Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Half of the bottled water in Mexico City contains bacteria and fecal matter

Bottled or garrafon water in Mexico City contains bacteria and fecal matter in at least half of the products available on the market. For this reason, its consumption is not adequate for human health, according to a study prepared and published by the researcher Homero Martínez Salgado of the National Polytechnic Institute.

The study indicates that most of the water jugs that are consumed in the capital have presence of faecal residues that can cause serious diseases, such as diarrheal disease, and damage to the immune system.

At least two thousand small water bottlers . . .

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