물 전문가들은 최근 새로운 오염 물질의 위험에 더 잘 대처하기 위한 식수 처리와 관련된 기업들과 평가 부서간의 증가 교류를 촉구했다. 물 관련 제품에 대한 국제 규제 워크숍은 중국의 보건부와 질병 통제 및 예방을 위한 중국 센터 환경 보건 관련 제품 안전 연구소와 NSF International로부터의 많은 전문가들을 목요일 베이징에 모이게 했다.
NSF International의 전문가인 Rick Andrew는 권위 있는 부서의 인증 및 물 관련 제품에 대한 꾸준한 감독은 정부의 모니터링 과정에서 허점을 막고 물 관련 기업 간의 건전한 경쟁을 촉진하는 워크숍이라고 밝혔다.
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Water Experts Discuss Cooperation in Tackling New Pollutants
A water expert has recently called for increasing exchanges between the assessment bureaus and the companies that deal with drinking water treatment in order to better cope with the risks from new water pollutants.
Roy Kuennen, a water purifier scientist with the Amway Corporation, also encouraged various types of cooperation worldwide to discuss approaches to obtaining clean water resources at this year's International Regulatory Workshop on Water-related Products recently held in Beijing.
Kuennen also said that unified criteria as well as testing methods for water treatment around the globe is crucial for future cooperation.
The International Regulatory Workshop on Water-related Products gathered dozens of experts in Beijing on Thursday from China's Ministry of Health, the Institute of Environmental Health and Related Product Safety with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and NSF International, an accredited, independent third-party certification body.
Rick Andrew, an expert from NSF International, told the workshop that authoritative bureaus' certification and a steady supervision on water-related products will help avert loopholes in the government monitoring process and promote healthy competition among water-related enterprises.
He also said that details of their future cooperation with China would be discussed on the second day of the workshop, including methods and a timetable for mutual cooperation as well as the expectations for their efforts.
Rick Andrew (L), an expert from NSF International, Steve VerStrat (C), a senior manager in charge of regulations and policy affairs with the Amway Corporation and Dave Haataja (R), executive director of US Water Quality Association answer media questions at the International Regulatory Workshop on Water-related Products held in Beijing on Thursday, March 21, 2013. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
To date, NSF International's certification standard has been widely adopted in the European Union, US, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Australia and many other countries and regions.
The workshop was held to mark World Water Day on March 22. This year's World Water Day theme was "Water Cooperation."
A report jointly conducted by WHO and UNICEF following a survey in 2010 shows that some 884 million people worldwide suffer from an inadequate supply of safe drinking water.
In China, the most severe water-related problems include the shortage of water supplies, worsening water pollution and the deterioration in water ecology, according to an official with the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources.
Statistics from the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources also shows that drinking water sources in cities face a pollution risk. An increasing amount of Chinese urban dwellers are purchasing water purifiers to better ensure the quality of their home drinking water.
However, every seven out of ten sampled water purifiers fail to reach the government's relevant standard, according to a news release made by Sichuan provincial consumer rights protection authorities recently.
In addition, more than 100-million rural residents in China don't have access to clean drinking water and are suffering from underground water badly polluted by heavy metals.
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