NEWS| Expert: mineral water bottles should not be placed at a high temperature

Currently, most beverage bottles and water bottles are used PET material. Reporters random survey found that about Liucheng owners have kept in the trunk bottled water habit. Beverage bottles, mineral water bottles at high temperatures will release carcinogens, which is true?

 

Expert: mineral water bottles should not be placed at a high temperature

Expert: mineral water bottles should not be placed at a high temperature

 

To this end, the authorities specifically for this water bottle material PET experiments were conducted.

 

Reporters were prepared two sets of the same brand of bottled water, the same production date, each of ten bottles. A group on the car windshield glass exposure, the other group is placed in a cool room, time for one week. This is seven days, most of the time it is sunny, there are about four days the maximum temperature measured inside the vehicle 60 ℃, 3 days at about 50 ℃.

 

A week later, reporters taken two mineral water, and 18 plasticizer and total number of colonies of water through a rigorous testing. Experimental results show that the two groups were not detected in samples of mineral water 18 kinds of potentially carcinogenic plasticizers octyl phthalate (DEHP), etc., so the car is placed in a high temperature environment of bottled water contain carcinogens The statement is not accurate.

 

But need to remind readers that the trials have water bottles acetaldehyde emissions increased significantly, although this toxic substance, but it is a special smell of substance, acetaldehyde will affect a very small amount of water or beverage taste. Meanwhile, in the lower portion of the high-temperature environment of mineral water bottles, heavy metal antimony element migration has increased, which can irritate the eyes, nose, throat and skin.

 

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