![]() Using a cable ferrule I was able to make a noose in BOTH ends of an 18″ snare. Remember the post I wrote about how to make your own homemade small game snares with picture hanging wire? If not, here’s the link: Long story short, I was making a few snares for a mini-kit the other day and it hit me! I’ll often use this bottle to boil water or cook meals and I’m always keeping an eye on that rope tether when it’s near the fire and I’m tired of taking it on and off. My only complaint is that is comes with a fabric rope tether between the bottle and the lid. I switched out my aluminum military style canteen a couple months ago for this Nalgene Stainless Steel Water Bottle. The claim is an old one which keeps reappearing on social media and should be disregarded.As many of you know, I’m a huge proponent of packing at least 1 metal water bottle in your Bug Out Bag. Nine years on, there is no new evidence that proves this claim to be true. “The product (Coral Dew Bottle Water) is not on the Ghanaian market and the FDA Ghana has not registered the product for use or sale in Ghana,” the FDA further confirmed.Ĭhecks from the registered products listed on the official website of the Food and Drugs Authority showed no results for Coral Dew Mineral Water.įurthermore, our web search did not reveal the existence of the bottled water or any reported deaths in Tanzania or elsewhere attributed to any such brand. The same picture has been circulating for years in many countries…it was investigated many years ago,” the FDA said. NAFDAC of Nigeria said it had investigated the claims and found that they were “false and mischievous.”ĭubawa further reached out to the FDA to authenticate the current claim. The FDB also said it had established that the rumour was false after carrying out investigations, including post-market surveillance activities and contacts with Nigeria’s National Agency for Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Tanzanian Bureau of Standards. It advised the public to report any person who offered any water branded as DEW Bottled Water for sale. Ghana’s Food and Drugs Board (FDB), now Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), at the time said in a press release that it had not registered any such product. It was reported in 2011 in Ghana that Dew, a non-existent bottled water that contained poison, had made its way into markets in Nigeria and Ghana from Tanzania where it had killed 180 people. Our checks, using Google image search and web search with the keywords ‘Dew bottled water’, indicate that the claim has been online since 2011 and has popped up several times in subsequent years. It appears the message has been debunked several times over the years but refuses to die. It also requests users to pass on the information to warn other consumers, thereby potentially saving “millions” from also dying. If you don’t believe, check google for “DEW bottled water,” the message reads. It is said to contain a poisonous chemical. It was shipped from Tanzania where it has killed 180 people. Please, don’t buy or drink any bottled water called “DEW”. “Hello, please pass this on to any friends on your contact list. It claims the bottled water contains a poisonous chemical that has already killed 180 people in Tanzania. Full textĪ viral message is warning consumers against drinking Dew bottled water. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) said in 2011 when it was first reported that the claim was false because there is no such water brand in Ghana. ![]() The message is an old one that keeps resurfacing.
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