet, which, while cleaning up drinking water, produced small molecular groups, alkaline water, and the product claimed to have health effects on the human body. At the same time, there were some experiments on the web site, such as electrolytic water soluble in grease and iodized alcohol, which was amazing. Does this product really work?” the expert states that the electrolyte type of product is no longer centrally managed by the relevant sector as a water purification product and is currently in an awkward position of lack of regulation. At the same time, its declared concepts of alkaline water, small molecular clusters, negative power levels, etc., are not healthy for the human body and lack scientific justification, so consumers should be careful to purchase them。
The electrolyte is not a water purification device that lacks regulatory identity
The kyohua times reporter has searched platforms such as the kyodong and skycat networks for products such as electrolytics at prices ranging from 2,000 to tens of thousands of dollars, whose main function is to generate alkaline electrolyte water, which is rich in hydrogen and has negative power levels and is also known as “rich hydrogen”. Drinking such water can “change the acidity of the human body”, “rich active hydrogen, negative power level, ability to reduce, and excess free radicals in humans”. So, what is this "powerful" electrolyter
The reporter of the beijing times, after consulting the ministry of health's website, found that ministry of health circular no. 10 of 2005 had made it clear that certain water treatment units were required to change the content and scope of their permits without permission after obtaining a “sanitation permit for a water-related product” and to convert them into “ion water machines” for production and sale, or to declare health functions, in strict compliance with the administrative permit act and the measures for the management of sanitation of drinking water for life. The reason for this is that a number of companies involved in the production of sanitary and safe products (known as water-related products) related to drinking water have recently, when producing and selling water-related products, claimed, under the name of an “ion-water machine”, that they could produce ion or alkalin water, and have publicized the various health functions, some of which have unauthorized health-sector permits, deceiving and damaging consumers. The ministry of health states that it has never approved any “ion water machine” and that water-related products cannot claim any health function。
Are current electrolyters similar to the ionators in the bulletin, and are they the same product? Moreover, according to the ministry of health, water purification machines do not allow for the addition of functional materials, nor for the promotion of functions other than water purification, let alone any therapeutic effects of diseases. Are the electrolyters suspected of irregularities
The director of the professional committee on healthy drinking waters of the beijing association for the protection of health, zhao xiaooxin researcher, explained that electrolytics and the “ion water machines” in the bulletin were indeed the same products, which the ministry of health had announced in 2005. Over the years, the names of similar products have been changed frequently, such as ph regulators, reduction water machines, hydrogen-rich water machines, etc. The current situation is that the health sector no longer centrally manages it. In short, it is not regulated as a water purification product. “it does not have a water sanitation shipment and the ministry of health no longer approves.” according to industry sources, the current situation in the market for such products is that consumers can check if they accept that the propaganda of the electrolyterator can be purchased, but if the product is not properly publicized or reported to the authorities concerned with quality problems。
Therefore, experts indicated that some of these products, such as electrolytics, are not subject to the sanitary standards for living drinking water, although they have the same filter cores as common water purification units and have access to sanitary packages for water-related products. “in short, the position is embarrassing and there is a lack of regulation”。
Lack of scientific justification for health functions such as alkaline water, negative levels
Are the concepts of alkaline water, negative levels, hydrogen-rich water declared by the electrolytics? “the concepts of alkaline water, negative levels, cannot be false propaganda here in the electrolytics.” zhao xiaohong explained that, unlike the water purification unit, the electrolyter did produce the above-mentioned substances, but its health-care effectiveness, most of which lacked scientific justification。
First, alkaline water has been fired in the water purification industry for years. The reporter of the beijing times learned that the national compulsory standard of drinking water hygiene standards (gb5749-2006), which had been in force since 1 july 2012, required the ph value of piped water to be between 6. 5 and 8. 5. According to the experts, the standard is primarily concerned with the effects of the acidity of water on water pipelines and is not related to health. National standards define “alkalin water” as ph > 8. 0. As early as 2015 at the 3/15th night of vision, alkalin water had been discovered and its consumption would not improve human health。
