Saturday, July 9, 2011

Water In An Emergency Or Disaster

Some people think it's silly to buy bottled water for drinking, and asks: "Why pay for bottled water when you can get from your kitchen faucet?" Others prefer to have an option in drinking water. They want to know what is happening in their bodies, they say. To this end, drinking water from the tap-cons, "Have you ever run tests on tap water and bottled water?

What do you think you should choose carefully the drinking water. You may also want to test - and to get literature on the results of tests to be performed in different drinking water available.

Take drinking water in bottles. For many people, the fact that bottled water is clean. But is it? Is it possible that your bottled drinking water contains such a large colony of "criminals of the water," as does your tap water?

Bottled drinking Terminology

The following definitions of frequently used labels of bottled drinking water to describe the characteristics of water sources and treatment methods. It may surprise you. These definitions of the pamphlet, "Fundamentals of bottled water", published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

* Artesian water, ground water, spring water, well water - water from an underground aquifer that may or may not be processed. Water from artesian wells and wells are operated by one. Spring water is collected as it flows to the surface or through a well. Groundwater can be.

* Distilled water - the water vapor condenses back boiling and bottling. Distilling water kills microbes and removes the natural mineral water, giving it a flat taste.

* Drinking water - water intended for human consumption and in sealed bottles or other containers with no ingredients except may optionally contain safe and suitable disinfectants. Fluoride can be added within the limits imposed by the quality standards for bottled water.

* Mineral water - ground water that naturally contains more than 250 parts per million total dissolved solids.

Have you noticed ...?

* Bottled drinking water is not necessarily clean, just like tap water is not clean.

* Bottled drinking water can come from an aquifer that has been treated with chemicals or not treated at all. Tap water is usually treated.

* Bottled water may contain any number of impurities such as human or animal waste - both tap water is not allowed to contain.

Drinking water in the bottle * may contain disinfectants and fluoride - as tap water does!

* Bottled drinking water may contain minerals that will lead up to!

Bottled drinking water is often dirtier than you could hope for!

Bottle of drinking water standards

USFDA does not set standards for bottled drinking water. You might want to read if you are serious about drinking water for your family.

Bottled drinking water sold in interstate commerce UD, including bottled products abroad, must meet the following minimum federal standards:

Drinking water in the bottle * must meet FDA standards for physical, chemical, microbiological and radiological. When the EPA sets a new standard for a contaminant in tap water, the FDA has set a new standard for the same contaminant in drinking water in bottles or find that the new EPA standard does not apply to drinking water in bottles.

TRANSLATION: Bottled drinking water must be nothing better than tap water. In fact, it can go lower standards.

* Bottlers must be the name of the product and the quality of water, the name and address of manufacturer, packer or distributor, and the net weight on their labels.

TRANSLATION: The labels on bottled drinking water should not tell you what was added to the water.

* New sources of bottled drinking water must be approved by a court or local. Bottlers must also test their source and finished bottled drinking water at least once a week for microbiological contaminants and at least once a year for physical, chemical and radiological.

TRANSLATION: Once the source has been approved by the government, with the EPA and FDA, is the bottler to maintain cleanliness.

* If you drink bottled water was found to be counterfeit or dangerous to health, is subject to FDA enforcement action, including seizure of domestic products and imports was dismissed.

TRANSLATION: Bottled drinking water is clean to ensure anyone. Only if the real dangers are coercive action may occur.

* Bottlers must operate their facilities in compliance with FDA manufacturing practices to ensure that their bottled drinking water products are safe and produced in a safe and sanitary.

TRANSLATION: You have the bottled drinking water is produced in conditions of safety and health, but the actual contents are not accurate.

Bottled drinking water is good to have on hand in case of emergency, but do not believe in bottled water for safe drinking water. The purity can vary from one brand to another and from one batch to another.

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