Re: [at-l] New Water Purfication Pages

["W F Thorneloe, MD (Domain will change soon to attglobal.net)" <thornel@ibm.net>]

Yes, you survive. Chlorine is the halogen used for most water purification 
in cities, and is the chief reason cholera, typhoid, and other nasty things 
have disappeared from our daily experiences. I am sure someone can scare 
the bejeezus out of you over chlorine, iodine, or other treatments. The key 
thing is to plan on some type of water treatment, or schedule a 3 weeks 
diarrhea break as part of your hike.

I use a PUR Hiker, with PolarPure (iodine) as a backup. I am considering 
moving to the PolarPure only.

OrangeBug
Atlanta, GA

At 12:23 PM 11/15/1999 -0500, markusmc@hom.net wrote:
>.  I'm wondering now if there are any long
>term effects of the use of chlorine for purifying water?

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