Summer season, the numerous variety of consumer packaged drinking water volume began to rise. In recent years, with improvement of living standards, packaging, water consumption has been accepted by the masses. Statistics show that, at present, China's consumption of a bottle (barrels) of the population of drinking water accounts for 30 percent of the total population of more than part of the crowd began to packaged drinking water as the sole source of drinking water. However, recent news in the survey interview, found that as a result of drinking water on health in general is not clear that many consumers packaged water the lack of basic knowledge and understanding of the concept of water for some serious confusion at the same time as a result of the current number of "the concept of water" is not a criteria for some people health problems.

dazzling wide variety of drinking water

mineral water , mineral water, purified water, energy, water ... ... the arrival of summer, in the face of the market a wide range of water products, Ms. Wang Changchun, members of the public more confused: "The wide variety of water quality in the end what the content of trace elements have standard? "In fact, Ms. Wang has the same a few confused people, in the face of the concept of packaging a variety of water, many people often are confused.

It is understood that the current drinking water packaging market include two categories, natural water and natural mineral water; the other is the synthesis of water, mainly in pure water and mineral water.

according to the trade, due to the various categories of current drinking water quality in different packaging, different standards, add in water and artificial food additives are common minerals. Part of the supermarket in Changchun and water stations reporter saw the name of mineral water, energy, water and other drinking water packaged in a variety of banner can be seen everywhere. The water most of the manufacturers and foreign multinational companies such as Coca-Cola, Master Kong, Watson and other disabilities, most of the price around a dollar, as compared with ordinary low-about one-third of mineral water. Changchun City side to the ultra-large supermarket manager, told reporters that because of low water prices and more than big manufacturers, it sold particularly well.

although selling well, but not all consumers can buy their own water on how many ingredients useful knowledge. Recently, the press in Changchun City, the streets were randomly surveyed 20 consumers, for the "Do you drink bottled water that contains exactly what the minerals, their benefits on the human body, how much?" "Mineral water and mineral water, the difference between what he exactly? "" You drink the water safe? "and so on, 15 respondents answered" no difference "" I do not know "" no attention ", 3 consumers that" mineral water and mineral water are different, "but said unclear.

mineral water and mineral water is not the same thing? Between them in the end how much difference? According to industry to introduce, in fact, mineral water and natural mineral water is not the same thing, the current market in addition to pure water, mineral water and drinking water, mostly in the purification of tap water added to food additives and artificial mineral the "concept of water", the types of additives are generally not more than three kinds, and some added sodium chloride, potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate, and some potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate were added, and some even added a sodium hydroxide . From the content point of view, the water content of minerals in natural mineral water is generally water or natural mineral content of one-twentieth natural.

drinking water plus food additives on the physical Eda? Major disadvantages?

add a food additive in drinking water what benefits or disadvantages big big? National drinking water quality testing by the Friends of the Director of the Center that the solutions in the long run, this should be in one direction, but now our country's scientific and technological means, the ability to ensure that these long-term drinking water to human health and safety is not clear . In 2008, according to the World Health Organization (WH0) issued "Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality", the human body from the water intake of calcium and magnesium intake of the typical total intake of about 5% -20%. The organization provided by a 2003 report that the long-term consumption of low-mineral water on the intestinal adhesion Road, dynamic balance and mineral metabolism or other functions have a direct impact on the human body will make the diet intake of toxic metals may增加. At the same time, the organization based on animal experiments and epidemiological studies to make the report shows that long-term consumption of low-salinity water, will increase the incidence of cardiovascular disease, but also with motor neuron diseases, disorders of pregnancy, some high incidence of cancer-related. Therefore, the report recommends that "Governments in the formulation of various water quality standards and principles should be to promote the field of targeted research in order to develop a detailed approach to health. Of the provisions have been made, the Government should ensure that the provisions of can processing equipment in the home and the implementation of the production of bottled water. "

