This would be bad news for the tourism industry in Banff. Below was taken on my honeymoon.
Guests of the Banff Springs enjoy royal hospitality as they are served bottled lithium water as they soak in the outdoor pool at Banff Springs. circa 1930s.
To boot:
Not only did tourists soak in the spring water, they drank it, too. Bob Elliott, acting operations manager at Banff Upper Hot Springs, said, “Local bars sold bottled hot springs water as a tonic and cure for hangovers. Banff’s mineral water was bottled and sold as ‚Lithia water’ for a short time until the medical experts realized that one of the active ingredients found naturally in the hot springs, Lithium, was addictive. This ended the bottling and consumption, by drinking, of Banff’s mineral springs.”
This would be bad news for the tourism industry in Banff. Below was taken on my honeymoon.
To boot:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2228356/