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Posted on 7/5/16 at 10:32 am to nevilletiger79
That sucks man. It's bad news bears if you ever get it. Did you have a cut or anything? It's a very opportunistic bacterium.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 10:54 am to oldcharlie8
Increased heat. Bacteria thrive on it.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 11:30 am to oldcharlie8
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I mean......in the civil war, soldiers were dipping canteens and drinking the water out of waterways on the norm
And then died of water bourne diseases.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 11:33 am to Isabelle81
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Increased heat. Bacteria thrive on it.
One degree difference didn't magically change the growth rate of bacteria to account for the difference OP is insinuating. Hell, it isn't even the main limiting factor in determining growth counts. Heat affects the RATE of achieving population saturation. Composition will determine how high those counts will go.
For fricks sake, other than hemp, is there a single topic that you'll chime in on and actually have a clue?
This post was edited on 7/5/16 at 11:38 am
Posted on 7/5/16 at 11:58 am to Volvagia
Nothing new. Awareness and the fact that germ theory is known and accepted by everyone coupled with news cycles. Even as recent as 75 years ago, people routinely died of infections that would be considered routine in current times. I don't have data, but I would wager that the drinking water supply is safer now than any point in history.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 12:18 pm to BigPapiDoesItAgain
Drinking water from the tap, yes.
Everything else?
Nah.
You go off grid camping without a means to purify water, you are playing Russian roulette with your arse. Even with better human waste treatment, a lot of pathogens that can infect humans through water have animal reservoirs.
Everything else?
Nah.
You go off grid camping without a means to purify water, you are playing Russian roulette with your arse. Even with better human waste treatment, a lot of pathogens that can infect humans through water have animal reservoirs.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 12:29 pm to BigPapiDoesItAgain
We also didn't know about Vibrio vulnificus until the 70's of I remember correctly. In the last 20 years our ability to isolate and identify bacteria has changed drastically. We can now isolate and identify more bacteria quicker, cheaper and easier than ever before.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:26 pm to ZacAttack
Some people blame the BP Oil Spill.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:28 pm to oldcharlie8
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n the civil war, soldiers were dipping canteens and drinking the water out of waterways on the norm.
They also fought battles by going head to head with each other, doesn't mean its a good idea.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:51 pm to OweO
Article from February.
Florida Officials Drain Lake Full Of ‘Toilet’ Water To Coast
Florida Officials Drain Lake Full Of ‘Toilet’ Water To Coast
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With tourist season just around the corner, Florida’s beach communities would normally be preparing for a happy, healthy summer. Instead, they’re reeling from polluted water that is likely to inflict severe damage to the local economy and environment.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 4:00 pm to oldcharlie8
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I'm really puzzled as to why all of a sudden they have this crisis.
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in the civil war, soldiers were dipping canteens and drinking the water out of waterways on the norm.
These two statements clearly point to the real problem. No one seems to know anything about anything that happened before last week.
Our waterways, particularly in the south, have always had bacteria of varying sorts to varying degrees. The concentrations have increased in some places, primarily due to increases in populations of both people and domesticated animals (probably a bigger culprit than people realize).
In the civil war, dysentery may have been the single largest cause of death and if it was not, the combination of that and other waterborne illnesses and secondary infections certainly were. In short, more people likely died from illness than bullets in the civil war, significantly more.
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