EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

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

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.

via EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration – Telegraph.

To their credit, even Europeans aren’t buying this gibberish.