29/09/2021
Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) on Sunday identified 22 brands of bottled water as unsafe for human consumption.
According to a report issued by the council, out of 180 brands of bottled water procured from across Pakistan between April and June this year, 22 brands were found to be detrimental to human health.
Samples of 16 brands were found to be chemically unsafe while 6 were found to be microbiologically unsafe.
According to the report, half of the brands found unsafe were being sold in Karachi, adding that the unsafe water contained TDS, arsenic and excessive levels of potassium, besides the germs of infectious diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis and typhoid.
Contain germs of infectious diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis and typhoid