Mumbaikars, go easy on chugging bottled water; turns out, it's not so safe, after all. The Food and Drug Administration Maharashtra that had collected six samples last year for testing, after receiving a complaint of contamination, has found hazardous chemicals in three of them.

In 2015, a report of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre had found presence of bromate, a carcinogen, in packaged drinking water in Mumbai. A doctor had then lodged a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission, which was forwarded to FSSAI. The latter had asked the FDA to conduct an investigation. FDA had collected six samples from different places, such as Andheri, Cotton Green, Sewri and Malad, that were sent to the state public health laboratory in Pune for analysis.