At least 25 poisoned, 1 dead from “Real Alkalized Water,” CDC report reveals

Real Water sold in jugs. (credit: FDA)

At least 25 people in two states were likely poisoned by toxic batches of the “Re²al Alkalized Water,” including five children who suffered acute liver failure and one person who died.

That’s according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday, which lays out the findings of a multistate investigation into the toxic water. Health investigators suspect additional poisonings went undetected. They noted in their report that hospital records indicated an unusual spike in unexplained “toxic liver diseases” around the time of the poisonings.

The toxic water made headlines earlier this year when health investigators initially linked alkalized water sold by Nevada-based water company Real Water to severe illnesses in five children in Clark County, Nevada. But the new report from the CDC offers the most complete look at the identified cases and illnesses.