Acqua Panna Toscana Italian Glass Water Bottle:
84 +/- 18 ppm Lead (Pb), 15 +/- 7 ppm Cadmium (Cd).
This is considered within the “safe” range for consumer goods. To my knowledge at the time of publishing this post, no one has studied the impact of low-level lead content in beverage containers on the beverages contained inside. The acidity of the contained beverage, as well as the duration of time contained in the bottle, would likely play a part in any potential leaching IF that were a concern.
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Oh my!
I drink and cook with this water 🙁
My heavy metals tests were high in lead and cadmium! I wonder if this was the culprit???
I go through about 6 -7 12packs per month.
The water is 7.5 – 8ph I think so at least it’s not acidic.
It is possible for me to lead test the water inside accurately?
I guess I will have to switch to Starkey for the time being.
Hi Cynthia! Thank you for all of your comments (approved today)! Really truly, thank you!. Also – I can’t say if this is leaching into the water at all. I think it is a matter of acidity of the water and amount of time the water is stored in these vessels. The amount of lead in the glass is very low, but again – this is a case where no one has studied the impact of low level lead in glass bottles in terms of the capacity (or lack thereof) to contaminate the contents. Water tests need to be done to 5 parts per billion or lower. My friends at CertifiedKit.com have a water test down to 5 ppb.
Acqua Panna has switched to new labels. I wonder if they have switched bottles as well. If you get a chance in the future do you think you could test the new bottles? They have them at almost every grocery store. Except Wal Mart.