The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) announced that after analytical findings, due to chemical or microbiological contamination 22 mineral water brands are listed unsafe for health.
The brands that are listed unsafe are Coral Water HI, Fresh New, Nation Pak Aqua, HFC Total, NG freshwater, ECO, Al-Habib Silver, Orion Aqua, Arabia wellcare, desert dew, new deep lite aqua, aqua smart avalon pure water, new smart aqua, Mazan pure royal blue and aqua national.
It has been estimated that more people in #Karachi die each month from contaminated #water than have been killed by India’s army since 1947.
— Water is Life (@Water4Karachi) July 12, 2015
Diseases like skin problems, diabetes, kidney problems, hypertension, heart ailments, birth defects, black foot and multiple cancers can be the result of these contaminants.
Previously in 2015 government laboratory detected Chemical and microbiological contamination eight brands of mineral and bottled water.
In 2011, Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) disclosed that 2 companies were found microbiologically unsafe while 14 other brands were chemically unsafe.
The Pakistan government through ministry of science and technology has given the task to Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) for quarterly monitoring of bottled mineral water brands and publicize the results.
This year 111 samples of mineral bottled water brands have been collected from Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Tando Jam, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Gujranwala, Karachi, Quetta, Muzaffarabad and Peshawar for monitoring and testing purpose.
It’s worth mentioning here that these unhealthy water leading to 45% of infant deaths due to diarrhoea and 60% to overall infectious waterborne diseases in Pakistan.