BlueGold® IO-PURE (Water Purification Iodine)

IODINE – DERIVED FROM: CAILCHE ORE 

ABOUT BLUEGOLD® IO-PURE

Our BlueGold® IO-PURE undergoes our trade secret Eden Synergy micronization process which maximizes immediate bioavailability. We process BlueGold® IO-PURE with zero chemicals, acids, or solvents (including kerosene) of any kind.

WATER PURIFICATION:

The EPA is the ruling body for the laws that mandate clean water. It has set maximum allowable limits for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, pesticides, bacteria, viral spores, etc. The EPA has published recommended inputs to purify water supplies, which is an important task, especially if you are on your water source (well, spring, etc.). If you are a business, such as a Commercial Farm that employs workers or if your home houses children, you are required by law to purify your spring and well water sources. Significant levels of bacteria, organisms, heavy metals, viral spores, fungi spores, and many others can cause disease to exist in these unfiltered, untreated water sources. Using filtration and purification techniques is very important to the health of the soil, plant, animal, or person. [EPA Safewater Publication 03-2016, 816-F-04-21]

Iodine is EPA approved for use in water purification for home and conventional Agriculture only. Only Chlorine Dioxide and Chlorine are approved for NOP Water Purification as of a USDA 2020 ruling. Iodine has been shown to be more effective than Chlorine. EPA Regulatory Direction: Add 5 drops per 32 fl. oz. of water, when the water is clear. Add 10 drops when the water is cloudy. For use with water lines in injection (including medicator pumps) setups, use a base rate of 1 mL per Gallon of clear water, or 2 mL per Gallon of cloudy water. Iodine makes water bacteriologically suitable to drink. There is no Iodine taste or color warning with BlueGold® IO-PURE. Keep out of reach of children.

The Drinking Water Treatability Database provides a database of acceptable disinfectant treatment options for water purification [EPA Publication 816-H-07-004 Office of Water Issues to Consider with Common Commercial Treatment]. It would be in the best interest of the farmer to have a proper water test performed by the grower as a basis and foundation for implementing water purification techniques (in addition to simply following the EPA mandates and Clean Water Act).

Eden Solutions recommends Chlorine Dioxide (no known bacteria or virus has been able to withstand) to NOP farmers or Iodine for Commercial famers as inputs. We do not recommend the use of Aluminum, Lime, Chlorides, most Hypochlorites (Laundry Bleach is a typical example of a hypochlorite), etc. We have a complete Water Filtration System. For more information please contact James or Nick at 1-307-275-7010.

EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline: 1-800-426-4791
EPA Water Purifiers: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water

WHAT CAN PROPER IODINE LEVELS DO FOR YOU?

Our BlueGold® IO-PURE (Iodine) may be used in the biofortification of plants by means of soil and foliar applications. The agronomic biofortification of food plants with Iodine is a new strategy adopted by the World Health Organization, European Food Safety Authority, Institute of Medicine, and various Independent Studies to address declining Iodine deficiencies. A balance of Iodine and Silica makes for bulletproof plants.

Iodine deficiency is a widespread micronutrient malnutrition problem, and the addition of Iodine to table salt represents the most common method of overcoming this gross deficiency in animal feeds and human foods. The biofortification of crops with Iodine is a new strategy to further enrich crop harvests with a potentially cost-effective and bioavailable Iodine source. Understanding how Iodine functions in higher plants are vital to establishing suitable biofortification approaches.

Iodine is not allowed in Organic programs. Iodine is made from Caliche Ore. It is the other half of manufacturing Chilean Nitrate, which is Organic allowed. However, Iodine is not allowed simply because of archaic laws from long ago that had it “not allowed” back when sodium nitrate also was not allowed. The organizations who paid the millions to petition the USDA to allow sodium nitrate (which they did) did not elect to request Iodine be made available as well (the leftover from the sodium nitrate extraction process from the caliche ore). Our opinion is that the disallowance of Iodine in Organic Programs is one of the biggest travesties of the USDA. From our R&D, Iodine is one of the biggest biofortifiers to any crop at just 1 PPM.

COVERAGE:

With any BlueGold® Solution, you must cover the entire plant to a drip (fruit, leaves [especially on the bottom], stalk, stem, super-structure, etc.). Spray pressure and nozzles change as the growth changes on the crop throughout its growing season. Your field spray operator needs to spray 50′ or so. And we highly recommend getting off and inspecting the coverage, digging through the canopy, and then adjusting the pressure or nozzles as necessary. Many growers make the big mistake of not double-checking the application results. A few moments to check IS the difference in saving or losing a crop. BlueGold® can only work on a crop as well as it is applied. We recommend TJ60-8010VS nozzles and has an 80-degree fan and sprays 1 gallon per minute. Lesser degrees (example 60) have heavier droplets, so the wind does not interfere with the spray and is primarily meant to spray the soil. The 80-degree nozzle has a finer mist, so the droplets bounce all over and get optimum foliage coverage on a foliar spray. Lesser degrees can also require higher pressure (for example, 90 PSI) to get full function, and our recommendation requires 30-60 PSI (2-4 bar).