What is Cryptosporidium?

To prevent or eliminate cryptosporidium, consumers need to know the facts:

Cryptosporidium

Q: Does chlorine or hyper-chlorinating kill cryptosporidium?
A: No. Cryptosporidium in its hard shell stages can survive even if placed in pure chlorine.

Q: Why doesn’t chlorine kill crypto?
A: For two reasons: a) Crypto has a protective hard shell in stages 2 and 5, and b) Crypto is adapting genetic resistance to chlorine.

Q: Where does crypto come from?
A: Cryptosporidium is a bacterium that can originate at commercial pig or chicken farms and then seep into aquifers or above-ground bodies of water.

Q: If our pool water comes from a water municipality, can crypto get through?
A: Yes. Cryptosporidium is 4 to 6 microns in size and the vast majority of water municipalities have outdated equipment that filter to only 7 or 8 microns.

Q: Why is My Natural Pool effective?
A1: Cryptosporidium is becoming more and more resistant to Chlorine but it is NOT resistant to My Natural Pool.
A2: My Natural Pool works with nature and strips an enzyme away from bacteria, preventing its reproduction.
A3: There are six stages to the life cycle of cryptosporidium. While My Natural Pool disrupts soft-shell stages (1, 3, 4 & 6), filtration is the best way to eliminate it during hard-shell stages (2 & 5). Prevention is the best protection against cryptosporidium.

NOTE: The water engineers at Worldwide  Pure Water are working to create a solution that will also disrupt cryptosporidium in its hard shell stages since it represents a major health threat. 

For a more detailed understanding of cryptosporidium, see the following paper by Greg Hannahs of Kenyon University:
http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/bio38/hannahs/crypto.htm