Some industry insiders believe that a number of water companies in order to create a selling point, will be purified water, add a variety of food additives, to do so violates International Food Code provisions added to the basic principles of nutrition, that is, "can not add lead to new imbalances, as well as the need to add sub-clinical and clinical needs," added as a result of the material in the water and the authority has not been argued that there is no clinical experimental reports, enterprises are looking for experts, to set the standard, if slightly among enterprises in the development of poor quality, it prone to problems. To China's current scientific and technological means to ensure long-term drinking water can not be the person's health and safety.

water resources of China's well-known experts, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology IDM Li rejuvenation in his monograph that the current, as manufacturers add different compounds into the water to the state with the product quality supervision to a certain degree of difficulty, but minerals in the water to add high-quality natural mineral water is far less than that. Minerals when added, it is necessary to give due consideration to a variety of ion balance and mutual antagonism, or can not bring health, may also cause a number of nutrition and health problems.

but some people think that the water contains minerals better than non-minerals. They believe that minerals in drinking water in food should be more than ready to absorb, such as phosphorus, sodium, fluorine, has a high absorption rate, for manganese, the majority can absorb, but the main purpose of drinking water daily, or In order to balance the health of the human body needs water to supplement the very trace of Mineral.

a wide range of packaged water, and how there is no uniform standard? What kind of water to drink it more secure? In recent years, "San Lu" incident, as represented by the frequent occurrence of food safety for China's sounded the alarm, and the safety of drinking water, because of their hidden nature and the ordinary people's understanding of ambiguous easily overlooked. It is understood that at present, because there is no uniform standard, so far, the controversy over the water on the packaging industry has been the focus of attention. Experts believe that the safety of the water of the entire national fitness and health and safety, the relevant departments must attach great importance to step up monitoring.

National People's Congress, Chairman吉林森工Guangxin Parker, national director of the Center for water quality testing solutions and others by the Friends of the view that at present, China's relevant departments should take steps, in the absence of full scientific experiments before through legislative or administrative means, to add in drinking water can act to limit food additives. In their view, from the perspective of food safety, drinking water added to food additives and artificial life-long consumption of minerals there is no guarantee that security. In drinking water currently on the market of artificial additives and the types of minerals as a result of adding a single, will create new imbalances.

Bai Guang-Xin said, adding food additives must have a sub-clinical and clinical trials, at present do not see any production of mineral water, there are clinical reports or notes, the way to add at this stage can not guarantee that the masses of the people security of life to drink.

At the same time, they think, "mineral water" the name of highly misleading, the majority of consumers can not tell from the name with the "natural mineral water," the difference is an improper business-competitive behavior. The current conditions of China's technology is limited, can not be determined what kind of minerals, the number of mineral content is harmless to human body, which in the absence of adequate monitoring, laboratory findings, the China's ban on the use of food additives in drinking water is not only on consumption responsible for the safety of life and health are also in line with the "food safety law."

At the same time, experts pointed out that drinking water standards is to ensure orderly development of the industry and consumers the means necessary to the safety of drinking water. Is still valid "classification of soft drinks" is established in 1996, which explicitly states that the "bottled water is sealed in plastic bottles, glass bottles or other containers do not contain any additives in drinking water can be directly", but this standards, in reality there is no implementation. The end of the year 2008 the implementation of the "Drink General", also quietly, "does not contain any additives," the abolition of the restrictions, which makes the water market, a sharp increase in security risks.

experts pointed out that the practice of international legislation, the developed countries to ban or to add in the drinking water is very cautious of any food additive, the United States "Code of Federal Regulations," Chapter 165 of 21 clearly stipulates that in the drinking water Add any of the prohibition of food additives. The European Commission also requires that all food additives must be placed under permanent observation, with the emergence of new technologies on the use of food additives be re-evaluated. Experts suggest that China's rule in the development of drinking water may be taken into account by reference to these countries and regions to implement the standards.