Go to jail for advertising that water will prevent dehydration?

[Stinsok]

C'mon...

EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration - Telegraph

 

[drteeth]

" EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact "

L
O
L

 

[kingpin2512]

This is even stupider than pizza being a veggie...

 

[MatticusMania]

Sounds about as reasonable as US COngress claiming that pizza is a vegetable...

 

[EricF]

A meeting of 21 scientists in Parma, Italy, concluded that reduced water content in the body was a symptom of dehydration and not something that drinking water could subsequently control.

This is seriously one of the most absurd statements I've even read.

 

[cjmodulus]

This is seriously one of the most absurd statements I've even read.

This.

 

[Relic]

...and Nero fiddled while Rome burned...

 

[kingpin2512]

Sounds about as reasonable as US COngress claiming that pizza is a vegetable...

I'd disagree...at least theirs tomato paste on pizza..

 

[Bloodhammer]

Well at least all the stupid isn't concentrated on this side of the pond....

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Welcome to the behavior of the EU and why some countries could be leaving it in the next few years . . .

 

[MatticusMania]

Welcome to the behavior of the EU and why some countries could be leaving it in the next few years . . .

At least they can leave the EU... its not so easy to depart from congress. At least not without a fight.

 

[macaroni tony]

Well at least all the stupid isn't concentrated on this side of the pond....

Teh stupid is great all over the world, my child...

 

[Jazz Ad]

I'm not even surprised. These putzes are good for nothing.
Unlike water stupidity comes in unlimited supplies.

 

[Gaius46]

Nothing new in the EU. A couple of years ago the EU organization that's involved in food regulations decided to ban cucumbers and bananas that were overly curved. Those regulations, and about 100 pages worth of other dopey food regs were eventually tossed out.

As with most things like this I suspect that the real reason behind these regulations is to give some kind of competitive advantage to some group that currently has the bureaucrats favor.

 

[L-A]

Ah, I read another article about it.

The reason they refuted the claim is that it stated that *bottled water* could help prevent dehydration. It is too narrow (and commercially interested) of a claim to make.

 

[DeathFromBelow]

Derrrr.....

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I'd disagree...at least theirs tomato paste on pizza..

Tomatoes are a fruit

 

[kingpin2512]

Tomatoes are a fruit

I know, but is by most still thought of as a veggie I work at Subway and thats what it is classified as at work. Why I have no idea but it is haha

 

[Bloodhammer]

Ah, I read another article about it.

The reason they refuted the claim is that it stated that *bottled water* could help prevent dehydration. It is too narrow (and commercially interested) of a claim to make.

Are people really so stupid that they'll think that only bottled water with hydrate them, and no other water will? If that was true, Americans would only drink Gatorade and Powerade because of those companies' claims!

 

[L-A]

Are people really so stupid that they'll think that only bottled water with hydrate them, and no other water will? If that was true, Americans would only drink Gatorade and Powerade because of those companies' claims!

Well, apparently they're stupid enough that you have to warn them about the temperature of coffee