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EU says you CAN'T claim drinking water stops dehydration
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25/11/2011 04:59:43
 
 
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Food & Culinary
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Drinks
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>Drinking water does not ease dehydration, the European Union has ruled – and anyone who disagrees faces two years in prison.
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>The decision – after three years of discussions – results from an attempt by two German academics to test EU advertising rules which set down when companies can claim their products reduce the risk of disease.
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>The academics asked for a ruling on a convoluted statement which, in short, claimed that water could reduce dehydration.

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>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063031/Dehydration-EU-says-CANT-claim-drinking-water-stops-body-drying-out.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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>Maybe I should've put this in the Humor section. ;)

"The US Department of Labor spent more than $200,000 (£129,000) creating a mobile application telling people to drink four cups of water every hour"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/24/us_mobile_apps/
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