It’s almost every week that we hear about folks getting sick from fruits and vegetables. Right now, in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) region there are some outbreaks of cyclosporiasis (via the cyclospora parasite). In the recent past, these outbreaks have been lined to raspberries, basil, arugula, mesclun, cilantro, and prepared salads.
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Choose well. Not sure we did.
When I first began designing water treatment (and water reuse) systems back in the 1970s, the primary method used to ensure that microbial populations were kept at bay was chlorination. At least in the States. Europe relied on ozonation. (Think about this for a second- when so many of your population was killed by chlorine gas during war time, you have a hard time thinking it’s a good thing to use to render your water safe.)