Chemical shock: TFA in mineral water-danger to health?

Chemical shock: TFA in mineral water-danger to health?

An alarming finding is concerned with the mineral water industry in Austria: Analyzes of the Global 2000 environmental protection association and the European Pesticide Action Network (Pan Europe) confirm the presence of the risky chemical trifluoracet (TFA) in several types of mineral water. As part of an extensive test in 2024, water samples from original packaged bottles were taken from bottlers in seven European countries. The chemist Helmut Burtscher damage from Global 2000 explains that ten of the nineteen bottler TFA was detectable, which is considered "eternity chemical", since it is hardly mined and is associated with numerous health risks, the reporting on Kleine Zeitung .

It is particularly worrying that in two out of five Austrian mineral water types TFA has been demonstrated. Most of these contaminants can be attributed to the use of PFAS pesticides in agriculture that penetrate into the protected water sources. Despite the evidence, the environmentalists emphasize that the EU's health guidelines are not exceeded with a high consumption of two liters a day. The affected mineral water producers expressed the desire not to publish the test results-a procedure that, according to Burtscher damage, is politically motivated to protect the call of the brands. Such a claim was discussed in a press conference, as reported.

The organizations have confirmed the residues found in further tests. This topic raises significant questions regarding the regulation of chemicals in food production and could have far -reaching consequences for manufacturers who rely on state protective measures when extracting their water. The public discussion about the safety of mineral water is in full swing, which alerts many consumers in this sensitive industry.