As many as 12 out of the 22 brands of bottled water sold in Pakistan were “unsafe for human consumption,” Naeem Sadiq, an activist of Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (Shehri-CBE) said on Wednesday, while citing a 2004 report of the science and technology ministry’s Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR). (more…)
The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. (more…)
A report issued in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal, India, chemical disaster says the area’s drinking water remains toxic. (more…)
A recent finding that mineral water packed in plastic bottles can extract dangerous chemicals from the container which will exert estrogenic functions, when consumed regularly, cannot be easily dismissed. (more…)
Is bottled water better than tap water? Both tap and bottled water have harmful chemicals. (more…)
The government of Bangladesh has reaffirmed its goal to make the country’s drinking water arsenic-free by 2013. (more…)
Less than a week before the Bush administration leaves office, US environmental regulators are issuing a controversial health advisory on drinking water contaminated with a toxic chemical used to make Teflon and other non-stick coatings. (more…)
JMAR Technologies, Inc., has announced the results of an independent study into the different purity levels of the leading brands of bottled water based on the Company´s unique pathogen detection technology. (more…)