“…In 2004, the Massachusetts DPH reported that perchlorate concentrations in 50 bottled waters (e.g., drinking waters from PWS, spring waters, and artesian well waters) of 6 countries (i.e., United States, Canada, France, Italy, Norway, and Fiji) for sale in Massachusetts, which were submitted by bottled water companies, were <1 mg l À1 . Perchlorate concentrations in 5 bottled waters from PWSs in Japan were in the range of <0.05 to 0.92 mg l À1 and those in the remaining 59 bottled waters (e.g., natural and purified waters) mostly from Japan were in the range of <0.05 to 0.57 mg l À1 (Asami et al, 2009b). It was also reported that perchlorate concentrations in 9 of 10 bottled waters from 5 countries (i.e., France, India, Germany, Canada, and Portugal) were low, ranging from below the level of detection to 0.198AE0.017 mg l À1 , and that in the remaining 1 bottled water from Portugal was 5.098AE0.040 mg l À1 (El Aribi et al, 2006).…”