INTRODUCTION A sufficient intake of calcium enables correct bone mineralization. The bioavailability of calcium in water is similar to that in milk. OBJECTIVE To determine the concentration of calcium in public drinking water and bottled mineral water. METHODS We used ion chromatography to analyse the calcium concentrations of public drinking waters in a representative sample of 108 Spanish...

INTRODUCTION The presence of heavy metals such as cadmium in drinking water resources can be dangerous for human because of toxicity and biological accumulation. The consumption of water which contains Cd in high concentration can lead to Bone and Kidney diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this present study, the researcher collected 432 samples of bottled water in the popular marks in summer a...

BACKGROUND India has seen rapid unorganized urbanization in the past few decades. However, the burden of childhood diseases and malnutrition in such populations is difficult to quantify. The morbidity experience of children living in semi-urban slums of a southern Indian city is described. METHODS A total of 176 children were recruited pre-weaning from four geographically adjacent, semi-urban...

Background: Urban water sources of Khamis Mushait Governorate, southwestern Saudi Arabia, were studied to assess their bacteriological characteristics and suitability for potable purposes. A cross-sectional epidemiological method was adopted to investigate the four main urban water sources (i.e. bottled, desalinated, surface, and well water). These were sampled and examined between February and...

The goal of this study is to examine the Green Purchasing Behavior factor in customers' bottled mineral water purchases. Data were collected from 192 respondents who consume Jakarta. In study, quantitative research methods are used analyze validity, reliability, descriptive statistics, and Fit Model with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). results show that Environmental Advertisement has a sig...

Bottled drinking water is that has been processed without additives and then packaged safe for consumption. bottled products also vary widely, ranging from 250 ml packages to with 19 liter packaging. This product the one most widely used by public where it not only consumed as but a medium cooking. In addition affordable price, this package contains quite lot of compared other so able meet dail...

A 2011 survey of Mexico City’s households revealed that families prefer alternative sources of drinking water instead of relying in the city’s quality supply services. These include the purchase of bottled water, installation of filtration devices, and other means of water purification. The demand for better water quality was tested by estimating the household’s willingness to pay (WTP), using ...