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Recently some Enagic™ or Kangen™ reps have been attacking the Biostone filter. They are claiming that because the Biostone contains tourmaline, and one of the building blocks of tourmaline is aluminum, that ipso facto! the Biostone filter releases aluminum into the drinking water. Nothing could be further from the truth, but then again, some Enagic™ reps do not always perpetrate the facts accurately or correctly – especially when it comes to Jupiter. See Enagic Water Ionizers vs Jupiter Science Water Ionizers

Attached is a lab report on the Biostone filter. This lab report was commissioned and paid for independently (see the information under client). Click here to download the Biostone Lab Test Report

The report was sent to us and permission was granted to use the data.

You can see on the report that the untreated control sample of water had a significant amount of Aluminum:

Aluminum 438 ugl (micrograms or parts per billion); and that the Biostone filtered it down to less than was detectable <30 ugl.

The US EPA standard on Aluminum is .05 to 0.2 mgl or milligrams per liter. That would be 150ugl allowable. A microgram is 1/1000^th of a milligram. 30ugl is a level so small it can not be detected.

So you can see that the statements made or questions raised by some Enagic™ or Kangen™ reps are completely without merit.

This is one more example of how Enagic distributors perpetrate misinformation, half truths and outright fallacies.

To take this one step further, lets discuss tourmaline and why it is in the Biostone Filter in the first place.

Tourmaline is technically classified in the mineral group as a semi-precious gemstone of the silicate family. The term silicate is used to denote types of rock that consist predominantly of silicate minerals.

Two of the main building blocks of tourmaline are aluminum and boron which are bonded to form a trigonal crystal system which occurs as long, prismatic and columnar crystals.

This bonding effect which creates crystalline Tourmaline results in a very hard material with a hardness rating of 7-7.5 on the Mohs scale. To put its hardness into perspective, iron is a 4Mohs, and titanium is a 6Mohs – tourmaline being considerably harder than either. It is so hard in fact it retains its properties under enormous pressure and up to 600 degrees C.

The tourmaline in the Biostone filter is put into a ceramic bead form. Ceramic is completely non reactive and non leaching. Many water filters employ ceramic media.

So we can say for certain given the structure and hardness of tourmaline, the fact it is in ceramic and the attached test results, that no aluminum is released in to the water.

Further we can show with certainty that the Biostone filter actually reduces Aluminum so significantly it is below the detectable levels.

So why is tourmaline in the Biostone? Tourmaline has the unique property of emitting a natural form of FIR or Far Infra Red energy. The prefix ‘infra’ means ‘below’ and refers to the wavelengths that are just below the red end of the visible spectrum, hence ‘infra-red’. FIR produces a form of radiant heat which is simply a form of energy that heats an object directly, without having to heat the surrounding air. The radiant properties of Infra-red occupies the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between visible light and radio waves. There are many, many health products that employ FIR, including many water products. Water can absorb infrared rays from an external source. This phenomenon is called “resonant absorption.” This absorbtion of the electromagnetic frequencies of FIR has an immediate and unique effect on the water, energizing the water, reducing surface tension and “conditioning” it prior to ionization.

So drink up and enjoy your Jupiter Ionized Water from the best selection of ionized water machines in the world. It just doesn’t get any better!