The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) revealed on Friday that Arsenic, Sodium, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Fluoride was found in 14 brands of bottled water. These elements could cause cancer of different organs, diabetes, kidney ailment, hypertension, heart problems, birth defects and black foot disease. Sodium alone is responsible for causing cholera, diarrhea, hepatitis, typhoid and hypertension. PCRWR spokeswoman Lubna Naheed told agencies that samples from 77 commercially available brands of mineral bottle were collected in April-June from 14 cities of the country.
She said 12 brands of bottled water were found unsafe when they failed to meet the standards of Pakistan Standard Quality Control Authority.
The results revealed that only 46 brands of bottled water were consistent in the market. 23 brands which were previously analyzed, disappeared from the market, and 31 new brands, with different names, were introduced into the market during this period.
The names of these brands must be made public
its mean we stops drinking water of these so called mineral water bottles and used to drink natural water which contains natural minerals and health loving probiotic bacteria that provides a filtration system by converting harmful substances like nitrates to nitrogen gases .so we used to eat bacteria
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