Water contamination (Lancashire)
 

It may not effect us in Accrington but it may effect some of your nearest and dearest:
Lancashire residents urged to boil drinking water | Environment | The Guardian

http://news.sky.com/story/1531702/wa...hrough-weekend

I guess,You could go all medieval on this outbreak and just drink alcohol to be on the safe side :D

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"A Lancashire county council spokesman reiterated............that there were no plans to close schools in the area “at this stage”."
That made me laugh, don't they know it's school holidays?

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Another example of councillors coming from another planet.

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Our water suppliers rely on chlorine to make water safe but it doesn't kill this parasite.

Chlorine is toxic. I have a Berkey filter tank to remove chlorine, and it removes this parasite too.
Berkey Water Filter Systems - World Leader in Portable Water Purification

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Stick to gin, it's safer! :D

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Not much good for making a cuppa though :)

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United Utilities map of effected areas:-

Attachment 50298

Also,all rumours that it was I who urinated in the reservoir are purely hearsay ;)

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Maybe not but the bug can't live in it and if you put a dash of tonic in you won't get malaria either!

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no good for cooking spuds in either.

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good with iron bru

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Yeuuuk!

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Eh? Spuds! :eek:

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I think he meant Gin.

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Im on annual leave from work at the moment, the guys on my ward must be finding it hard work, i hope the trust are supplying everyone with bottled water

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Blackburn Hospital hasn't been affected.