{"id":50075,"date":"2024-09-27T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T07:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=50075"},"modified":"2024-09-27T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T07:31:22","slug":"tap-water-safer-than-bottled-shocking-study-reveals-traces-of-contamination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/tap-water-safer-than-bottled-shocking-study-reveals-traces-of-contamination\/","title":{"rendered":"Tap water safer than bottled: Shocking study reveals traces of contamination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>QATAR: A disturbing study reveals that up to 75% of bottled water contains potentially<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ajk-food-authority-implements-strict-measures-to-ensure-food-safety-6-companies-declared-harmful-to-health\/\"> harmful chemicals<\/a> linked to cancer, heart disease, and dementia. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar found that between 10% and 78% of bottled water carried contaminants, including microplastics, phthalates, and bisphenol A (BPA).<\/p>\n<p>Microplastics, invisible to the naked eye, are<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/hospital-staff-rapes-14-years-old-girl-in-faisalabad\/\"> microscopic particles<\/a> that leach into the bloodstream and interfere with multiple bodily processes.<\/p>\n<p>These particles make their way into food, water supplies, and even the air when plastic products degrade naturally. Exposure to heat, squeezing, or repeated lid opening\/closing increases <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/kp-reports-1st-polio-case-in-year-2024-amid-vaccination-challenges\/\">contamination.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phthalates and BPA, known to interfere with hormone production, are also present in bottled water. Britain&#8217;s BPA safety levels may not adequately protect against long-term effects.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers warn that reliance on bottled water has significant health, financial, and environmental costs, calling for an urgent re-evaluation of its widespread use.<\/p>\n<p>Experts suggest that tap water is a safer alternative, subject to rigorous quality and safety standards. Restaurants and public spaces are urged to switch to tap water.<\/p>\n<p>The study&#8217;s findings add to growing concerns about microplastics, with estimated ingestion at 5 grams\/week (equivalent to a credit card) and breathing in up to 7,000 microplastics\/day.<\/p>\n<p>This exposure has prompted concerns that microplastics could rank alongside asbestos or tobacco as a health threat. The researchers published their study in the journal BMJ Global Health, emphasizing the need for increased awareness and action to mitigate the risks associated with bottled water consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QATAR: A disturbing study reveals that up to 75% of bottled water contains potentially harmful chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, and dementia. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar found that between 10% and 78% of bottled water carried contaminants, including microplastics, phthalates, and bisphenol A (BPA). Microplastics, invisible to the naked eye, are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":50077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6465,22342,22341,22339,22340],"class_list":["post-50075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-cancer","tag-bmj-global-health","tag-dementia","tag-tap-water-safer-than-bottle-water","tag-weill-cornell-medicine-in-qatar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50078,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50075\/revisions\/50078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}