Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) on Thursday. Identified 22 brands of bottled water as unsafe for human consumption.
The government, through the Ministry of Science. And Technology has assigned the task to the PCRWR for quarterly monitoring of bottled. Or mineral water brands and publicizing the results in the best interest of public health.
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For the last quarter from April to June, 180 samples of mineral. Or bottled water brands were collected from Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sargodha, Sialkot, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, D.G. Khan, Mianwali, Karachi, Tandojam, Badin, Quetta, Loralai, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad. And Gilgit. Comparison of test results with permissible limits of Pakistan Standards. And Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) revealed that 22 brands were not safe for drinking.
Fifteen brands such as Pure, Hunza, Hidrade, Blue Plus, Sunday, Aqua King. Spring Fresh Life, UF Pur Edge, Douro, Dropice, Puricana Mineral, Drops, Best Natural, Al Barakah Water. And Koyo was found to be unsafe due to the presence of higher levels of sodium ranging.
From 60-165 mg/L than PSQCA bottled water quality standard for Sodium, which was 50 mg/L.
One brand called Drops was found unsafe due to the presence of a higher level of total dissolved solids (TDS) ranging 629 mg/L than PSQCA water quality standard for TDS, which was 500 mg/L.
The council tested 180 samples of mineral or bottled water brands collected from major cities across the country.
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Of the 180 samples, the 22 brands that were found unsafe were identified as
One brand named Pure Nature was found unsafe due to the presence of 24 µg/L arsenic against 10 µg/L arsenic permissible under the PSQCA water quality standard.
#Pakistan must aware of it… drink pure stay healthy. (Pure means not that pure Brand name)
— صAحب نKha (@mutahir8aug) July 9, 2021
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I think you can purify it at home by filtering and then boil that water, maintain the temperature and Drink.https://t.co/0tXAJgN8Ui
Another brand named Pure was found unsafe due to the presence of 11 mg/L potassium. Against 10 mg/L permissible under PSQCA water quality standard for potassium.
However, six brands such as Alkaline Water, Al-Umer, BROOK, McWay Water, Masafi. And Aqua Best were found microbiologically contaminated and declared unsafe for drinking.
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