Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has announced that 23 mineral water companies are not good as well as safe for human health. During July- September 2015, PCRWR collected drinking water samples from 119 companies operating from Karachi, Multan, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, D.I.Khan, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sahiwal, Sargodha,Faisalabad, Lahore, Bahawalpur, Tando Jam, Quetta, and Peshawar. Of them, Ninety six were deemed secure while the additional Twenty three drinking water brands were labeled ‘unsafe for human consumption’.
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To monitor and also improve the quality of bottled water, Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) is operating under the Ministry of Science and Technology. PCRWR monitors and also examines bottled water on a every quarter basis.
The companies considered unsafe either chemically or even microbiologically are Al-Hawa (Sahiwal), Aqua Smart (Sahiwal), Crystal Pure Water (Sargodha), Well Care (Multan), Sawera (Multan), Pure Fresh (Multan), Metro (Multan), Oriel (Multan), Al-Haider Pure (Sialkot), Zenith (Islamabad), Premier (Lahore), Days Pure (Lahore), Aqua National (Lahore), Pak Spring (Lahore), Nation (Lahore), Mazan Pure Life (Faisalabad), Al-Khair (Bahawalpur), Pineo (Bahawalpur), Zindagi (Karachi), Miracle (Karachi), Orion (Karachi), Naimat (Lahore) and Nahla (Lahore).
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Water polluted from Arsenic and also Sodium concentrations as well as bacterial contamination can lead to kidney, Cholera, Dysentery, Hepatitis, Typhoid 2, Cancer of the lungs, bladder,Diarrhea, skin, prostate, nose and liver, diabetes and kidney diseases, hypertension, heart diseases, birth defects and black foot diseases.
Around Seventeen companies were found risky for drinking reason for the duration of April-June, 2015 that is enhanced to Twenty three within this 1 / 4.
The 25-page report also reported that there are Sixty five constant companies and 54 new drinking water companies in the market, while Forty one mineral water companies have vanished after a while.
Use of fresh and clean drinking water is a main problem around the globe along with a developing country like Pakistan is no exemption in this connection.
The particular shortage and also insufficient clean plain tap water have pressured the people to take drinking water, this provides a increase to the drinking water business. Lots of people established illegal set-ups in private houses and so are working without any license.
