[MR] Fwd: care with accusations Re: Pennsic Water Challenge

[Craig]

Your Grace,
As an analytical chemist who has been involved in testing drinking water 
for 20 years, may I ask what contaminant you tested for that resulted in 
a greater than 400ppm reading?

-Cian

On 7/16/2011 7:52 PM, Logan wrote:

>
> some folks can drink well water without issue.  heck ive been to haiti,
> where the water is infested with giardia, and they drink it all the time
> without issue.  my caution has to do with folks that are not used to well
> water, bad city water, or any other water with a turbidity level as high as
> the water at coopers lake which stains everything.  can you bleach it to
> make it safe?  sure.  is it unsafe (as in bacteria that would cause health
> issues in healthy adults?) probably not.  i tested it a few years ago and
> its contaminant level was above 400ppm (my meter only went to 400ppm).  for
> a reference charlotte city water (which is nasty) was at 34ppm and aquafina
> (and lebleu) both came in at 1ppm.  harris teeter (grocery chain) was a
> admirable mention with their "purified water" in gallon jugs at 2ppm and
> only .89 per gallon.  its probably cheaper for most folks to just buy
> purified water in town for the week than to buy bleach.  of course if youre
> used to well water none of this matters but if you live in a city and drink
> municipal water you should stay clear of the water at pennsic.  or
> not.......
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