Ozone in bottled drinking water

Raymond Thaspuri said in an interview on "the effect of ozonization" recently that bottled drinking water with AQUA brand is free from ozone. The head of the drug and food control agency (POM), Sampurna, also confirmed that no ozone was found in AQUA drinking water.

In connection with those statements I would like to refer to information at www.ozonepurewater.com, which states that "bottled water" needs "ozone residual", meaning that bottled drinking water contains ozone.

We should be aware that 0.1 ppm ozone content in the air is dangerous to human health. Even 0.02 - 0.03 ppm ozone content in lowland air can crack a car tire made of natural rubber. The trouble can be avoided by mixing natural rubber used in tire production with antioxidant to neutralize the effect of ozone.

Realizing the destructive effect of ozone, I call on factories that use ozone to be mindful of the health of their employees and people living in the surrounding areas by checking the ozone content of the air in the production unit and the surrounding places using ozonometer.

It is important to note that ozone in the air is categorized a pollutant, like carbon monoxide. Is an ozonometer therefore available at the AQUA drinking water factories?

SUNARTO PRAWIROSUJANTO

Jakarta