The adventure of the filter jugs, already accused by Ettore Fortuna, president of Mineracqua, of not performing the promised functions on the purification of tap water seems to have come to an end. But if at the beginning the story could raise doubts about the real reasons for the complaint of Mineracqua which, bringing together all the producers of bottled water, had clear economic interests to ensure that these tools disappear from the trade, now instead precise scientific confirmations arrive with the filing in the Prosecutor's Office of a Nas report.
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The adventure of the filter jugs, already accused by Ettore Fortuna, president of Mineracqua, not to perform the promised functions on the purification oftap water. But if at the beginning the story could raise doubts about the real reasons for the complaint by Mineracqua which, bringing together all the producers of bottled water, had clear economic interests to ensure that these tools disappear from the trade, now instead precise scientific confirmations arrive with the filing of a expert opinion of the Nas.
from analysis carried out by the antisophistication nucleus emerges in fact, comparing the water before and after the passage in the pitchers, that these they do not alter the properties of the water in the least, nor do they improve its quality, as is instead led to believe by commercials. The systems used by the jugs would not affect, according to the results of the Nas, the hardness of the water, nor would they filter the substances making the water qualitatively better.
And indeed, what is even more serious, they might even be dangerous: based on what was found by one of the analyzes, the water introduced into the jugs should be drunk immediately because there would be a risk that, if it was allowed to settle, some types of bacteria, such as coliforms. Furthermore, the filter, instead of purifying the water, seems to deprive it of some essential nutrients, such as calcium and some mineral salts.
In short, a real scam, if you think about what is promised in the YouTube's ADS, but click on them, of the offending jugs. For this the Codacons, as soon as he became aware of the results of the Nas investigations, he started a study to see if one is feasible class action to get those who bought the jugs a refund for the amount spent. "In fact, if the consumer buys a product that not only does not keep the promises contained in the advertisements, but does not even perform the primary function for which it was born (in this case the qualitative improvement of the water) - reads the Codacons website - economic damage from him it is immediately evident. Damage that is identical for all those who have purchased the property in question, and which can be compensated through a collective action to be brought against the manufacturers of the jugs ".
In short, it continues to be safer to drink the water as it comes out in our homes, considering that municipal aqueducts they are monitored constantly and assiduously. If it should be true that filter jugs are useless, this should not prevent us from continuing to choose tap water instead of bottled water which, remember, is a source of pollution Both for the plastic used that for the emissions caused by its transport.
Eleonora Cresci
