Jury awards $3billion to Vegas parents whose children suffered liver damage after drinking 'healthy' bottled water laced with rocket fuel READ MORE: Average bottle of water contains 240,000 pieces of nanoplastics By Maiya Focht Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 19:43, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 20:07, 19 June 2024 e-mail View comments Jurors have awarded more than $3billion dollars to eight Las Vegas residents who suffered liver failure after drinking 'healthy' bottled water that contained a toxin found in rocket fuel. The suit alleged that Real Water, a now bankrupt alkalized water company, sold bottles that contained the lethal chemical hydrazine.
The drinks, marketed as a healthy alternative to tap water, led to the hospitalization of five children and three adults as a result of life-threatening liver problems. Emely Wren, one of the plaintiffs, said during her testimony that she had started buying the brand after seeing fellow health-conscious peers drinking it. She had no idea that years later, she'd be cradling her two year old son as he was life flighted to a Salt Lake City children's hospital for urgent treatment.
'It was probably the scariest moment of my life to have your child scream like that and you don’t know what's wrong,' she said. Both she, her husband Christopher and her two year old son had extreme nausea, blurry vision and lethargy after drinking the water in 2020. Emely and Christopher Brian Wren, and their two year old son all suffered from na.
