AboutGeorge Maxwell Expertise I am happy to answer any educational, general and industrial chemistry questions, although I specialise in organic chemistry.
Experience I am a qualified chemist, and work as a consultant in the chemical industry. I also teach chemistry in a number of sixth-form colleges, and work for the fire brigade, advising on dealing with chemical incidents.
Organizations GSMChem Consultancy.
Publications Journal of Chemical Education
National Higher Education Academy
Plus independent book publications.
Question We use to consume boiled mineral water.. is it harmful
to human body if we consume boiled mineral water? Many are saying that mineral water should not be boiled and should be consumed directly.
Please advice Scientifically.
Cheers
sanjay
Answer There is no health hazard to consuming boiled or fresh mineral water (unless, of course, the source of the water has been contaminated, or if chemicals from the plastic bottle leach in to the water).
Companies like selling bottled water by saying it has many advantages over fresh water, but these are mostly imaginary; recent studies have shown that bottled water contains fewer dissolved minerals (like calcium) that are good for you than tap water.
Boiling any sort of water does tend to give it a "flat" taste, because as water boils, all of the dissolved air in it escapes. This isn't harmful, but mineral water manufacturers obviously don't want people to think of their product as tasting bland, so they advise against drinking it boiled.
