YEREVAN, MARCH 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Production of Jermuk Group company is not harmful to health. Edgar Ghazarian, advisor to the company president, told this to NT correspondent. He refuted the claims of the US government's Food and Medicine Agency that "Jermuk" mineral water imported from Armenia allegedly contains arsenic exceeding 50 times the permisible norm and is extremely dangerous for health. According to him, the company has received no complaints from any US partner or state body. E. Ghazarian said that any Armenian water contains arsenic, thanks to which water has salubrious property. The company does not exceed the permissible norm of arsenic. In the words of E. Ghazarian, since 2000, the company has been exporting "Jermuk" to the US and their products are registered at the US agency. Production of three Armenian companies producing mineral water is exported to the US. The agency's statement does not indicate the company whose production is harmful. E. Ghazarian did not rule out facts of illegal import and local production of "Jermuk".

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