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Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:07 am

personally with the ammount I drink and smoke I dont think its the water that will kill me...

Post by **Wanderlust** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:42 am

Yeah, just take whisky with your water and that will kill any nasties that might be lurking there!

Post by **Guess** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:02 pm

berks wrote:I think the body can handle the odd bad ice cube, or the dodgy lettuce leaf, but its the long term effect that I was more interested in. ..................but still would like to know the long term results......

That's the mistake many people make especially in Thailand. The bacteria can exist in sufficient quantities to kill on a pin head.

My understanding of long term effects is only applicable to water with additives as used in the western tap waters.

Thailand has the perfect climate for breeding bacteria and farangs will have less immunity.

I have been seriously ill 3 times by accidentally getting infected from tap water. The second time I was infected by the hepatitis C virus which very luckily I got rid of.

I was not aware of dangers with the 50 litre casks but best buy from a dealer that has a large turnover I would think. I used the company in Chom Sin on the Sra Song junction.

Post by **Francois** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:09 pm

Guess wrote:
berks wrote:That's the mistake many people make especially in Thailand. The bacteria can exist in sufficient quantities to kill on a pin head.

True...

That's the reason why I tried the SODIS system (Solar disinfection).

More info here :

http://www.sodis.ch/

Post by **berks** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:41 am

J hate to harp on, but we still dont know if the 4 canister filters are ok.... do we?