The end of the Polar Pure Age for Norther Tier?

Love it or hate it (as I know some of my crews did certainly did), Polar Pure has always been a constant at Northern Tier. Even if you used other methods for purifying water (I used bleach, chlorine tablets, filters, or boiling were this last summer), Northern Tier has always required crews to take out Polar Pure.

But now, that may change in the not-so-far-off future. The DEA has made it near impossible for 88-year-old Bob Wallace to continue to produce Polar Pure because iodine (the active ingredient in Polar Pure) is used in the production of crystal meth.

DEA Says Polar Pure is being used by Meth Labs

At this point it's unknown what will happen to current stocks of Polar Pure, but I would suspect that they'll be left alone. Given how long each bottle of Polar Pure lasts (2,000 quarts water purified), Northern Tier's stock could last a long time, especially since we got a shipment from Philmont this year (Philmont has switched away from Polar Pure to chlorine tablets - they sent us their remaining stock). Polar Pure, however, is one of the most frequently lost or broken pieces of equipment that the Bay Post sends out, so well see how long it lasts before it's the of Polar Pure at Northern Tier.

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