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> Oct. 12, 2002
> FDA investigates bottled water
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> By Kathleen OąDell
> News-Leader
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> Consumers wonąt find an infant-safe brand of bottled fluoridated water in
> Springfield-area Wal-Mart stores this weekend while the product is under
> investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.
> Wal-Mart voluntarily removed all 1 gallon jugs of łNursery Fluoridated
> Drinking Water˛ from its shelves Thursday after a sample tested positive for
> the industrial chemical xylene, Wal-Mart officials confirmed.
> The Springfield-Greene County Health Department tested the product this week
> after a Polk County father brought in a sample of the water he said he bought
> at the Bolivar Wal-Mart. He was upset and complained the water had a strong
> odor, said Director Harold Bengsch.
> łAnd it did, no question about it,˛ he said.
> The subsequent lab test showed evidence of xylene, so Bengsch notified the FDA
> because the product bottler is located out of state, in Kansas City, Kan.
> He decided to notify Wal-Mart before the FDA investigation was complete
> because the product is marketed for use in mixing infant formula, Bengsch
> said. Some people with small children who donąt want to use their well water
> or city water sometimes use bottled water with fluoride added as a protection
> for teeth.
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http://news.ozarksnow.com/news/water101202.html
-- Jodine Chase
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