Drinking water is assured in Tianjin

(Jin Magazine)
Updated: 2012-06-07

The new national standard focus on the heavy metal

Tianjin channel: From July 1st onwards, the new "drinking water health standards" will be enforced. At the same time, according to popular drinking water science knowledge, you can enhance the safety consciousness of all people about drinking water. Tianjin started an activity named 2012 Tianjin city first drinking water health awareness week.

The new standard seriously aimed at heavy metals in the water.

According to the introduction, the new national standard detection index was increased from 35 to 106, and put forward the definition of drinking water and daily water for the first time, drinking water (mainly including taking a shower or using it to wash) can influence people’s health through respiratory and dermal exposure. The data says that the human body through skin contact absorption absorbs around 60%, and by drinking the absorbed volume accounted for about 20% to 30%, there is a certain effect to the health of the human body, if we are exposed to unsafe water for a long period of time.

A relevant responsible person of the City environmental sanitation supervision department said, Tianjin drinking water check always conforms to the national standards. The index of detection has also been good. Next step will be more strict on the heavy metal material, such as arsenic and chromium, according to the new national standard.