{"id":3474,"date":"2009-08-05T08:19:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:22:51","slug":"water-supplies-tainted-artificial-sweeteners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2009\/08\/05\/water-supplies-tainted-artificial-sweeteners\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Supplies Tainted by Artificial Sweeteners"},"content":{"rendered":"
Municipal water supplies contain “significant amounts” of artificial sweeteners, according to a new study<\/a> from the Water Technology Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany.\u00c2\u00a0 Featured in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry<\/a><\/em>, the study found water treatment does not remove the artificial sweeteners.\u00c2\u00a0 Natural News<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n Researchers from the Water Technology Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany examined levels of seven common sweeteners – acesulfame, saccharin, aspartame, cyclamate (currently banned in the US and Canada), sucralose, neotame and NHDC – using a new method that enables detection of the substances simultaneously. Analysis of the water samples revealed that up to 80% and 59% of sucralose and acesulfame remained respectively, despite treatment and advanced filtration. Acesulfame was found to be the most treatment resistant sweetener, with several hundred nanograms of saccharin and cyclamate also remaining.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n\n