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E. coli

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: E. coli
From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:00:04 -0700
In-Reply-To: <200004141948.PAA06084 at actwin_com>

At 03:48 PM 4/14/2000 -0400, Karen wrote:
>Yes, I do know that we all have E. coli in our systems, but I also know
>there is a very low tolerance for E. coli levels in municipal drinking
>water, so I would assume it's something we don't really want to swallow.<g>  

No, Karen, that is not the reason.   The reason is that high levels of E
coli are considered prima facae evidence of fecal contamination.   And
human feces are terrible carriers of human disease (cholera springs to mind
as one of the worst).

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Dave Gomberg, San Francisco            mailto:gomberg at wcf_com
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