Some symptoms of acute inhalation exposure in humans include tearing and burning of the eyes, sore throat, nasal secretion, bronchitis, shortness of breath, and edema of the lungs. Ethyleneimine is a severe blistering agent, causing third degree chemical burns of the skin. It is also corrosive to eye tissue and may cause permanent corneal opacity and conjunctival scarring. At low levels, chronic (long-term) inhalation exposure has been reported to result in effects on the blood in humans.
This type of bottled water can certainly contain some contaminants, due to the fact that this tends to be âsurface water.â In other words, municipal water can come from open aqueducts, reservoirs, water runoff from snow melt, or any water that is sourced from the surface of the ground.
Unfortunately, nobody really knows if plastic water bottles cause cancer. We know that plastic is made from petrochemicals. We know that these toxic chemicals, like BPA and phthalates, can leach into the water.