Re[2]: [at-l] Water filters...

[orangebug74@yahoo.com (Orange Bug)]

Good article, well worth reading. I want to quote one quote from it:

=93Given the casual approach to personal hygiene that characterizes most
backpacking treks, hand washing is likely to be a much more useful
preventative strategy than water disinfection! This simple expedient,
strictly enforced in health care, child care, and food service
settings, is rarely mentioned in wilderness education materials.=94 from
Welch, Thomas R. and Welch, Timothy P.:  Giardiasis as a Threat to
Backpackers in the United States:  A Survey of State Health
Departments. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 6, 1995

Bill...

--- rick boudrie <rickboudrie@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/pcs/articles/giardia.asp


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