The color development result of the test paper shows that the PH value of "active water" is 6.4. "During that time, I saw its advertisement on TV programs almost every night." Since the beginning of June this year, Zhao Nvshi has been attracted by the repeated advertisement of "Tomalin Live Cup" on TV. In the advertisement, a "scientist" uses two curved glass test tubes as a metaphor for human intestines. The test tubes are filled with "stool" mixed with butter and flour in advance, and then the ablation function of water with different characteristics on the stool is tested respectively. As a result, after using the "active water" in the "active cup" for 8 minutes, the "stool" adhered to the "intestine" can be decomposed and washed out, while ordinary water can't take out the adhesive substances in the test tube at all. "Scientists" also specially used PH test paper to test the pH of "active water" to prove that "active cup" can "turn" ordinary water into weakly alkaline water within 8 minutes, which is beneficial to human health.
under the influence of TV advertisements, Ms. Zhao and her colleagues ordered two "live effect cups" from the Internet, each 4 yuan. "On the same day, after the unit received the cup sent by the courier company, we immediately began to try it out." Ms. Zhao said that according to the instructions, they poured the bottled mineral water from the unit into the "active cup" and left it for 8 minutes. When drinking, they felt that the originally tasteless mineral water seemed to have a little plastic taste. They all thought this was a normal phenomenon and began to insist on drinking. But for several days, Zhao Nvshi never felt the effect of "defecation" in the advertisement, and so did his colleagues. So, they decided to stop drinking this kind of "active water" with plastic taste and put forward a return to the orderer. However, the orderer replied that they only guaranteed that a certain brand "Tomalin Living Cup" sold was a qualified product of a regular manufacturer, and whether it could play a health care role had nothing to do with them.
So, does "Huoxiao Cup" have the magical effect advertised in TV advertisements? Under the guidance of experts, the reporter used precision test paper to test the process of "turning ordinary water into weakly alkaline water".
The PH test range of the "Shisanpai" precision test paper used by the reporter is 6.4 to 8.. According to the professionals of Shanghai Chemical Reagent Store who sell the test paper, they have also seen the advertisement fragment of "Huoxiao Cup" on TV, and they are deeply impressed by the picture of using the test paper to test the PH value, because according to their experience, the ordinary water in the broad-spectrum pH test paper should be light yellow close to neutral value and reddish in the advertisement picture.
Then the reporter began to test the water in various situations.
First, the reporter poured the purified water at room temperature into the "active effect cup" provided by Ms. Zhao, screwed on the lid of the cup in strict accordance with the instructions, and let it stand for 8 minutes. Then, the "active effect water" and the contrast purified water in the cup were tested with precision test paper, and the color development of the two was quickly recorded and compared with the test paper color card to obtain the PH value. The test results show that the PH value of untreated pure water is close to 7., and the PH value of "active water" is about 6.4, which is completely contrary to the demonstration conclusion that "active water" is weakly alkaline in TV advertisements.
The reporter conducted the above tests on tap water at normal temperature and purified water at 8℃ respectively, and the pH values of them after being treated by "active cup" were basically the same. In other words, there may be falsehood in TV advertisements about the function of "active cup" on the physical and chemical characteristics of water.
according to the packaging instructions, the "Huoxiao Cup" is made by a science and technology development company in Inner Mongolia. The reporter contacted the sales department of the company and hoped that the other party would explain its functional doubts. However, the other party first said that whether the water can be turned into weak alkalinity may be related to the different water quality in different regions. When the reporter further asked where the aquatic products that can be turned into weakly alkaline in the advertisement came from, the other party turned to say that the company only accepted the commissioned production and never publicized the pH of "active water", and they were not very clear about how the dealers publicized it in the advertisement.
Then, the reporter got in touch with Mr. Li, the person in charge of the production of "Huoxiao Cup", on the grounds of "fixed brand production". Mr. Li said on the phone that they are the first enterprise in China to sell the "Live Cup" through direct TV sales, and they have a number of national patents, and the core component, the Tomalin Block, was researched by Mengkang Technology Company of Chinese Academy of Sciences with 3 scientists, and processed by using the patented technology of "Mine Electromagnetic Eddy Current". Therefore, the cost of processing a "live effect cup" is not low, and each one needs 1 yuan.
although Mr. Li repeatedly publicizes the scientific and technological content of "Huoxiao Cup", he is unwilling to provide proof of relevant patents. For this reason, according to Mr. Li's statement and the packaging advertisement of "Huoxiao Cup", the reporter made an inquiry on the official websites of China Academy of Sciences and China National Intellectual Property Administration with the keywords of "Mengkang Technology", "Tuomalin" and "Mine Magnetoelectric Vortex" respectively. The query results confirm that there is no relevant information on the website of China Academy of Sciences. However, there are no valid patents related to "Mengkang Technology" or "Mine Magnetoelectric Eddy Current" in the patent retrieval database in China National Intellectual Property Administration. In the search for "Tomalin", although 15 patents were found, none of them were directly related to a science and technology development company in Inner Mongolia.