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In 1990, North Carolina regulators issued a report stating that Perrier’s bottled water was contaminated with benzene, a poisonous liquid shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. Dutch and Danish officials also found benzene in Perrier bottles. Perrier had to announce a world wide recall on the bottled water.

The North Carolina Agriculture Department in 1993 ordered eight brands of bottled waters to be taken from store shelves in the state. The agency claimed "false and deceptive labeling" saying companies actually drilled underground wells to pump water to the surface for bottling.

North Carolina

Water system needs $12 million for upgrades
The town had commissioned a cost analysis study.

Deceptive Advertising
Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water was depicted as "nature's perfect beverage" which "begins as the pure snow and rain that falls on 12,000-foot Olancha Peak in the towering Sierra. In response to such extravagant advertising, the North Carolina Agriculture Department in ordered Crystal Geyser and seven other bottled waters, including the popular Naya and Poland Springs brands, taken from store shelves in the state. The agency claimed "false and deceptive labeling" saying companies actually drilled underground wells to pump water to the surface for bottling.

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