Synthetic gastric juice containing H+ and Cl− did exhibit reduced bromate ion levels, but at a rate that was too slow for a significant amount of bromate to be reduced under typical stomach retention time conditions.
It said in a statement: "Coca-Cola, the makers of Dasani, informed the Food Standards Agency yesterday that some samples of their bottled water product, Dasani, have been found to contain bromate at higher levels than are legally permitted in the UK for either bottled or tap water.
In addition, performance data are presented detailing the joint EPA/American Society for Testing and Materials multilaboratory validation of EPA Method 317.0 for disinfection by-product anions and low-level bromate.
When stocks of purified water were tested last December before Dasani was introduced, Mr. Chandler said, the level of bromate was found to be within the permissible limit under British law of 10 parts per billion.
"However, the agency understands that some consumers may choose not to drink any Dasani they purchased prior to its withdrawal, given the levels of bromate it contains".
Only weeks after it introduced Dasani bottled water into Britain, the Coca-Cola Company ordered a recall of some 500,000 bottles on Friday after finding excess levels of bromate.
But the entire batch was being withdrawn today after the drink was found to contain levels of bromate - a substance linked with an increased cancer risk - in excess of UK legal standards.
Levels of bromate, a potentially harmful chemical, were found to exceed legal limits in the water.Fat profitsGoldman Sachs reported a record profit of $1.3 billion in the latest quarter, nearly double what it made a year ago.
Treatment of normal rat kidney cells and primary salivary gland epithelial cells with bromate decreased phospho-MED1 levels in a reversible fashion upon treatment with p38 inhibitors (SB202190; SB202190).
Bromate treatment reduced P-MED1 levels, and this effect was inhibited by SB202190.
When illegal levels of cancer-causing bromate chemicals were discovered, Coke had no choice but to recall 500,000 bottles and abandon the drink's launch.
