Bluewashing: Why the Bottled Water Industry’s EcoFriendly Claims Don’t Hold Water
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Why Test Bottled WaterWhy Test Bottled Water
Presentation by: Equinox Labs
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WaterWater
• Water is valuable resource.• Potable water is precious as well as a rare resource today• In today’s growing economy drinking water shortage is one of
the major problem faced by all.
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• All corporate offices are forced to use BMC water / Tanker water or Bottled water.
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Water
• Water Quality is the physical, chemical, and biological characteristic of water.
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Water
• Water can also be cause of much misery
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• Getting pure drinking water from municipal taps in cities and town is now a luxury.
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• Most corporate prefer 2nd option i.e. Bottled water
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• The bottled water industry has spent billions over the past decade to sell you on the idea that bottled water is better than tap water.
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• Bottled water : Is it safe ?
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How safe is the bottle water ?
• Problems with Bottled water Problems with bottled water is way more serious. Bottled water has chemical that leach into water from the plastic bottle. The chemicals from the plastic in the water will cause cells in your body to mutate and form cancerous cells.
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• Filtration of water can be a tricky process.
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• The culprit: Problem of water quality arises from the dispenser used for bottled water rather than the water itself.
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• Ideal conditions which provides bacterial growth
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• People tends to touch nozzle of dispenser
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• The results were as follows
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Parameters to check water quality
• Parameters for drinking water falls into two categories: Chemical / Physical analysis
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• Microbiologically analysis
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How safe is the Bottled water ?
• In the absence of universal standards for bottled drinking water and coupled with strict enforcement machinery , it is doubtful, consumers will be able to get safe drinking water.
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How safe is the bottled water ?
• The best preventive methods is to boil water before drinking. If that is so, why not go for water supplied by the government owned water boards ?
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Equinox Labs
Equinox Labs an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Lab with a Clear Focus on Solving Client Problems in the Area of Water, Food, Hygiene and Air Quality.
We work very closely with the Food Industry, Corporates, and Households.
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Contact Us
EQUINOX Labs224, Unique, Off Veer Savarkar Marg,Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400025Tel: 91-22-24220999 / 24220555Email: [email protected]: www.equinoxlab.com
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