I also seem to remember chlorine evaporates at boiling temperatures. I
also boil water because tea is an agricultural product.

Jim

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> 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
>
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."