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Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:51 AM

The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

 

 

The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

 

By Jo Knowsley ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT

The Daily Mail

 

A Potentially deadly toxin is being absorbed into bottled mineral water from

their plastic containers. And the longer the water is stored, the levels of

poison increase, research reveals. As the sell-by date on many bottled waters is

up to two years, scientists have now called for extensive further studies.

 

The research by world expert Dr William Shotyk - who has vowed never to drink

bottled water again - will be published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's

journal next month. It is sure to revive concerns about the safety of bottled

water, the world's fastest-growing drinks industry, worth £1.2billion a year.

 

The tests found traces of antimony, a chemical used in the making of

polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, used by most mineral-water sellers.

 

Small doses of antimony can make you feel ill and depressed. Larger quantities

can cause violent vomiting and even death. The study stressed that amounts of

antimony were well below official recommended levels. But it also discovered

that the levels almost doubled when the bottles were stored for three months.

 

Professor Shotyk, of Heidelberg University in Germany, said: " I don't want to

shock people but here's what I know: Antimony is being continuously released

into bottled drinking water. The water in PET bottles is contaminated. "

 

He tested ground water and 15 types of bottled mineral water in his native

Canada. The ground water contained two parts per trillion (ppt) of antimony.

Bottled water had an average 160 ppt of antimony when opened immediately after

bottling. But ground water stored in a PET plastic bottle had 630 ppt of

antimony when opened six months later.

 

Professor Shotyk then tried the experiment in Europe, collecting 48 brands of

water in PET bottles and water from its source in the ground at a German

bottling plant. The water had four ppt of antimony before being bottled, the

contents of a new bottle had 360 ppt and one opened three months later had a

staggering 700 ppt.

 

Antimony finds its way into water by 'leaching' from the plastic in the same way

that water absorbs flavour from a teabag. Health authorities said even the

higher levels of antimony found are way below official safety guidelines, set at

around six parts per billion by international environment agencies.

 

Elizabeth Griswold, director of the Canadian Bottled Water Association, added:

" The levels do not pose a risk to humans. They are simply trace elements. "

 

But David Coggan, a Southampton University-based epidemiologist who works with

the Medical Research Council, called for further research into the findings.

 

He said not enough was known about the effects of antimony and how much had to

be consumed before it became dangerous. Last year naphthalene, which can cause

liver damage in high doses, was found in two bottles of Volvic mineral water.

Bacteria which could leach into bottled water has been cited as a possible

reason for rising levels of food poisoning.

 

©2006 Associated Newspapers Ltd

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yes; I also belong to a sauna group. It has been brought up several

times that it doesn't matter how good the water is; if it is in a plastic bottle

of container, the plastic leeches out into the water. And over time the

amount would naturally increase as it doesn't just leach for a day or a week,

etc.

It continues to leach.

I have also heard the same thing on a couple of groups for Multiple

Chemical Sensitivities and/or Chemical Injury.

blessings

Shan

 

> Sun, 2 Apr 2006 09:59:17 -0400

> " Nora Gottlieb " <nwgott

> Fw: The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

>

> anyone heard about this?

> -

> J

> J

> Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:51 AM

> The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

>

>

> The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

>

> By Jo Knowsley ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT

> The Daily Mail

>

> A Potentially deadly toxin is being absorbed into bottled mineral water from

> their plastic containers. And the longer the water is stored, the levels of

> poison increase, research reveals. As the sell-by date on many bottled waters

> is up to two years, scientists have now called for extensive further

> studies.

>

> The research by world expert Dr William Shotyk - who has vowed never to

> drink bottled water again - will be published in the Royal Society of

Chemistry's

> journal next month. It is sure to revive concerns about the safety of

> bottled water, the world's fastest-growing drinks industry, worth £1.2billion

a

> year.

>

> The tests found traces of antimony, a chemical used in the making of

> polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, used by most mineral-water sellers.

>

> Small doses of antimony can make you feel ill and depressed. Larger

> quantities can cause violent vomiting and even death. The study stressed that

amounts

> of antimony were well below official recommended levels. But it also

> discovered that the levels almost doubled when the bottles were stored for

three

> months.

>

> Professor Shotyk, of Heidelberg University in Germany, said: " I don't want

> to shock people but here's what I know: Antimony is being continuously

> released into bottled drinking water. The water in PET bottles is

contaminated. "

>

> He tested ground water and 15 types of bottled mineral water in his native

> Canada. The ground water contained two parts per trillion (ppt) of antimony.

> Bottled water had an average 160 ppt of antimony when opened immediately after

> bottling. But ground water stored in a PET plastic bottle had 630 ppt of

> antimony when opened six months later.

>

> Professor Shotyk then tried the experiment in Europe, collecting 48 brands

> of water in PET bottles and water from its source in the ground at a German

> bottling plant. The water had four ppt of antimony before being bottled, the

> contents of a new bottle had 360 ppt and one opened three months later had a

> staggering 700 ppt.

>

> Antimony finds its way into water by 'leaching' from the plastic in the same

> way that water absorbs flavour from a teabag. Health authorities said even

> the higher levels of antimony found are way below official safety guidelines,

> set at around six parts per billion by international environment agencies.

>

> Elizabeth Griswold, director of the Canadian Bottled Water Association,

> added: " The levels do not pose a risk to humans. They are simply trace

elements. "

>

>

> But David Coggan, a Southampton University-based epidemiologist who works

> with the Medical Research Council, called for further research into the

> findings.

>

> He said not enough was known about the effects of antimony and how much had

> to be consumed before it became dangerous. Last year naphthalene, which can

> cause liver damage in high doses, was found in two bottles of Volvic mineral

> water. Bacteria which could leach into bottled water has been cited as a

> possible reason for rising levels of food poisoning.

>

> ©2006 Associated Newspapers Ltd

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

---It's just not that simple! If you delve into the research a

little more you will find that there are harmful inferior plastics

and there are also plastics which are safe. Kinesiologists typically

can tell you which is which. They do the necessary testing for their

patients and differentiate between the two.

For a really simplistic version of the controversy, it goes

something like this. The harder the plastic the safer the contents

and there are numbers on the bottom of the containers that tell us

just which is which if we take the time to check it out.

 

The harmful effects of thin plastic bottles not just true of bottled

water. A lot of sources state that juices stored in the refrigerator

for any length of time...cider and pasteurized juices will literally

eat their way through plastic (citric acid effect). Plastic has

detrimental effects on women's hormones, it is a xenoestrogen,

scientists discovered this while testing foods in plastic bags.

There are tons of articles on plastics. To just post an article like

this without telling the whole story is very very

irresponsible! I challenge you to avoid plastics entirely. In our

modern world it is very difficult! It is everywhere!

 

 

Blessings,

JoAnn

Advocate for Truth

 

In , surpriseshan2

wrote:

>

> Yes; I also belong to a sauna group. It has been brought up

several

> times that it doesn't matter how good the water is; if it is in a

plastic bottle

> of container, the plastic leeches out into the water. And over

time the

> amount would naturally increase as it doesn't just leach for a

day or a week, etc.

> It continues to leach.

> I have also heard the same thing on a couple of groups for

Multiple

> Chemical Sensitivities and/or Chemical Injury.

> blessings

> Shan

>

> > Sun, 2 Apr 2006 09:59:17 -0400

> > " Nora Gottlieb " <nwgott

> > Fw: The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

> >

> > anyone heard about this?

> > -

> > J

> > J

> > Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:51 AM

> > The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

> >

> >

> > The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

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> > By Jo Knowsley ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT

> > The Daily Mail

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