MythsThat Can Kill You
Or Make You Sick
(Possibly For Life)
Myth # 5 - Boiling Water Makes It Safe
Never, never, NEVER drink water from untreated sources.
There is no, ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE for not treating it first. Your survival may depend upon it.
The CDC has a nice Water Treatment Methods for Backcountry Chart . Take note when you read the chart;s recommendations that it says,
“Boiling can be used as a pathogen reduction method that should kill all pathogens.
That is at least a rolling boil of 1 minute and 3 minutes at over 2000 m / 6562 feet.
In fact, it is not likely that the boiling will rid your water of Cyrptosporidium. The CDC confirms that the best that you can attain through boiling is a "reduction" of the levels of Biological Contaminants.
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