Re: [at-l] Hepatitis A on the AT

["Amy Friends" <coelura@hotmail.com>]

>Actually, Iodine should handle viruses quite handily. Purifiers (as opposed 
>to filters) would do the same by adding iodine to the filtered water.

Doesn't that presume the water is exposed to the iodine for something like 
20 minutes?  I think the normal practice of pumping water through  a 
purifier doesn't give enough exposure to kill viruses (virii?).

Please correct me if I'm wrong, Doc - I just thought that I had read this 
somewhere.

Sandpiper

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