How bottled water sellers cheat people

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

How much do producers of bottled water buy it from Vodokanal? Why are we being convinced everywhere that we need to drink either 2 or 3 liters of clean water a day? Does this statement have a specific author? And what is the purity of the water in plastic bottles?

1. A bottle of water with a capacity of 0.5 liters costs 35 rubles in the store. Therefore, a liter will cost you 70 rubles. For comparison, a liter of AI-95 gasoline (as of September 2015) costs 36-38 rubles. As you can see, water is almost twice as expensive as gasoline.

2. The idea that "eight glasses of water a day" is the guarantee of health and beauty was launched in the late 1990s by marketers.

3. And who said that you need to drink clean water? We get a lot of water from food. A little educational program: tangerines are 88% water, apples are 86.3%, tomatoes are 92%, radishes are 93%, cucumbers are 96%.

4. Drinking water for weight loss is pointless - from excess fluid in the body, fats grow, and do not melt! (the so-called “camel effect”). To oxidize fat, the body needs a small amount of water, not an excess.

5. Curiously, the boom in bottled water sales in Russia coincided with the appearance of plastic containers on the market. You can't trade in containers alone, you need to have at least something inside, isn't it?

6. Until 1990, all liquid sold in the USSR (beer, mineral water, etc.) was offered to the consumer in GOST glass containers (“Cheburashka” bottles). Plastic containers appeared in the early 1990s and amazed people no less than chewing gum.

7. Just a reminder: PET bottle technology is not Russian, but Western, so we have to pay for the right to use it.

8. “1.5-2 liters of water a day, coffee and soup do not count” - this is only the first myth that has raised the sale of bottled water to new heights. Second - "tap water is dangerous, if you drink it - and die shortly." In Switzerland, restaurant visitors are served tap water "by default" - no one would ever think that it is bad. In Russia, you cannot even think of this - the restaurant will never serve "dirty" water.

9. Tap water may need additional treatment - any filters on the market will do. Including the cheapest. Afraid of bleach? Chlorine is a volatile substance and completely evaporates if the water is slightly heated and left to stand for 30 minutes.

10. Water producers purchase raw materials (ie water) … from a water utility. The one who supplies water to your apartment through the water pipe. But from him they buy 1000 liters for 28 rubles 50 kopecks, and sell from 70 rubles for 1 liter.

11. Every third bottle of water is the notorious "tap water", only in packaging and after a post-treatment procedure. And we pay for the "legend", composed by the advertising department of the manufacturing company. Millions are spent on this - but it's worth it, because they make billions on water.

12. The labels depict forest spaces, clean springs and lakes - everything that the buyer wants to see. The water "Alp Sky" lures with beautiful mountain peaks. We look where it is produced. Ural, Caucasus? No - Tver, st, Savelevoy, 84. This is an industrial zone.

13. The inscription containing the words "centralized source of water supply" means that in front of us is "modified" tap water.

14. Water from the water utility is taken for samples 3 times a day. Water from a bottle - once every 3 years, either before entering the market, or upon a complaint from a consumer (in this case, Rospotrebnadzor is obliged to notify the manufacturer of the inspection several days in advance).

15. Earlier, "nutritionists" talked about two compulsory liters of water a day, now more and more often - for some reason, about three …

Reference:

Canada has recognized a toxic component of plastic bottles

Canada was the first in the world to recognize the toxic substance bisphenol A, widely used in the production of plastic bottles and food packaging. Accordingly, baby bottles containing this chemical will be banned.

The decision to declare bisphenol A toxic is related to the widespread publicity reports of the potential hazard of this substance to the environment and human health. It is suspected that the chemical can adversely affect the formation of the reproductive system and disrupt the exchange of certain hormones. Of particular concern is the fact that BPA is often added to the plastic of baby bottles to make it hard and shockproof.

Other countries do not yet share the opinion of the Canadian authorities on the toxicity of bisphenol A. In the United States and the European Union, this substance is considered safe enough, because its quantities that enter the body from plastic bottles and food packaging are too small to pose a health threat.

See also the video: What is the safest dish?

