Just based on the pore size, you should definitely hold back any microbial life forms. They are on the order of um or fractions of um, not nanometers.<br><br>The thing that I'd still be concerned about is chemical contaminants. Peeps typically use a carbon filtration setup to trap and remove trace contaminants, and I don't see one of those in there. Maybe the assumption is that the waters which people will be filtering won't contain many small organic contaminants? I'm not sure how valid that assumption is.<br>
<br>So, that's probably where I would start - I'd answer: in water that a third world country would typically be filtering, are there small molecule organics in there in addition to just bacteria? If the answer is no, then the filter would work (i.e. I'd drink water from it). If the answer is yes, then I'd put it through a brita after I put it through the bag filter, then drink it :).<br>
<br>Sean<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:15 AM, John Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jna@retina.net">jna@retina.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
It's called a microscope and/or a water test kit.<br>
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:13 AM, jim <<a href="mailto:jim@systemateka.com">jim@systemateka.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> can anyone provide pointers for evaluating the<br>
> life-sack, advertised to be used as a bag for<br>
> shipping grains and after receiving the grains the<br>
> recipients can use the bag as a 15nmeter filter,<br>
> which purportedly passes only water.<br>
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> <a href="http://inhabitat.com/life-sack-solves-drinking-water-issues-for-the-third-world/" target="_blank">http://inhabitat.com/life-sack-solves-drinking-water-issues-for-the-third-world/</a><br>
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