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Mike Wehner
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Water is one of the necessities of life. Bottled water is extremely convenient and thus, very popular (it also creates a ton of plastic waste, but we'll save that for another discussion). Unfortunately, it's a food product just like any other, which means that it's vulnerable to contamination and recalls. A new health alert from the FDA reveals that one brand of bottled water is suspected of being linked to an outbreak of non-viral hepatitis which has already sickened five young children.
The brand, Real Water, is sold all over the United States. It's alkalized water, which means that it has a slightly higher pH than the water you'd get out of your tap or in most bottles sold in stores. Some believe that alkalized water holds potential health benefits, though the notion that it can "detoxify" the body has little evidence to support it. In any case, the water isn't being recalled yet, but the FDA is asking that people refrain from selling, buying, drinking, or using the bottled water in any way that would result in it being consumed, such as cooking.
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Please don’t drink this bottled water, which may be giving people hepatitis originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 14:01:45 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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