The notion of negative power levels is strange, and zhao fei-won said that it had been said that regular consumption of water with negative levels had some effect on chronic stomach disease but had not been conclusively proven. As for the hydrogen-rich water, it sounds very tight, but it is true that the desire to add hydrogen ions to the water stems from simple chemical principles. “the electrolyters have magnesium in their electrolytic rods, and magnesium and water reactions release hydrogen ion.” according to zhao, a number of research institutes, both in japan and in the country, have carried out such studies and published experimental reports that confirm the human benefits of long-term consumption of hydrogen-rich water. However, zhao fong stressed that the so-called hydrogen-rich water, in which the hydrogen content had to reach 1 mg/l, was not easy to meet because the hydrogen was not soluble in water。
In addition, experts indicated that, while substances such as hydrogen-rich water, alkaline water and negative levels do exist, electrolytics must be licensed by the relevant regulatory authorities to promote their health, treatment, etc. If the product does have such publicity in its function, care should be taken to verify the licence number。
The "magic" test principle is based on strong alkaline water
Aunt zhao mentioned that some electrolyters showed many amazing experiments on the web site, such as being able to integrate with oil, adding iodized wine, etc. These tests seem to run counter to common sense, but the rationale is simple。
A similar experiment was found online by the beijing times journalist. In the first place, electrolytic water is poured into edible oil, which is not suspended in the water, but integrated into the water in the form of emulsions. Business introduction, this means that electrolytic water activity is strong. Second, iodized alcohol is dripped into electrolytic water, which is not dyed. Business explains that this means negative levels in water are resistant to oxidation. In addition, there is a cold water tea test. An electrolytic water bubbled tea, and the colour of the tea became rapidly deeper, while ordinary pure water took a longer time, which meant that the electrolytic water had a good permeability。
Zhao faifeng explained that these tests were actually based on the alkalinity of electrolytic water. In the first test, for example, the edible oils become emulsifiable in themselves under alkaline conditions. The same is true of the last two tests, which do not indicate that electrolyte water has a dynamic and permeable properties。
The electrolytics can't burn sanitation
The reporter of the beijing times looked at the web pages of several electrolytics and found that sellers generally advised consumers to drink directly, and that it would be preferable not to burn the electrolytics. Why is that
Zhao feihong described the fact that, once burned, all substances, such as the declared negative level of the electrolytic water, were disabled and therefore had to drink directly, which was an embarrassment for the electrolyter. There is no doubt that electrolyted water and ordinary piped water do not filter out bacteria, impurities, residual chlorine, etc., and there is no guarantee that their hygiene will not be burned. Now there are some products on the market that combine filter cores so that they are “a little better”。
However, zhao xiaoxion also noted that the electrolyters, even after filtering, do not meet the standard of sanitation for drinking water, since the ph alone exceeds the standard considerably. In addition, it was suggested that water filtered by over-filter filters and reverse osmosis filters on the market could, in principle, be directly drinkable, but it was also suggested that it should be burned to drink, since the cores would breed bacteria and cause secondary contamination after some time. The same problem arises with the addition of filtration cores to the electrolyter, but it is also necessary to drink directly, and it is therefore recommended that consumers carefully select。
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The water purification experiment is not a good idea
We mentioned earlier that the operators of the electrolytics have shown some seemingly “magic” experiments to prove the function of electrolytics. Journalists found similar experiments in the field of water purification to prove that the water purified was different from the piped water. Here we go, see if these tests work。
The tds test pen can only look at membrane quality
The tds pen is a "god" that no one is new to anyone who has ever bought a water purification machine. Businesses usually tell you that readings on instruments represent the amount of pollutants in water. The reading of piped water is naturally much higher than pure water after purification, and many consumers purchase tds pens to monitor water quality at home。
