Lee Duna to Public [email protected] • 6 months agoDon’t use unsterilized tap water to rinse your sinuses. It may carry brain-eating amoebaswww.sciencenews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down19
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkDon’t use unsterilized tap water to rinse your sinuses. It may carry brain-eating amoebaswww.sciencenews.orgLee Duna to Public [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareEl Bartolink16•6 months ago“Your part of the world” is most of the world. In the country I grew up in, drinking directly from the tap is playing russian roulette. You either filter the water, or boil it first before consuming it. When I moved to a country in which tap water was drinkable, it blew my mind. Of course, it’s totally normal to me nowadays.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoThe shit we have to do to make it drinkable will probably also blow your mind. Water is essential to all life on this planet. Imagine drinking water that no other organisms can live in.
minus-squareEl Bartolink1•6 months agoOh, I saw a couple of documentaries about water treatment a couple of decades ago.
“Your part of the world” is most of the world.
In the country I grew up in, drinking directly from the tap is playing russian roulette.
You either filter the water, or boil it first before consuming it.
When I moved to a country in which tap water was drinkable, it blew my mind. Of course, it’s totally normal to me nowadays.
The shit we have to do to make it drinkable will probably also blow your mind.
Water is essential to all life on this planet. Imagine drinking water that no other organisms can live in.
Oh, I saw a couple of documentaries about water treatment a couple of decades ago.