Unholy Water
There are reports on BBC London that Zam Zam water from Mecca containing arsenic is being sold in the UK. According to Wikipedia, Zam Zam water is prohibited from being exported from Saudi Arabia. So what does that mean about the water being sold in the UK?
I’ve never found any problems with London tap water.
Or is it just that religion gets people to do things, that their knowledge, intelligence or just common sense tells them is wrong? After all, transporting water half way around the world is an ecological crime anyway, as it generates just so much carbon dioxide.
But then many religions have been used by dodgy characters to fleece believers for thousands of years.
The Anonymous Widower 
All kinds of things are flown around the world, there is a leaf called Qat which is chewed by people from one of other of the African states, and a plane of fresh Qat apparently arrives in Manchester each morning from whereveritis so that it can be sold locally to people originating from said African state.
Comment by liz | May 5, 2011 |
Mecca is in the middle of a desert! Where are they getting water from?
Comment by liz | May 5, 2011 |
BBC London News will be revealing the whole story tonight.
Comment by AnonW | May 5, 2011 |
I’ve just watched the story on BBC London. It would appear the water is pretty contaminated and that it is similar to a sample they took from the holy site in Mecca.
The Saudis wouldn’t comment on the program.
There is no surprise about the latter.
Comment by AnonW | May 5, 2011 |
Unsurprisingly, I dont get BBC London here in Manchester. But it will no doubt appear on website or similar
Comment by liz | May 5, 2011 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13267205
This has been updated since I posted this morning.
Comment by AnonW | May 5, 2011 |
I have just watched the clip on the BBC website, clearly someone is importing this stuff. I am not RC and dont and wouldnt use Christian holy water, but I wonder if anyone has tested that – I do know that people bring water home from places like Lourdes.
Comment by liz | May 5, 2011 |