Re: does drinking bottled water swallow a lot of plastic particles and cause cancer?
the international bottled water association said from an industry perspective that there is no scientific consensus on the testing methods of Orb Media and the potential impact of plastic particles, so the experimental results are "unnecessary intimidation" to consumers.
they also pointed out the wording problem in the report. Orb Media teams "reasonably speculate on plastic" of particles under 100 microns in diameter, in fact they can't be identified, so the report uses "particles that may be plastic". In the view of the international bottled water association, this is "alarmist and irresponsible". The Association says that the current bottled water products, like all foods and beverages, are strictly regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are safe to use. FDA has never issued any regulations on plastic particles in food and beverages.
anti bottled water movement
this is not the first time that bottled water has been examined. In fact, it has been controversial in foreign countries. In the eyes of environmentalists, bottled water is a public enemy.
2007, the United States launched a campaign against bottled water, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom (Gavin Newsom) passed legislation to prohibit the use of public funds for the purchase of bottled water for the office. New York has spent $700 thousand on advertising campaigns to encourage New York guests to drink tap water instead of plastic bottled water, and even suggest that tap water is "champagne in drinking water" - better and safer. Since 2007, a number of cities in the United States have cancelled bottled water sales contracts. Participants from the government spread to schools, restaurants and business owners.
of course, the bottom line of developed countries comes from the management standard of local tap water. A report from the Swiss World Wildlife Fund shows that Europe and the United States have more water management standards than the bottled water industry standards. For example, tap water must be inspected once a day in a strict system, while bottling manufacturers only need to conduct monthly tests at source. There is another reason for the strict regulation of tap water: different from the Chinese way of drinking water, people in the European and American countries are used to drinking water directly instead of boiling water.
known for the campaign against bottled water, there are also two websites: "Tappening" and "Start A Lie" (start lying). The former specializes in persuading people to drink tap water, providing data for tap water safety and selling environmental water bottles; the latter mobilizes people to send "fake advertisements" to friends through e-mail, such as "bottled water is the main cause of uneasy leg syndrome" "bottled water: 98% melting polar ice caps, 2% It's the tears of polar bears, and so on, which leads people to think about bottled water in a humorous way.
critics say that bottled water is a huge drain from economic factors. First, a lot of oil is needed to make plastic bottles. As the largest consumer of bottled water in the world, the United States makes 2 billion 900 million plastic bottles a year, which needs more than 17 million barrels of oil, enough to supply 1 million cars for a year. Second, long-distance transportation of bottled water means consuming a lot of fuel. Third, water is also one of the costs. It is reported that the consumption of bottled water is actually 2 times that of a bottle.
2008, "the guardian" in an article entitled "is it just water?" Wrong, bottled water will be the latest battleground for environmental protection, "the report said." Britain sells 13 billion bottles of bottled water a year, and only 3 billion bottles are recycled. Plastic bottles without recycling will eventually pollute marine life. Besides, long-distance transportation of bottled water will also produce a large amount of greenhouse effect.
the voice of American bottled water has not stopped so far, and Canada, Iceland and many European countries are also concerned about the environmental impact of bottled water. On the other hand, sales of bottled water are rising. The statistics portal website "Statista" shows that from 2007 to 2017, the sales volume of bottled water increased from 212 billion liters to 391 billion liters, almost 1 times.
China's bottled water market is also expanding as lifestyle changes. The volume of bottled water retail in China rose from 25 billion 500 million litres to 42 billion litres from 2012 to 2016. However, there is much less discussion on bottled water in China.
2013 April, the JINGWAH Times reported for 27 days, pointing directly to the problem of the water source of the farmer's spring, causing public opinion to pay attention to the national standards and local standards of bottled water. Up to the end of 2014, the national standard for food safety - packaged drinking water was promulgated, and the packaged drinking water in the domestic market finally had a unified national standard.
another worry for bottled water in China is the two product contamination caused by disinfection. Because the special ozone disinfection method of bottled water can oxidize the bromide in the water to bromate, and this substance is defined as 2B suspected carcinogen by WHO. Wan Yunyang, an associate professor at the China University of Petroleum's Institute of geography, believes that the domestic concern is still based on the water quality itself, with little attention to the interaction between plastic and water.
studies have found that all kinds of packaging materials (such as plastic, waterproof coating, etc.) will also bring new pollutants into the water. For example, heavy metal antimony, phthalic acid esters, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, styrene and other toxic substances are often detected in bottled water and have an impact on human health.