Poland Spring Water Is 'Colossal Fraud': Suit

Nestle's Poland Spring bottled water does come from Maine, but its state of origin isn't the issue being raised in a class-action lawsuit against the company. 

In what they call a "colossal fraud," 11 plaintiffs in eight states argue the "100% Natural Spring Water" is actually "ordinary groundwater" drawn from wells "in low-lying populated areas near potential sources of contamination," including a landfill and ash pile, per Courthouse News

The FDA classifies spring water as "derived from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the earth." But the lawsuit, seeking at least $5 million in damages, claims Nestle's wells are unconnected to a natural spring, which "has never been proven to exist," reports Consumerist.

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