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Thai plastic bottled water quite safe say Thai authorities after US study

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Thai plastic bottled water quite safe say Thai authorities after US study

 

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The Thai Food and Drug Administration has said that Thai water in plastic bottles is safe to drink.

 

The statement came after a study conducted at a US university on behalf of Orb Media.

 

Around 90 per cent of water in plastic bottles was found to contain something called microplastics that could be carcinogenic.

 

The study was conducted on plastic bottles in nine countries including the US, China and Thailand.

 

Dr Wanchai Satyawutipong said consumers in Thailand need not be concerned - international standards were followed.

 

A review has been ordered by the World Health Organisation in the wake of the report.

 

Dr Wanchai said that Thailand would monitor the situation and any new measures that might be decided would be strictly followed in the future.

 

Source: INN

 
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36 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

Dr Wanchai Satyawutipong said consumers in Thailand need not be concerned - international standards were followed.

 

I have a hard time to believe that international standards are followed for ANYTHING in Thailand.

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39 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Thai Food and Drug Administration has said that Thai water in plastic bottles is safe to drink.

 

The statement came after a study conducted at a US university on behalf of Orb Media.

 

Around 90 per cent of water in plastic bottles was found to contain something called microplastics that could be carcinogenic.

So is arsenic when taken in small doses only... :ph34r:

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4 minutes ago, janclaes47 said:

 

I have a hard time to believe that international standards are followed for ANYTHING in Thailand.

Or even recognised without an instant announcement of "No, worry. This Thailand; everything here #1 in the world! Foreigner know not what they talk about..." :partytime2:

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

Around 90 per cent of water in plastic bottles was found to contain something called microplastics that could be carcinogenic.

 

I saw the study a couple of weeks ago but missed the carcinogenic part.  The worst thing I saw was "health effects of ingesting microplastics were not known".  

 

I'm not sure what the solution is.  Less dependence on disposable plastic would certainly be a good thing, but people need to drink water.  Public drinking fountains would be nice but probably nobody would trust them and they wouldn't be kept in working order.

 

Shrug, drinking microplastics it is, then.

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56 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Or even recognised without an instant announcement of "No, worry. This Thailand; everything here #1 in the world! Foreigner know not what they talk about..." :partytime2:

Even more that there is no International Standards. "Quite Safe" because even the International Scientific Community do not know the impact of this. But if 90%, why should it be different in Thailand...

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-finds-microplastics-more-90-percent-tested-water-bottles-2-180968507/

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45 minutes ago, djayz said:

"quite safe" isn't very reassuring... "absolutely safe" would make me feel better.

If it were safe, they'd say 'it is very safe and up to standards'. But 'quite safe' means it's not, but we don't want be called liars (after saying 'it is safe') once it is proven, by more tests, that it is not. What does 'quite safe' even mean? Is it quite okay to drink, or does 'quite safe' mean you may very well die of cancer after drinking two bottles a day over a longer time span?

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We've had some discussions about that, last year I think.  Such dispensers were found to be rather dirty/moldy/generally unsanitary.  It's hard to trace sickness back to that, though.

 

I always use tap water for boiling pasta, soups, sauces and anything that's going to be cooked.

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Around 90 per cent of water in plastic bottles was found to contain something called microplastics that could be carcinogenic.

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Dr Wanchai Satyawutipong said consumers in Thailand need not be concerned - international standards were followed.

So only 90% of water in plastic bottles contains something, that could cause cancer....

And the dear Dr Wanchai tells us not to worry.....because people in other countries have equally bad water...

Makes sense...:coffee1:

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3 hours ago, mok199 said:

any data  or bad experiences with the water from the coin operated machines around town?? we use it only to boil pasta...

The quality of water from the machines depends on how often they change the filters - which from anecdotal reports is 'not very often'.  Better to get your own water filter.

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3 hours ago, attrayant said:

 

I saw the study a couple of weeks ago but missed the carcinogenic part.  The worst thing I saw was "health effects of ingesting microplastics were not known".  

 

I'm not sure what the solution is.  Less dependence on disposable plastic would certainly be a good thing, but people need to drink water.  Public drinking fountains would be nice but probably nobody would trust them and they wouldn't be kept in working order.

 

Shrug, drinking microplastics it is, then.

I got my own water filter so no need to use water bottles. I get it in glass jugs.

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50 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

one theory I heard about how those microplastics get in the water is that it happens when you turn the screw cap to open the bottle.

Very likely - the report did say that most of the plastic was the same type as used to make the cap.  But this report was commissioned by a group of environmental campaigning journalists and they used a university lab rather than a specialist public health lab, and they just happened to sample bottle from the major global brands.  This a an environmental campaign against use of plastics (not a bad think in itself) masquerading as a health scare .... i.e fake news.

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3 hours ago, mok199 said:

any data  or bad experiences with the water from the coin operated machines around town?? we use it only to boil pasta...

I use it only in my fish tanks... 

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