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EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration
Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink
manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration.
Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim
and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes
into force in the UK next month.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...hydration.html

One does wonder how long the EU will last before its members realize
that they have put the inmates in charge of the asylum.