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Is Jermuk botteled water safe to drink?

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  • Is Jermuk botteled water safe to drink?

    I remember 3 or 4 years ago the FDA issued recalls for all import stores in the USA that sold Jermuk mineral water b/c it tested for high levels of Arsenic.

    Was it just a bad batch? or is it now banned? (I'm only asking now b/c I saw a commercial for it on Armenia TV the other day)
    Last edited by ara87; 09-16-2011, 06:27 PM.

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    Re: Is Jermuk botteled water safe to drink?

    There's bottled Jemuk water all around Armenia. I had some from the source at Jermuk as well (where you can try out all the different levels of temperature). I didn't get sick, nor do the thousands of Armenians who drink it every day. I don't know about its status in the USA though.

    By the way, Turks call this type of water Çermik suyu (Jermuk water), though they don't know where the source of the name "çermik" comes from. I was reading the cognates thread earlier lol.

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      Re: Is Jermuk botteled water safe to drink?

      Originally posted by SevSpitak View Post
      There's bottled Jemuk water all around Armenia.
      True. The shores of Lake Sevan abound with thousands of empty Jermuk bottles. And where Armenian tourists tread, discarded bottles of Jermuk or similar brands are sure to follow. Click image for larger version

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        Re: Is Jermuk botteled water safe to drink?

        Originally posted by SevSpitak View Post
        By the way, Turks call this type of water Çermik suyu (Jermuk water), though they don't know where the source of the name "çermik" comes from. I was reading the cognates thread earlier lol.
        But where does the word "Jermuk" come from and what does it mean? "Jermuk", the settlement in Armenia, will be just named after what it is best known for, its hot medicinal springs. Çermik is actually designated as "obsolete" in Turkish dictionaries and has been replaced by "Kaplica", so it probably is an old word with a non-Turkish origin (which usually means Armenian, or Greek, or Arabic).
        Last edited by bell-the-cat; 12-30-2011, 09:46 AM.
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