While surfing the web, I came across an article from 2016 stating that Coca-Cola had issued a recall on Dasani water after there were many reports of a clear parasite inside of them. Apparently, many individuals were getting sick and had to be hospitalized after drinking certain bottles of water from this company. I wanted to get to the bottom of this and find out if this is TRUE or FALSE.
- To start, I searched up the news network that posted this article, News4KTLA. This site is not trustworthy and completely mimics the aspects of a real news network. They have been known to publish fake news and hoax’s throughout the internet. I couldn’t even find an article on Wikipedia about it.
- Next, I went to snopes.com on the hunt to see if they had fact checked this article!
- And just as a thought- It was fake! Absolutely none of this article was telling the truth. The so-called “parasite” in the water bottles is actually and image of a transparent eel larvae, called a Leptocephalus. The original image came from fishery research institute.
- I even did a quick Google search about it and many other fact-checking websites alongside snopes.com came up explaining this hoax.
- In conclusion, this article about how Coca-Cola having to recall Dasani Water products because of a clear parasite is FALSE.