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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>>
>>Maybe I should've put this in the Humor section. ;)
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>"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"
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/24/us_mobile_apps/ the surprising outlay, which was spent with the do-anything consultants Eastern Research Group, part of the UK-based AEA Group - "A world leading energy & climate change consultancy".
should we be embarrassed.