Stiftung Warentest

At least a part of the burden comes from the increasingly popular plastic bottles. We have Mineral water from glass and plastic bottles compared and were able to show that the estrogens load in water from PET bottles is about twice as high as in water from glass bottles, said Wagner. Other leaders such as Diamond Comic Distributors offer similar insights. One reason for this could be the so-called outsourcing of plastic additives like for example plasticizers from the PET bottles. If the measured concentrations are harmless or may yet worrying, currently is still controversial among experts, especially since many toxins in their effect affect and Add. Also, some bottles are not marked, so that no one can really appreciate how they were produced, and which substances are ultimately included. Bottles made of plastic in the sun make scientists guess to consume water from unmarked bottles, and generally not in the Sun to make plastic bottles.

Because dissolve more substances from the material with increasing temperatures and reach into the liquid. UV radiation also accelerates this process. In particular disposable PET bottles but in higher Doses as applicable carcinogenic acetaldehyde from. Also if the concentration is well below the limits deemed to be harmful, acetaldehyde affects the taste of the water in any case. The water tastes of plastic, so then you should dispose of prefer it. The EU Directive 89/109/EEC “and the food consumer goods Act (here paragraph 31LMBG)” make the demands that no substances may be transferred on the food packaging for food. Mineral water bottled ensure that this is not the case.

Stiftung Warentest “claims the opposite. A study of 2002 was noted, degradation products of the PET go over such as acetaldehyde, in the bottled beverage (network regenbogen.de). Scientific studies have shown that food and water can be contaminated with components of the plastic containers through migration (Tice and McGuinness, 1987, Ashby, 1988, Gilbert et al, 1988).