Contribution of Tap Water to Mineral Intakes of Canadian Preschool Children

Chemometric Survey of Italian Bottled Mineral Waters by Means of their Labelled Physico-chemical and Chemical Composition

“…When dealing with samples of multivariate character, univariate statistic obviously exposes its shortcomings. Similar findings are reported for the mineral content of water (Gibson et al, 1987;Paksy et al, 1998).…”

“…The commercialization of processed tap water has been authorized by many countries; this may attract unscrupulous manufacturers toward illegal activities such as bottling tap water and selling it as mineral water. Worry regarding tap water concerns the mineral content (Crawford and Gardner, 1968;Gibson et al, 1987), the level of contaminants, as well as the microbiological quality. Recently, the quality of Italian mineral water was questioned and a comparative study between mineral and tap waters demonstrated the lack of significant difference in terms of quality (D'Ascenzo et al, 1997).…”

A comparative approach to the variation of natural elements in Italian bottled waters according to the national and international standard limits

“…The commercialization of processed tap water has been authorized by many countries; this may attract unscrupulous manufacturers toward illegal activities such as bottling tap water and selling it as mineral water. Worry regarding tap water concerns the mineral content (Crawford and Gardner, 1968;Gibson et al, 1987), the level of contaminants, as well as the microbiological quality. The quality of Italian mineral water was questioned and a comparative study between mineral and tap waters demonstrated the lack of significant difference in terms of quality (D'Ascenzo et al, 1997;Versari et al, 2002).…”

Distribution and physico-chemical data of Italian bottled natural mineral waters

“…Because waterborne minerals are in ionic form and are easily absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, drinking water may be an important source of mineral intake (Gibson, Vanderkooy, McLennan, & Mercer, 1987;Neri, Johansen, Hewitt, Marier, & Langer, 1985 , respectively) and maintained electrolyte balance (total salts: bicarbonate, chloride, potassium and sodium). As the chemical composition of these waters is not usually provided for all parameters on the label, consumers are often faced with the difficulty in interpreting this lack of information.…”