Re: water purification/Lugol's

Here's some info on water purification & iodine:


http://panaminstitute.com/de-iodine.htm


Disinfecting Contact Times
WATER CLARITY WATER TEMPERATURE
5 °C 15 °C

Clear


30 min


15 min

Cloudy


60 min


30 min

NOTES:

- final drinking concentrations calculated at 8 mg iodine/liter

- measure with a tuberculin syringe or dropper: 1 drop = 0.05 ml

- In general, if you are in a hurry double the chemical dose and

halve the contact time; if you want better flavor halve the dose and

double the contact time.

- If you believe the water may be heavily contaminated, double the

chemical dose or double the contact time.

- Iodine Topical Solution and Iodine Tincture also contain 2.4%

sodium iodide, Lugol's Solution also contains 10% potassium iodide,

increasing the dose of Iodine ingested.

- Povidone is a non-toxic polymer that binds the iodine and allows

higher concentrations in a water-based solution. This complex

system provides a sustained-release reservoir of free iodine, and

makes calculation of the "strength" of the solution difficult.

- A system comprising iodine crystals in plain water is available,

and works well. It lasts an extremely long time. I have not shown it

here because the amount of iodine dissolved in the water is highly

temperature-dependent, and this is problematic in the universally

cold environment of the Himalaya.

- Addition of a small amount of vitamin C (50 mg) to your water

after the contact time with the iodine will render the water nearly

flavorless!

We also had a resource(lost in the recent meltdown) that advised putting iodine directly on an insect bite. Sorry I don't have more info than that... :) Tweet