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Heads up, Topo Chico has the highest levels of PFAS of all carbonated water drinks tested by Consumer Reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/bottled-water/wh
by cwkoss 5y ago
Heads up, Topo Chico has the highest levels of PFAS of all carbonated water drinks tested by Consumer Reports:
https://www.consumerreports.org/bottled-water/whats-really-in-your-bottled-water/ https://www.consumerreports.org/bottled-water/whats-really-i...
PPT PFAS for various brands:
1.1 - Perrier Natural Sparkling Mineral Water
1.16 - La Croix Natural Sparkling Water
1.24 - Canada Dry Lemon Lime Sparkling Seltzer Water
1.66 - Poland Spring Zesty Lime Sparkling Water
2.24 - Bubly Blackberry Sparkling Water
6.41 - Polar Natural Seltzer Water
9.76 - Topo Chico Natural Mineral Water
(brands that are <1PPT in link)
- hammock 5y agoThanks for the link. Interesting that PFAS are so much more common in sparkling water vs. flat water. It must be leaching from the equipment used to carbonate or otherwise process the water - possibly facilitated in part by the fact that carbonated water is slightly acidic. Makes me also remember that there is PFAS in all kinds of food processing equipment that we know very little about. For example, in the US pasta extruders are coated with Teflon and who knows how often or how well that coating is maintained. (In Europe the pasta extruders are not Teflon-coated by regulation)
- RecentlyThawed 5y agoWhat I don't get about the article is if there is a difference between glass, plastic, and aluminum cans. I would assume the article is going over plastic bottles but around here most TopoChico options come in glass.
- maxerickson 5y agoAluminum cans have a polymer liner.