Chemical Contents of Bottled Waters in Turkey and Their Evaluation According to the Health

Abstract

Increase in bottled water consumption in our country has been observed especially in last decade as in developed countries. A lot of firms have materialized the bottled water production particularly in the industrialized and overpopulated areas in Turkey with the high consumption of the bottled water. The number of bottled water production firm is over 180 in Turkey at present. In this study, physical and chemical parameters of the bottled waters have been evaluated according to the statistical characteristics. Physical and chemical parameters in the bottled water which are sometimes over the limits can negatively affect the human health. Median values of the bottled waters' chemical parameters have been compared with the limit values designated by The Ministry of Health and interpretations of the over limit parameters have been realized. On the other hand, concentrations of calcium (Ca), magnesium and sodium (Na) ions, which are present in the major amounts in the bottled water and necessary for the human body, evaluated statistically and interpreted from the point of health. Ca, Mg and Na contents of the bottled and tap waters in Turkey have been compared with Europe and North America's bottled and tap waters. This comparison has showed that these three minerals contents of our bottled waters are poorer but, tap waters are richer than Europe and North America's. It is understood that recommended daily intake amount of Ca (800 mg/day) and Mg (350 mg/day) for the body can be obtained by the consumption of 2 liters per day from the bottled, tap and mineral water in Turkey in the range of2.5% Ca, 8.8% Ca, 35% Ca and 1.4 %Mg, 7.5%Mg, 33%Mg, respectively.

Keywords

• Mineral Water
• Tap Water
• Health
• Bottled Water
• Türkiye

Türkiye’deki Şişe Sularının Kimyasal İçerikleri ve Sağlık Açısından Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Gelişmiş ülkelerde olduğu gibi ülkemizde de özellikle son yıllarda şişe suyu tüketiminde artış görülmektedir. Şişe suyu tüketimine paralel olarak çok sayıda firma ülkemizde, özellikle sanayinin geliştiği ve nüfusun fazla olduğu yerlerde, şişe suyu üretimine geçmişlerdir. Şu an Türkiye`de 180`nin üzerinde şişe suyu üreten firma yer almaktadır. Bu çalışmada şişe sularındaki fiziksel ve kimyasal parametreler istatistiksel açıdan değerlendirilmiştir. Sularda yer alan ve kimi zaman limitleri aşan fiziksel ve kimyasal parametreler insan sağlığını olumsuz yönde etkileyebilmektedir. Şişe sularındaki kimyasal parametrelerin medyan değerleri Sağlık Bakanlığı tarafından belirlenmiş olan limit değerleriyle karşılaştırılmış ve bu limit değerleri aşan parametrelerle ilgili yorumlar yapılmıştır. Diğer taraftan insan vücudu için gerekli olan ve suda majör miktarda bulunan kalsiyum (Ca), magnezyum (Mg) ve sodyum (Na) iyonlarının şişe sularındaki derişimleri de istatistiksel olarak değerlendirilerek sağlık açısından yorumlanmıştır. Ülkemizdeki şişe ve musluk sularının Ca, Mg ve Na içerikleri Avrupa ve Kuzey Amerika şişe ve musluk sulan ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Bu karşılaştırma, şişe sularımızın anılan üç element açısından nispeten fakir, musluk sularımızın ise zengin olduğunu göstermiştir. Türkiye`deki şişe, musluk ve maden sularının günde 2 l’lik tüketimi ile vücudun ihtiyacı olan Ca (800 mg/gün) ve Mg (350 mg/gün) miktarının bu sulardan sırasıyla %2.5 Ca, %8.8 Ca, %35 Cave%1.4Mg, %7.5 Mg, %33 Mg oranında karşılanabileceği anlaşılmaktadır.

Keywords

• Maden Suyu
• Musluk Suyu
• Sağlık
• Şişe Suyu
• Türkiye

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