Then, can bottled water cause birth defects?
Water doesn't have to smell or look wrong to be dangerous—especially to embryos in the first few weeks of development. A new study links three contaminants—nitrates, atrazine, and arsenic—to birth defects, and cautions people who get their drinking water from private wells to consider having them tested.
Additionally, what water should a pregnant woman drink? During pregnancy you should drink 8 to 12 cups (64 to 96 ounces) of water every day. Water has many benefits. It aids digestion and helps form the amniotic fluid around the fetus. Water also helps nutrients circulate in the body and helps waste leave the body.
Likewise, people ask, can bottled water cause miscarriage?
Pregnant women are being warned to avoid eating canned foods and foods microwaved in plastic containers, as well as drinking from water bottles left out in the sun, because according to new findings from Stanford University, high levels of BPA (short for bisphenol-A), a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings
Should I drink tap or bottled water when pregnant?
In general, the best water to drink while pregnant – or anytime you want the safest water – is tap water. More than 90 percent of Americans get their tap water from community water systems, which are held to safe drinking water standards.
