RA HEALTH MINISTER CONSIDERS INFORMATION OF FDA ABOUT ‘JERMUK’ MINERAL WATER EXAGGERATED
Arminfo
2007-03-30 12:47:00
A panic concerned with an intolerable content of arsenic in the
mineral water "Jermuk" is unjustified and exaggerated. This water and
the content of arsenic in it meets all the parameters of RA GOST on
safety and quality of the natural mineral waters. Along with it, like
any other medical water, it should be used by doctor’s recommendation,
and as a table water – in definite quantities, the RA Health Minister
Norair Davidyan told ArmInfo, commenting on the information of FDA
about the mineral water "Jermuk" being hazardous for health.
He underlined that the indicators of arsenic content, given by FDA,
require fundamental and additional investigations. "I do not know what
they were checking but it is unambiguous that one should be based
on the results of analyses on one bottle only. Moreover, despite
the fact the human organism consist of water by 80%, the people are
contra-indicated to drink two pails of water at once. The same refers
to the indicators of chemical harmlessness of the mineral water,
which are determined by the values and ratios of their indicators. At
least, we drink the "Jermuk" and feel well. At that, we do not forget
that it is very useful in definite proportions and prescriptions",
N. Davidyan said.