MGTS-312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Weight Gain, Goitre, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
25 Mar 2016
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Households that use bottled water: 250-10,000 times the cost of tap water, not safer than tap water. Test of 1,000 bottles of 103 brands. 33% contaminated with bacteria, arsenic, or synthetic organic chemicals: 25% of bottled water drawn from the tap, the canadian food inspection agency. Food safety facts on bottled water fact sheet provides additional information. Most water-bottling plants disinfect the water with ozone: which, unlike chlorine, leaves no flavour or odour in the water. What is unlikely to appear on the label: water"s mineral contents. Best to choose water high in calcium & magnesium. Best to choose water low in sodium. Fluoride content of bottled water is unpredictable. 40% of canadians have access to fluoridated water: fluoridation has been endorsed by the canadian dental. Salts are composed of charged particles (ions) Body fluids & minerals: because ions dissolved in water can carry an electrical current, the charged ions are called electrolytes.