• A glass made of polypropylene (marking - PP) can withstand temperatures up to +100 C. But if you drink vodka from it, not only the kidneys and liver, but also the eyes suffer. And "for a snack" the glass gives off formaldehyde and phenol.

(Note: formaldehyde has pronounced mutagenic properties, and also acts as a serious allergen and irritant. Contact of the human body with an environment containing this substance can lead to cancer of the respiratory tract and many other serious diseases up to leukemia. Phenol causes dysfunctions of the nervous Dust, vapors and phenol solution irritate the mucous membranes of the eyes, respiratory tract, skin. Once in the body, phenol is very quickly absorbed even through intact skin areas and after a few minutes begins to affect the brain tissue. Even when exposed to minimal doses of phenol, it is observed sneezing, coughing, headache, dizziness, pallor, nausea, loss of energy. Often phenol is the cause of cancer.)

• But the undisputed leader is polyvinyl chloride, since it is extremely cheap to manufacture. True, over time, or to be more precise, almost immediately PVC begins to disintegrate with the release of poisonous vinyl chloride. (Approx. Vinyl chloride has a complex toxic effect on the human body, causing damage to the central nervous system, skeletal system, systemic damage to the connective tissue, brain, heart. It affects the liver, causing angiosarcoma. Vinyl chloride causes immune changes and tumors, has a carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic effect. cancer in various tissues and organs, including the liver (tumors other than angiosarcoma), the brain, lungs, lymphatic and hematopoietic systems (organs and tissues involved in blood formation).

For example, a PVC bottle begins to release this hazardous substance a week after the contents are poured or poured into it. After a month, several milligrams of vinyl chloride accumulate. From the point of view of oncologists, a few milligrams of carcinogenic vinyl chloride is a lot.

• Distinguishing hazardous PVC products is difficult, but possible.

We must look at the bottom. Conscientious manufacturers put an icon at the bottom of dangerous bottles: a three in a triangle, or write PVC, which means the abbreviation PVC, and sometimes simply indicate V. But there are few products with honest inscriptions. The main part of the plastic container is not provided with any intelligible markings. Then you can try to guess by the influx on the bottom. It can be in the form of a line or a spear with two ends.

- But the surest way is to press the bowl or bottle with your fingernail. If a whitish trace forms on it - an object made of PVC, but from a harmless polymer - it remains smooth.

• While eateries and other similar "junk food restaurants" use disposable tableware made of PVC, polypropylene and similar plastics - it is better not to drink alcohol in them, do not eat snacks, do not drink tea or coffee.

• The scientific center for the protection of the health of children and adolescents of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences is critical of children's plastic dishes - mainly of Chinese, Polish and Turkish production. It usually contains salts of heavy metals and an excessive content of melamine compounds, because melamine-formaldehyde (MF) resins are part of the waterproof polymers used in the manufacture of such utensils. However, when using polymer products, MF resins begin to break down and release formaldehyde, a colorless gas with a pungent odor, which you can confirm by sniffing a glass or plate, having previously moistened them with warm water.

There is one limitation for such "expertise": you should not do it often, so as not to harm your health. Dangerous dishes are very attractive in appearance, lightweight, do not break, with funny drawings. But it can become a time bomb for you and your child.

• It is safer to use utensils, for example, made of stainless steel, in baby food. Experts categorically do not recommend using plastic forks and spoons or ice cream spoons, such as Baskin Robins, when feeding children. They are, of course, bright and comfortable, but initially they were not intended to be eaten with hot soup or stirred with warm tea.

Going for a walk with your baby, take a drink for him not in a plastic bottle from "Fanta" and the like, but in a special baby bottle. When the child grows up, it will be possible to use ordinary glass containers. Glass can withstand high temperatures and does not emit harmful substances.

SAFE TABLEWARE: stainless, cast iron, wood, glass, ceramic (the latter is preferably white, not

bright color and with a minimum of pattern).

• It is especially harmful to use plastic containers that have become fashionable now, as they often store and heat food in microwave ovens. It is with this use - heating and contact with water and food, the release and formation of toxic substances and poisons that enter the body.