Hi, all

Yesterday at our local Wal-mart, I found the following on the shelf with
the bottled water:

"Nursery Drinking Water" (I swear I'm not making this up!)

This is a gallon jug of water packaged especially for use with infants and
children, for drinking or mixing (as in, according to formula label
instructions)--any time you need a "high quality drinking water."

This high quality drinking water has had the flavor "enhanced" by the
addition of:

Calcium Chloride
Potassium Bicarbonate
Magnesium Chloride
Sodium Flouride

Ridiculous as this seems, it is even more ridiculous when you read the
source of the water used for this product:  Municipal Water Supply,
Mableton, Georgia.

I swear I'm not making this up. Now, I don't have anything against Mableton
and its water supply--I used to live about 15-20 miles from Mableton--but,
really! I think I'll go into business and just run water out of my tap and
sell it. Any takers?

Weird, weird, weird. I wonder if nursing moms drank this stuff if their
milk would be "enhanced" as well??


Melissa Vickers, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant for "Pregnancy Today" at <http://pregnancytoday.com>
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