Healthywater in Spanish Coasts

Maria, asked me days ago- sorry for the delay- about mineral water. The are several reasons why I said they are not the best water we can get. First, because  most of the bottles used to sell mineral waters normally are plastics, this are made of PET (Polyethylene Terephtalate) and a dangerous material used as catalyst for the manufacture of the abovementioned PET : Antimony trioxide (a compound of antimony) "filter" into the water, mainly because of high temperature (over 18ºC) and also due to longer periods of water in the plastic bottle. Don't you agree water taste awful when you drink of a bottle you forgot in the car during few days?. Also this contamination is produced  when the plastic bottle suffer of knockings. There are huge amounts of information about it in the web. For example, the research made by Dr. Ch. Reimann from Norway, leader of the Euro Geo Surveys Group, which toghether with his colegues of different european countries analized about 1500 differents marks of mineral waters and the results are that most of the waters are contaminated by small amounts of antimony, highly dangerous for human health; there are also other repports about the issue, saying that this is one of the reasons of breast cancer in women. Mineral waters are good in the spring, in the origin, at the balnearies, nice natural pools,where they come from,  NOT in the plastic botlles.

But, the minerals are essentials to life, isn't it?.  Yes, but  the water is not the best way to get them. Our knees dosn't like either; It is better to get the minerals we need from other sources : fruits, vegetables, beans, etc.. 

Best regards,

Joaquín