However, the expert indicated that the tds pen did not test the pollutant function at all. The actual test of the tds pen is the total dissolved solid in water, i. E. The total quantity of minerals. The mineral content of piped water must be higher than pure water and therefore the values shown are higher. Moreover, the high ore content is not a criterion for assessing whether or not hazardous substances are present in water, and it is therefore pointless to test the water quality in the home with a tds pen。
However, while tds could not test water quality, it could test the reverse osmosis membranes, i. E. The ro membrane mass. Zhao feihong described the quality of the anti-permeable film if the tds values were between 10 and 20. If tds exceeds 100, the quality of the anti-permeability film is not adequate. After two or three years of use of the home reverse osmosis pure water machine, a test could be done with tds, which, if read higher, would indicate contamination of the anti-permeability film and the need for consumers to consider replacing the reverse osmosis film。
Water quality electrolyte outdated propaganda tricks
Journalists have seen businesses using an instrument called a water quality electrolyzer to electrolyse running water and pure water. As a result of the tests, the hydro-electricity process has become very confusing and pure water has not changed。
It was suggested that such a demonstration, which had emerged as early as the 1990s, was a means of seriously misleading consumers and malicious competition. In fact, the water quality electrolyters are at two extremes, iron and aluminium, respectively, and the test results in normal electrolysis. The expert explained that the tap water contained more ions, so the electrolytic reaction was strong. We see running water becoming obfuscated and even yellow, which is the iron ion that the iron bar and the aluminium bar decipher during electrolysis. The pure water contains less ion and less reaction and does not show change。
Water quality testing taps are simple filters
Water quality testing taps are also a frequently used water quality test product. According to the vendor, if the test tap is installed on the water mouth and if the filter in the tap becomes yellow after a period of time, it means that the tap water is contaminated and that water purification is required。
According to the expert, what is actually installed in the head is a pp cotton, so it is a simple filter in itself. If the p. P. O. Is in it, it means it's time to change. It can't just prove the quality of water。
It doesn't make sense at home
In addition to testing water quality with simple instruments, chemical reagents were used. It's a test agent. The zhao faioxin evaluation, although it can be operated at home and observed through simple water colour comparison, is of little significance. First, there's too much error at home. Secondly, calcium and magnesium ions in drinking water are very beneficial to the human body, but affect the taste. Moreover, if the calcium and magnesium levels are exceeded, the water will taste bad and people will not be able to drink at all. So it doesn't make any sense。
The ph test is not health-related
Testing of ph is practically meaningless. This has been largely influenced by the concept of alkaline water. As already mentioned, the standard of drinking water sanitation for life (gb5749-2006) stipulates that the ph value of piped water must be between 6. 5 and 8. 5, mainly considering the impact of the acidity of water on the water supply pipeline and not related to health. According to the workshop, the tap water-alkalin assembly resulted in stones, and zhao's introduction, with large alkalin content, affected only the taste and did not affect the human body。
Identification of active carbon cores for residual chlorine detection
The majority of people buy water purification machines for the purpose of removing impurities and bacteria from the water, but little attention is drawn to the fact that a major function of water purification machines is to remove residual chlorine from the water. As a result, the remaining chlorine detection agent that is prevalent on the market is the only one recommended by industry。
In an interview, zhao fei-won described the introduction of chlorine in the piped water as a means of bacterizing and pre-oxidating some organic matter to sanitary safety. However, when chlorine is added, the by-product of disinfection that is produced is physically harmful. In water purification units, the active carbon filter core removes residual chlorine. Therefore, consumers can regularly test the adequacy of residual chlorine removal from water purification machines at home. Under normal conditions, the colour of the water sample and the colour card are shown to be colourless and thus satisfactory. In the case of yellow, this means that residual chlorine is not clean and the filter core needs to be replaced。
In addition, the remaining chlorine was reminded by experts that the reagent was highly toxic and that it should be immediately washed, the container washed and the reaction solution discarded. (reporter mahi)
