Space Cowboy > wrote:
>That is Giardia. It makes the Montezuma Revenge look like
>constipation. When you get it you'll be alive and kicking in the ER
>room from stomach cramps. It is an untreatable bug that lives with the
>bacteria in your stomach till you eat something it doesn't like.
>Mountain water districts know this which is why they have high levels
>of chlorine like Aspen and Vail.

This is why it's important to drink tea. By boiling the water for tea,
you kill giardia and make otherwise unsafe water into safe water that
also tastes good (due to the tea added).
--scott


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