An assessment of the quality of various bottled mineral water marketed in Turkey
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2008
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Fifteen bottled mineral waters purchased at random all over Turkey were analyzed for their chemical composition by OPTIMA-2000 ICP-AES Perkin Elmer techniques. Results show a wide spread in the chemical specification of these mineral waters, with differences in chemical composition observed in the regions being due to the geological environment and the majority of bottled mineral waters exceeding the pH limit of Turkish drinking water standards. When the concentrations of elements are evaluated, it can readily be seen that generally there are three types of mineral water in Turkey. The concentrations of Al, B, Ba, Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Mn Pb and Zn in mineral water were compared with the limits established by the Turkish Standard for Natural Mineral Waters (Turkish Official Gazette 2004); water standards prepared by World Health Organization (2006) and the United States of America Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) drinking water standards (1993). Such a comparison shows that, except for Ba and Mn, the concentrations of the other heavy metals are lower than the limit of the US.EPA in Turkey. Some parameters examined were found to comprise strong correlations pair-wise. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007.
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Mineral Waters , Turkey , Water Supply , Eurasia , Turkey , Environmental Protection Agency , Environmental regulations , Heavy metals , pH , Potable water , Standards , Trace elements , aluminum , barium , boron , cadmium , chromium , copper , drinking water , heavy metal , iron , lead , manganese , mineral water , zinc , assessment method , chemical analysis , chemical composition , drinking water , environmental protection , standard (regulation) , trace element , water quality , water supply , World Health Organization , article , atomic emission spectrometry , chemical composition , correlation analysis , geography , pH , reference value , Turkey (republic) , water analysis , water quality , water standard , Bottled mineral water , World Health Organization (CO) , Water quality