This is breaking news from Las Vegas Review Journal,
sponsored by Michael Gone. South Point Hotel, Casino
and Spa Good evening, everyone. I'm Jenna with
the Las Vegas Review Journal. Coming to you with
some breaking news tonight. The Southern Nevada health district
is investigating a number of reports of people getting sick
after consuming the same water brand called Real Water Alkaline
water. The FDA, along with the C.
D. C. Are looking into this. A
total of five acute cases of non viral hepatitis were
reported to the southern Nevada health district in November of
last year, resulting in acute liver failure and infants
and Children. Their only common link. The all
drank the alkaline water from that brand real water.
There were other people who experienced less severe symptoms,
such as fever, vomiting, nausea, loss of
appetite and fatigue. Tonight, we're also hearing about
a Las Vegas family filing a lawsuit against the real
water brand. Let's bring in review journals. David
Ferrara, who's been covering the story for us.
Good evening, David. So what more do we
know about this brand called real water? Real water
is a brand that touts itself as healthy alkaline water
and is manufactured in Las Vegas and sold at places
like Sprouts, Whole Foods and Costco. We're also
hearing the owner has ties to Nevada as well that
he was a former Nevada assemblyman. Officials What the
real water company could not be reached for comment as
of tonight. Tell us more about the Las Vegas
family who filed the lawsuit. A 30 38 year
old father got sick in August, and then his
two year old son and wife became ill a couple
months later, and the boy was flown to Salt
Lake City for treatment. They had real water home
delivery, and their daughter, who didn't drink the
water, never became sick. They were interviewed by
an investigator from the southern Nevada health district and told
that real water was believed to be the cause of
the illness, right, and along with that boy
being sent to the hospital, I heard his parents
are also reporting getting sick after drinking that water.
Are there any additional products besides the real water's alkaline
water that could be possibly connected to this outbreak?
David Real Water is the only product that is tied
to the illnesses in the lawsuit or by the Food
and Drug Administration right now, usually, when people
go to the grocery store and buy bottled water,
order them to their houses, they assume the water
safe that there are tests done to prevent contamination and
bottled water products and safety standards. How could this
happen? It's unclear how testing didn't catch this,
and the FDA has just started its investigation so they
could find more products that lead to these problems.
At this time. We don't really know what the
next steps are for the FDA or how long their
investigation will take. Thanks, David, For your
expertise. Right now, the FDA is in the
beginning stages, as David just mentioned of this investigation
. So consumers, restaurants and retailers are being urged
not to drink, cook with or sell the outline
water from that brand real water, at least until
more information is known about the cause of this hepatitis
outbreak in Nevada. Again, the real water company
has yet to provide a statement or respond to this
investigation or lawsuit will continue to follow this developing story
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