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Water and You
President's Testimonial
Charles Strand: President, Sun Water Systems, Inc.
In the eighteen years that I have been involved in the design and manufacture of water treatment systems, I have been fortunate enough to have sold over 7 million products: 3 million drinking
water systems and over 4 million shower
filters. I have heard literally thousands of emotional stories from people who experienced very positive changes in their health due to enhanced water intake and quality. Many individuals with asthma and other respiratory ailments, skin rashes and disorders, eye irritations, and scalp conditions experienced dramatic improvements and even complete cures for these uncomfortable ailments, simply by using a shower filtration system.
I personally became involved in this industry after being amazed how my six-month-old son's "chronic respiratory condition" turned out to be nothing more than sensitivity to chlorine vapors.
Noah, who is now 18 and extremely healthy, was severely ill as a child. He had problems breathing, constant congestion, and a never-ending cough. At six months old, he was unable to sleep through the night, had dark circles under his eyes, was not eating properly, and never stopped coughing. We had taken him to a series of specialists who each told us of a different sensitivity to something in his environment. We were told that he was allergic to dairy products, orange juice, ragweed, and even our cats and dogs. Each time we were told of a different cause, we would eliminate that element from his environment and nothing would change. While each doctor had a different explanation for his sickness, they all agreed that he would benefit if we would take him in the shower and hold him while he breathed the steam; again they were wrong... he continued to get worse. By now, Noah was losing weight and vomiting frequently; we were terrified and desperate.
Finally, we were introduced by a friend to a nutritional doctor who explained to us that, in order to determine the problem, we needed to go through a long process of elimination. We should methodically change different aspects of his environment, beginning with his water. This doctor explained to us that more than 2/3 of the human body is water, and that many times, people, especially small children, have sensitivities to chemicals and metals found in our water. He explained to us that letting our son breathe steam would help, but that the steam should be chlorine free.
Later we learned that when chlorine vaporizes it combines with other organic compounds in the air and forms chloroform gas, a toxic compound that causes respiratory irritation and fatigue. We also learned that, because we lived in a warm summer climate, and our water system used lake water, city officials must substantially increase the levels of chlorine in the summer months to kill excess algae, resulting in increased levels of harmful vapors in the shower and throughout the household.
We went out and bought a water filter for our kitchen sink, as well as a commercial charcoal filter, which we adapted to our shower pipe. And the result absolutely shocked us! Within one week, our son stopped coughing, began sleeping through the night, started eating better, and was well on his way to being a healthy baby. Two months later I sold my business, became obsessed and infatuated with the water treatment industry, and have been passionately involved in it ever since.
Someone once told me that the key to success was to find your "why," and the "how" would work itself out. Seventeen and a half years ago I found my "why."
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