health
Laboratory test shows no microplastics detected in
Spritzer natural mineral water sample
KUALA LUMPUR,
Apr 14, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Spritzer Malaysia
(“Spritzer”), Malaysia’s best-selling natural mineral water,
has released the results of an analysis conducted by a
reputable independent laboratory, SIRIM Berhad, showing that
no microplastics have been detected in Spritzer’s
silica-rich natural mineral water.
The
laboratory had recently conducted tests from a sample taken
from a 600ml Spritzer Natural Mineral Water bottle produced
on 21 January 2021 and did not detect any synthetic polymers
or microplastics, even when examined under 50 times
magnification.
This is in contrast to research
conducted by the State University of New York – Fredonia
(“SUNY-Fredonia”) titled “Synthetic Polymer Contamination in
Bottled Water” revealing that many international brands of
bottled water were contaminated with microplastics, which,
according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and the European Chemicals Agency, are very
small fragments of plastic originating from various
industrial and manufacturing processes and products that can
contaminate natural ecosystems.
The tests done by
SUNY-Fredonia covered 259 individual bottles from 27
different lots across 11 brands, purchased from 19 locations
in nine countries around the world. The SUNY-Fredonia report
noted that there was an average of 325 particles per litre,
with concentration ranging from zero to more than 10,000
particles in a single bottle. From the samples, the report
found that 93% were found to contain
microplastics.
Most notably, the SUNY-Fredonia tests
showed that microplastics were detected in the samples from
these brands ranging from 6.5 uM (micrometre) to 100 uM in
sizes. However, the recent analysis conducted by the
independent laboratory showed that in these ranges and even
up to 1uM, no microplastics were detected in Spritzer
Natural Mineral Water.
The findings from SIRIM are a
powerful affirmation of the stringent quality processes
practiced by Spritzer, and a testament to its efforts in
ensuring that the pristine 330-acre site in Taiping, Perak
located near a tropical rainforest from which the Company
draws the sources of its natural mineral water, is kept
clean and safe for consumption.
Spritzer, which has
won awards for the refreshing taste of its mineral water as
well as various certifications for product processing, is
committed to protecting the integrity, quality, safety and
purity of this natural water source with automated and
advanced bottling technology used to ensure that it is free
from pollution.
Silica-rich mineral water has also
been found to be beneficial to health, as research by
UK-based Keele University has found. Those who consume 1- to
1.5 litres of Spritzer Natural Mineral Water can reduce or
eliminate aluminium toxins found in their bodies as the
silicate acid in the natural mineral water bonds with the
toxins that are then passed out as
urine.
