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Liberia Shuts Down Bottled Water Companies

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY CLAIRE SNEGAROFF - Picture of bottles of mineral water taken on March 24, 2013 in Paris. Traces of drugs and pesticides have been found in ten bottled mineral waters (over 50 analyzed), according to a study released on March 25, 2013 by French magazine 60 millions de consommateurs and the Fondation France Libertés. AFP PHOTO THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)

The authorities in Liberia have closed down more than 50 companies selling drinking water in bottles and plastic sachets, BBC reports.

The public health authority said the water was not fit for human consumption.

It said some of the companies claimed to be producing mineral water when it was nothing of the sort.

Liberia’s main water treatment plant was badly damaged during the country’s civil wars.

It serves about a fifth of the population of the capital, Monrovia, leaving many residents dependent on bottled water.

 

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