Do you know that it may contain chlorine, heavy metals, microplastics, solid waste and other elements that are toxic and harmful to health?

All bottles contain hormonal pollutants. They emit a relevant amount of toxins into the water called endocrine disruptors: bisphenol A, phthalates, among others. 

This was demonstrated in the analysis of bottled water published in Environment International, carried out by the Institute of Biosanitary Research of Granada in 2015.

The laboratory analysed the hormonal activity of 29 samples of bottled water marketed in Spain, with different springs of origin and impeccable marketing of ‘natural mineral water’. The results showed that they all demonstrated hormonal action. 

In 2019, the scientific journal Frontiers in Chemistry published a study which found that microplastic particles are much more frequent in mineral water than in tap water. The study tested water from 11 international brands purchased at different locations in different countries. In total, 259 bottles were tested and 93% of these showed some sign of microplastic contamination.

They ranged from 325 to 10,000 microplastic particles per litre of water and although these particles are also found in tap water, in bottled water their presence is doubled.

Most conventional jugs on the market contain ion exchange resin inside their filters, synthetic gel spheres derived from petroleum (benzene and styrene) that exchange particular ions for other ions and thus reduce the hardness of the water.

These brands, many of them multinationals, defend the use of these types of chemical elements in their filters by claiming that their toxicity does not migrate into the water. However, we challenge this claim. Similarly, microplastics can migrate from bottled water containers.

In the ANIBES Study, coordinated by Gregorio Varela-Moreiras, president of the Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN), it was determined that a significant percentage of the Spanish population, around 80%, does not reach the recommended intake of calcium, magnesium and vitamin D. (Read the press release of the study here) 

Water in its purest and most natural state contains minerals. These minerals are necessary nutrients that help our body to carry out its functions, including the maintenance and proper functioning of the bones, heart and brain, so why remove them from water through a chemical process?