EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

The Telegraph ^ | 6:20AM GMT 18 Nov 2011 | Victoria Ward and Nick Collins

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Frontiers in Stupidity.

[greatvikingone]

No one would think to make this stuff up!

[libertarian neocon]

WTF??? Bureaucrats are completely insane.

[ken21]

ditto.

[VicVega]

And we the US are following down that same insane bricked road.

[ElkGroveDan]

I guess it’s the same mentality that says abstinence education doesn’t prevent teen pregnancy.

[Mr. K]

They are trying to promote Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator

“Brawndo’s got what plants crave”

[Hodar]

Now I know where the Monty Python’s Flying Circus script writers all went, they are highly paid Sr. Scientists in the EU.

[rsobin]

...from the ministry of truth.

[GeronL]

EUrtopia is failing

[FatherofFive]

About time!

I hope they include a warning lable that EVERY bottle of water contains excessive amounts of di-hydrogen monoxide.

[CodeToad]

Too...stupid...to...live.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”

I’ve seen this before where you can’t advertize something that’s obvious. Like “this water contains 0% saturated fat”. They argue you’re implying that some other water does have saturated fat. So you force all other companies into this same ridiculous claim

[CodeToad]

Best movie about modern times, ever.

[Cicero]

“Hello, I’m from the EU, and I’m here to help.”

“Oh, and by the way, British peons, you are not allowed to have that vote on EU membership.”

[Venturer]

What does prevent dehydration?

If water doesn’t do it what does?

Do they have an answer for that one?

[DaveyB]

Later they will rule that wetness does not stop dryness, hydration does not stop dehydration, light does not rid darkness, and intelligence does not displace stupidity and cleanliness does not prevent dirtiness.

Also losing is winning, government control is freedom, spending is the key to saving, abortion saves lives, government taking property is moral and has no effect on individuals taking property, and destroying wealth producers is the best way to have a fair economy.

[DuncanWaring]

I guess it’s the same mentality that says abstinence education doesn’t prevent teen pregnancy.

Worse - it's like a claim that abstinence doesn't prevent teen pregnancy.

[RockyMtnMan]

Do they sell dehydrated water in Europe?

[Oztrich Boy]

It has to be pointed out that

He said: “The EU is saying that this does not reduce the risk of dehydration and that is correct.

“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”

comes from Prof.Brian Radcliffe, of the Nutrition Society (which apears to be a voluntary interfering busybody group), the only person that the reporter found who was willing to state that the Eurinal regulations were a good idea.

The Dept. Health spokesman cited in the preceding sentence, like everyone else quoted, was saying the the ruling was bizzaro

Bad Exerpting, Bad!