Posted on 06/21/2019 8:11:21 AM PDT by EdnaMode
When you pay premium prices, you expect a premium product — but that’s not necessarily the case with bottled water.
California nonprofit Center for Environmental Health has revealed that water bottle brands Peñafiel, owned by Keurig Dr. Pepper, and Starkey, owned by Whole Foods, contain levels of highly toxic arsenic that are above the legal limit.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency says that long-term exposure to arsenic can lead to reproductive harm, circulatory, nervous system and disorders and cancer. The Centers for Disease Control also note an increased risk of diabetes and hypertension. Other symptoms of arsenic poisoning include stomach pain and nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, numbness, even paralysis or blindness.
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Shouldn’t the “legal limit” be ZERO?
Arsenic in groundwater is very common and there is a lot of disagreement about “safe” levels. They change the numbers all the time — because they like to panic over nothing.
The ambulance chasers are going to love this one. They just hit the lottery.
So true. Arsenic is naturally recurring in groundwater. We filter all tap water through a Big Berkey gravity filter system which takes out everything including arsenic and flouride.
https://www.consumerreports.org/water-quality/arsenic-in-some-bottled-water-brands-at-unsafe-levels/
Keurig Dr Pepper said Monday that it had suspended bottled water production for two weeks at its Mexico facility that makes Peñafiel for export to the U.S. It plans to improve filtration at the plant to lower arsenic levels, the company told CR. For its latest internal testing, the company said it used a different protocol and consulted the FDA. A recall isn’t planned, Peñafiel said, but CR believes one should be issued.
Yes and cyanide occurs naturally in citrus fruit seeds as well as grapes. No need to panic.
That is such a joke. The cliche is to never drink water in Mexico. We’ve been importing bottles of this stuff? LOL.
Ahhh, the EPA, always looking for an angle so they can be relevant. And get federal money for a ‘study.’ So they can keep their jobs. They don’t DO the science, they just fine problems where there are none.
Rocks in their natural state have arsenic in them. Water runs through rocks. It’s all natural, it’s all miniscule. (Husband is a geo-hydrologist/ we drink tap water - ‘I drank from a hose when I was a kid.’)
> The cliche is to never drink water in Mexico. We’ve been importing bottles of this stuff? LOL. <
In my neck of the woods, there’s a bottled water called “Natural Spring Valley”, or some such thing.
Well, a local reporter decided to find out which natural spring was the source of this water. It turned out that the water was just ordinary tap water. I wonder if the same is true with this Mexican water.
No. For practical reasons, for one thing. Measuring zero is impractical. There is some lower limit of detection, but that is more than zero.
Plus, arsenic is ESSENTIAL for life. Some trace amount of it is fairly common.
Not to say the amount in this bottled water isn't unusual, still I doubt it poses a substantial risk.
Their bottling plants should be designated as Superfund sites.
***It turned out that the water was just ordinary tap water. ***
I found this quite common. Wife wanted bottled water so, in several areas we visited, I bought some. In very small letters the “source” was a local city Public water supply.
No. It’s all about the dosage. Too much vitamin A will kill you.
Hi so what is the safest water to drink if one is on the go all the time? Genuinely curious.
If it was zero we would have very little drinkable water.
Arsenic is found in most water. The question is how much is safe? Not sure anyone really knows but the government keeps changing the number.
Distilled water should be quite pure. You can buy that in gallon jugs in some supermarkets.
For the home, a lot of people (as noted by some in this thread) recommend the Berkey water filter system. It’s an investment, but it removes everything you want removed. Then you can put the clean water is some sort of portable water bottle.
Personally, I don’t worry about this stuff. I pretty much drink anything.
arsenic is also in apples and apple sauce for the same reasons... doesn’t keep the news from running a story every few years about it. Seems like some law firm trying to drum up a class action...lol
On their way out the Clinton administration dropped the legal limit for arsenic to well below the amount in ground water in many western states leaving it to the incoming Bush administration to raise it back (and be blamed for “killing the children”) or spend billions on removing it.
Poland Springs
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