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May. 5th, 2011 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking"Holy drinking water contaminated with arsenic is being sold illegally to Muslims by UK shops, the BBC has found."
Basically, there is a well in Mecca that is sacred. Water from it is sold in Mecca, travellers can bring small amounts out of Saudi Arabia, but it's illegal to export for commercial sale - and yet, there are bottles claiming to be it, tainted with arsenic, being sold all over London.
Holy crap, right?
The punchline: They tested the actual well water and the stuff for sale in Mecca. It's poisonous, too. Which is to say, this is real Holy Well Water, and the Holy Well itself is actually a toxic puddle.
Basically, there is a well in Mecca that is sacred. Water from it is sold in Mecca, travellers can bring small amounts out of Saudi Arabia, but it's illegal to export for commercial sale - and yet, there are bottles claiming to be it, tainted with arsenic, being sold all over London.
Holy crap, right?
The punchline: They tested the actual well water and the stuff for sale in Mecca. It's poisonous, too. Which is to say, this is real Holy Well Water, and the Holy Well itself is actually a toxic puddle.
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Date: 2011-05-06 12:42 am (UTC)It's considered sacred because of the events surrounding the formation/discovery of the well/water source, not for being clean. I bet they thought miracle=clean forever and never changed the filtration or kept tabs on it -_-