{"id":68026,"date":"2025-03-14T14:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=68026"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:31:27","slug":"27-bottled-water-brands-in-pakistan-deemed-unsafe-for-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/27-bottled-water-brands-in-pakistan-deemed-unsafe-for-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"27 bottled water brands in Pakistan deemed unsafe for drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: A recent study has uncovered alarming findings about bottled mineral water<\/a> in Pakistan. Out of 176 samples collected from 20 cities, 27 brands were deemed unsafe for human consumption due to excessive levels of sodium, arsenic, potassium, and bacterial contamination.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> contaminated brands<\/a> pose a<\/span> serious risk<\/span> to<\/span> health, including<\/span>, but<\/span> not<\/span> limited<\/span> to<\/span>,<\/span> cancer, kidney and heart diseases, hypertension<\/span>, gastro<\/span>–<\/span>intestinal<\/span> infections, and disorders<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> nervous system.<\/p>\n

This<\/span> was<\/span> determined<\/span> by<\/span> PCRWR<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources),<\/span> which<\/span> identified<\/span> 9<\/span> brands<\/span> with<\/span> extremely<\/span> high<\/span> levels<\/span> of<\/span> sodium including<\/span>\u00a0Miran Drinking Water and Pure Water among<\/span> them<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Five other<\/span> brands had<\/span> extremely<\/span> high<\/span> levels<\/span> of<\/span> arsenic which include <\/span>One Pure Drinking Water and Indus among<\/span> them<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> other<\/span> contaminant<\/span> that<\/span> had extremely<\/span> high<\/span> levels of<\/span> potassium<\/span> was<\/span> Hunza Utter Water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, 16 brands had high levels of bacteria including SS Water and Aqua Health among<\/span> them<\/span>. PCRWR Director Dr. Hifza Rasheed added<\/span> that the oranization only<\/span> checks<\/span> the<\/span> water<\/span> quarterly and<\/span> sends<\/span> reports<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> findings<\/span> to the<\/span> appropriate<\/span> departments<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) provides<\/span> the<\/span> license<\/span> and<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> body<\/span> in<\/span> charge<\/span> of<\/span> any<\/span> actions<\/span> taken<\/span> legally<\/span> in<\/span> case<\/span> of any<\/span> brand<\/span> selling<\/span> below<\/span> standard<\/span> water<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashraf Player, the<\/span> director<\/span> of<\/span> licensing<\/span> at<\/span> the PSQCA<\/span>,<\/span> added<\/span> that<\/span> thorough<\/span> scrutiny<\/span> and third-party verification<\/span> take<\/span> place<\/span> before a<\/span> license<\/span> is<\/span> issued<\/span>. However, he acknowledged that in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>, the<\/span> hardest<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the\u00a0operation<\/span> monitoring<\/span> was<\/span> the absence<\/span> of<\/span> sufficient<\/span> staff<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It<\/span> would<\/span>,<\/span> however<\/span>,<\/span> call<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> study stressing<\/span> the imperative<\/span> need for stricter laws<\/span> and improved<\/span> monitoring for<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>,<\/span> so<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> safety<\/span> of<\/span> mineral water products<\/span> is<\/span> ensured<\/span> in its<\/span> route<\/span> to the<\/span> end<\/span> consumer<\/span>. People<\/span> should<\/span> realize<\/span> the<\/span> hazards<\/span> that<\/span> some<\/span> brands<\/span> carry<\/span> with them<\/span>,<\/span> and thus<\/span> take only<\/span> precautions that<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> good<\/span> for<\/span> their health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: A recent study has uncovered alarming findings about bottled mineral water in Pakistan. Out of 176 samples collected from 20 cities, 27 brands were deemed unsafe for human consumption due to excessive levels of sodium, arsenic, potassium, and bacterial contamination. The contaminated brands pose a serious risk to health, including, but not limited to, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":45275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[27166,27165,22569],"class_list":["post-68026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-27-water-brands-unsafe-for-humans","tag-bottled-mineral-water","tag-pakistan-council-of-research-in-water-resources-pcrwr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68026","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=68026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68027,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68026\/revisions\/68027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}