Was Dasani bottled water recalled due to parasite?
No, this is an old rumor that has resurfaced again.
Coca-Cola, Food and Drug Administration, University of Maryland Professor of Entomology: Michael Raupp, Central Florida Aquarium Society
A creepy story spreading about parasites popping up in water bottles is freaking people out online, including one of our Verify viewer from Damascus that reached out to the Verify team.
The website "News KTLA” first shared the story back in 2016.
When we took a closer look at the site it’s a lot of fear based headlines but not a lot of facts.
So much so, that Dasani’s parent company Coca-Cola got involved shutting down the bogus rumors from the hoax news source website and urged people to drink up and “share the facts”.
Now that the rumor has resurfaced again, Coca-Cola responded to customers via Twitter in March 2018 saying “We want you to know Dasani is safe to drink.
WUSA9 researchers verified water bottles have not been recalled due to parasite contamination.
As for parasites, being able to enter water bottled, when asked if that is something that occurs, University of Maryland Professor of Entomology, Michael Raupp, told WUSA9 researchers he never heard of such that happening.