These Cheap Paper Water Filters Remove Lead, Arsenic, and Bacteria

Just pour water through the Mesopaper and it does the rest.
 

Source: Mesofilter

The filter, called Mesopaper, uses three layers of paper made from bamboo fiber, with ceramic granules sandwiched between each layer; the granules, manufactured from clay, have tiny pores small enough to capture heavy metals like arsenic, lead, or mercury, while letting water through, along with nutrients like calcium and magnesium.

Inside each pore, nano-sized iron needles act like hooks to capture bacteria and deactivate viruses. The particles of iron slowly react with water, closing to seal pollutants inside–so if the filter is thrown out, it can’t re-contaminate the soil or water.

Reverse osmosis, one commonly used technology for water purification, uses large amounts of energy to force water through tiny holes at high pressure; the paper, by contrast, doesn’t require any electricity, chemicals, or other supplies. Because the process seals contaminants inside the ceramic granules, it doesn’t create toxic sludge, unlike other water treatment processes.

Details:

• Launched in 2018
• Three layers of bamboo paper with MesoNose granules sandwiched in between
• Moldable into a wide variety of shapes
• Biodegradable
• Immobilizes arsenic; lead, mercury and other heavy metals; radioactive elements; bacteria and viruses
• Only paper to achieve NSF 42/53 certification for removal of arsenic and lead
• More than 99% removal rate of arsenic, heavy metals and radioactive elements
• Greater than 99.99% removal of bacteria and viruses
• One sq. ft. of Mesopaper can purify 10 gallons of water with no wastewater or hazardous by products.
• Does not leach, easily disposable
• 3 patents pending
• Buy @ Amazon

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1 Comment

1. Mesopaper, a new, no-frills paper water filter that’s cheap, convenient and ingeniously simple.

   Normally, most heavy-duty filters used to trap air and water pollutants require chemicals, electricity, plastic parts, pressure and supplementary parts that may not be easily accessible in emergency situations when you need them most.

   Composed of three layers of bamboo fiber embedded with contaminant-capturing ceramic granules (more of that in a bit), Mesopaper is touted as being more effective and easier to use than standard air and water filtration techniques (reverse osmosis, UV filtration, chemical treatment) while offering more than 80 percent cost savings.
   
   Read more on Mother Nature Network