English Channel Water Is Sold As Blocked Nose Cure
Updated : Mar 10, 2009
Water from the murky English Channel is being bottled and sold as a remedy for blocked noses in the US.
Pharmaceutical experts are charging £10 for the water from a busy shipping lane off the coast of Saint Malo, France. Drugs company Shering-Plough says its Afrin PureSea Hydrating Nasal Rinse is 'the only nasal rinse product made of 100% purified seawater'.
Despite being extracted from one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and surrounded by sewage works, Shering-Plough says the water has been proven to clear mucus and help people breathe more easily.
A spokesman for the French company Goeman, which removes the water, told the Mail on Sunday that the water was collected several kilometres off the coast for purity and had to meet strict quality controls.
VeryHappyPig won’t be buying that nasal rinse any time soon!