That's the stupidest thing I have read all day...

really, water doesn't hydrate the body...

thanks OP....

Anyone that believes water hydrates the body is clearly a moron and should be jailed. K.

Ukip MEP Paul Nuttall said the ruling made the “bendy banana law” look “positively sane”.

Wat.

Yeah, thats why hospitals make sure people drink to prevent dehydration, or if they are nil by mouth then they have saline which is pretty much the same thing. how idiotic, nice post op, flagged

So pizza is a vegetable and now water doesn't stop you from dehydrating? What the hell is wrong with this planet?

Probably pressure from the water companies drove this change through.

Currently, at least here in the UK, nobody can deny you a water supply, under any circumstances. You don't pay your utility bill, all they can do is sue you in court for an attachment of earnings (garnishment). They cannot terminate your water supply, ever.

I'm guessing this change was pressured through, so that they can now push through a right to terminate your water supply for non-payment.

wow, leave it to the scientists ... and yet they wonder why they seldom get any respect.

A meeting of 21 scientists in Parma, Italy, concluded that reduced water content in the body was a symptom of dehydration and not something that drinking water could subsequently control.

although, as worded, it would be correct ... why ?
dehydration is the result of multiple conditions occurring in the body
(not just reduced water content)
consuming only water during a bout with dehydration will not effectively control the condition.
and lastly, misleading advertising shouldn't be allowed anyway.

all in all, i do wonder, is a more litigious society really as good as it seems?
why is it necessary for the entire EU to make such a determination ?
there has to be more to the story.

eu is testing the masses. if theyll swallow this theyll swallow anything.

This does sound stupid. But i think that since it applies to commercial stuff, it is really problem of manufacturer.
What i find idiotic is that the discussion about the issue took 3 years, and in the end panel of 21 scientists had to meet and decide on the issue.
Lots of money was spend in vain. One clerk should be enough to allow or forbid companies to print certain labels.
Enormous waste.