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Bottled Water..... Not so safe after all!!!!
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| Wazup8012 |
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bottled mineral water, generally considered
purer than tap water, is often contaminated with bacteria and fungi, a Dutch
researcher warned Monday.
"Hospital water is increasingly accepted as a source for pathogens," Dr.
Rocus R. Klont commented to Reuters Health. Consequently, patients with
compromised immune systems "often receive bottled mineral water under the
assumption that it is safer than tap water," the investigator added at a
meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, DC.
To evaluate the risk of infection from bottled water, Klont, from the
University Medical Center Nijmegen, and colleagues looked for bacterial and
fungal contamination in 68 commercial mineral waters, one tap water, and one
water sample from a natural well. The samples came from nine European and
seven non-European countries.
"We found high levels of bacterial contamination in commercially bottled
mineral water," Klont told Reuters Health.
Overall, 40 percent of all samples showed evidence of contamination with
either bacteria or fungi. Bacteria could be grown in lab cultures from 21
samples.
"These findings indicate that the general perception that bottled water is
safe and clean is not true," Klont noted.
"The risk of disease to healthy individuals may be limited, but
immunocompromised patients are generally more susceptible to infection and
therefore might be at higher risk of becoming infected," he added.
C Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Wazup8012 |
| So for those of you whom would rather drink bottled water rather than tap water you may want to recondsider that next time. |
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| Yan |
REALLY old news.
I, honestly, don't care, since the tap water on Long Island is even worse than bottled water. Many cases of breast cancer have been connected with carcinogens found in the tap water. :nervous: |
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| Wazup8012 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
REALLY old news.
I, honestly, don't care, since the tap water on Long Island is even worse than bottled water. Many cases of breast cancer have been connected with carcinogens found in the tap water. :nervous: |
Finie you. Make fun of the fact that I am retarded and am just started to get old . :whip: ;) |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wazup8012
Finie you. Make fun of the fact that I am retarded and am just started to get old . :whip: ;) |
:haha:
You're so mean. :(
I'd like you to state where I DID make fun of you in this topic and then I'll gladly apologize to you. ;) |
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| Wazup8012 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
:haha:
You're so mean. :(
I'd like you to state where I DID make fun of you in this topic and then I'll gladly apologize to you. ;) |
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