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Table 15.7 Summary of prescribed concentrations of toxic substances in spring and
bottled drinking water

Parameter Maximum concentration Unit of measurement

Arsenic 10 μg As/l

Cadmium 5 μg Cd/l

Cyanide 50 μg CN/l

Chromium 50 μg Cr/l

Mercury 1 μg Hg/l

Nickel 20 μg Ni/l

Selenium 10 μg Se/l

Antimony 5 μg Sb/l

Lead 10 μg Pb/l

Pesticides, etc.* Individual substances 0.1 μg/l

Total substances 0.5 μg/l

Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Sum of specifi ed compounds 0.1 μg/l

Bromate 10 μg BrO 3 /l

Boron 1.0 mg/l

Benzo(a)pyrene 0.010 μg/l

Tetrachloroethene and
trichloroethene

10 μg/l

Tetrachloromethane 3 μg/l

Benzene 1.0 μg/l

1,2-dichloroethane 3.0 μg/l

Trichloromethane
Dichlorobromomethane Sum of concentrations μg/l

Dibromochloromethane 100

Tribromomethane
Epichlorhydrin 0.10* μg/l

Vinyl chloride 0.5* μg/l

Acrylamide 0.10* μg/l

Source: Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) Regulations
2007, Schedule 2, Part 2, Table B.
Notes:
These regulations apply to England. Corresponding regulations apply to Wales, Scotland and
Northern Ireland.
The term 'pesticides' includes organic insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, nematocides, acaricides,
algicides, rodenticides, slimicides and related products.
Specifi c PAH are benzo(b)fl uoranthrene, benzo(k)fl ouranthrene,benzo(ghi)perylene and
indenol(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
* Value refers to residual monomer concentration in water as calculated according to specifi cations
of the maximum release from the corresponding polymer in contact with the water.

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cost-effective way of giving the consumer a product that may be stored and used
as required over a period of time.
In the past, most ready-to-drink products were carbonated and packed in glass
or metal cans. The market for carbonated drinks continues to dominate this sector
with cola, lemonade and orange drinks being the main fl avours but now mainly
packed in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles or aluminium cans. These are