[at-l] Katadyn Micropur Tablets

[jbryankramer@xxxxxxx (J Bryan Kramer)]

Just as a matter of curiosity how about naming these pathogens that are not
killed by chlorination?

And liquid or not any disinfectant requires a certain contact time to do
it's work.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

>  All the standard chemicals "kill" harmful things in drinking water. The
>  question is whether they kill ALL of the various harmful things
> likely to be
>  found in trailside drinking water, or at least enough of them to
> keep people
>  from getting sick.
>
>  Iodine and chlorine bleach kill only some of the harmful things
> and only if
>  hikers have a great deal of patience. The figures I've seen
> point to around
>  75%, if I remember rightly.
>
>  The value of a liquid is that it combines with the water
> quickly. My bottle of
>  Army iodine tablets, said it can be very dangerous to drink a partially
>  dissolved iodine tablet. I understant that iodine in strong
> concentrations can
>  damage the walls of the stomach and other organs it touches.
>