Youth Weekend June 27 reported that the market has been detected in a number of mineral products contain high concentrations of carcinogens, "Bromate", and the "trade secrets" are hidden in people's eyes more than 10 years old - recent media issue this story has aroused people's attention.
     The report reporter had "mixed" into last year's annual meeting of the national mineral water, inquired into the secrets of the industry. The report also said that domestic manufacturers in the use of ozone, will inevitably produce bromate; in mineral national standards, there has been no bromate this one; the new standard is being revised, the first 6 draft originally joined this one, but in the seventh artwork has been mysteriously removed.
     This leads to a large number of related questions: Currently on the market for sale of mineral water, whether bottled water or, bottled water or, really dangerous carcinogenic exist? This "hidden secret for 10 years of the industry," why has not revealed to the public? Someone hide the truth? National standards had not yet bromate why this indicator? Whether the new national standard will be added bromate detection?
     "Youth Weekend" this reporter pursued the mineral water manufacturers, industry associations and Chinese drinking AQSIQ and other departments. But the answer to this question relevant personnel, so we have to ask for "mineral water carcinogenic bromate" issue, whether the public should have the right to know? Who will protect the public's right to know?
Expert: not open "excessive" brand
     Still for sale on the market, "carcinogenic" mineral water "Domestic production of mineral water, generally for sterilization and the extensive use of ozone, which brought a derivative called bromate." June 16, the China Disease prevention and Control Center environmental Health and Related product Safety technicians Yueyin Ling in the "Youth Weekend" reporters this introduction.
     Two years ago, 岳銀玲, who told the Beijing market in the sale of bottled mineral water to conduct random checks, determination of bromate, the papers published in the "Chinese Journal of Health Laboratory." Testing results show that some brands of mineral water bromate content is very high, if long-term drinking, there is a potential risk of cancer.
     Yueyin Ling recalled that at the time they are a random sample survey, the election of a supermarket in Beijing, more than 10 kinds of mineral water for testing, the results showed that all the samples are detected bromate, its concentration in the 0.89 ~ 48.2μg / between L, where there are two kinds of bromate bottled mineral water exceeds World Health Organization and the US Environmental Protection Agency under the maximum allowable concentration. And one of bromate content of mineral water, the WHO and the United States is almost five times the maximum allowable concentration, "has some potential carcinogenicity."
But no 岳銀玲 told reporters that two brands of mineral water which is too high a concentration.
     She said: "We are randomly bought from the supermarket mineral water, different batches, bromate may also will be changed, if the manufacturers responsible, to disclose what the brand."
岳銀玲 et al paper appeal to the relevant departments to strengthen the domestic market of bottled mineral water health surveillance and monitoring, and to develop appropriate health standards as soon as possible, in order to protect the health of consumers.
     Today, two years later, the situation then?
     China Institute of fermented food industry Guo Xinguang director told reporters that last year they started to develop new standards, but also on the market for mineral water were tested, some brands of bromate concentration is too high does exist, but he denial is a common situation.
     Due to the sensitivity of the matter, "the youth weekend," a reporter from the authorities there, are unable to understand what specific brands of mineral water in the sale of bromate concentration is too high. A consumer question: If government departments do not expose these brands exceeded, whether the consumer is not responsible for it?
     Consumers have become carcinogenic bromate "consensus" it?
     Why suddenly mineral water bromate problem surfaced in recent days? It really is a "concealed 10 years of trade secrets" do?
     Yueyin Ling believes that even among the researchers, bromate also pay attention to it's only in recent years. "In the past our country is not special attention to bromate, there are objective and subjective reasons, but in recent years the situation has changed."
     According 岳銀玲 say, before the domestic mineral water companies have come to the mineral water disinfected with chlorine, ozone is not used, so the bromate problem basically does not exist. Of course, the chlorine itself has a lot of problems, bring a lot of side effects, so in recent years, the industry began to turn to the use of ozone sterilization, using the current process in the country have been very popular, so excessive bromate began stand out.
    "Foreign developed earlier, bromate has been IARC 2b level as a potential carcinogen, but in China's mineral water standards, have not been included in the bromate standard." Yueyin Ling said.
"We also call attention to the national authorities in the paper this problem. Drinking water purifier manufacturer standards implemented in 2007 has been added to this index, mineral water, although there is no national standard to join, but the new standards are being revised process, slowly improving it. "
     But Yueyin Ling did not think it was a secret to hide, she thought, not only in research and mineral industry is already a consensus, the Internet has a lot of relevant information in propaganda, people can go to check.