Migration of aluminum from food contact materials to food—a health risk for consumers? Part II of III: migration of aluminum from drinking bottles and moka pots made of aluminum to beverages

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 1 Aluminum uptake from drinking bottles-child/adult and the respective percentage to TWI

Beverage in aluminum bottle	Mean concentration (mg/L)^a	Aluminum uptake-child^b (mg/week)	Percentage to TWI child	aluminum uptake-adult (mg/week)^c	Percentage to TWI adult
Lined drinking bottles
Water (n = 9)	0.03	0.12	0.80	0.12	0.17
Tea from bags (n = 9)	1.56	5.45	36.3	5.45	7.78
Granulated tea (n = 9)	0.44	1.54	10.3	1.54	2.20
Apple juice and mineral water mix (n = 9)	1.02	3.58	23.8	3.58	5.11
Unlined drinking bottles
Water (n = 6)	0.30	1.06	7.06	1.06	1.51
Tea from bags (n = 6)	6.22	21.8	145	21.8	31.1
Granulated tea (n = 6)	2.30	8.05	53.6	8.05	11.5
Apple juice and mineral water mix (n = 6)	4.34	15.2	101	15.2	21.7

^aThe results shown here are the arithmetic means of the results from three repetitions of experiments on bottles from all five manufacturers
^bData for a child weighing 15 kg consuming a daily portion of 500 mL for a period of 1 week (7 days)
^cData for an adult weighing 70 kg consuming a daily portion of 500 mL for a period of 1 week (7 days)