Bug scare in London bottled water – people told to boil water before drinking

#UnitedUtilities #cryptosporidium #Preston #Boil #Drinking #Water United Utilities has asked all customers in northwest London to boil the water they need for drinking, preparing food and brushing their teeth "as a precaution" because of fear of a bug called cryptosporidium. It can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps and vomiting and traces of it was detected during routine tests at a water treatment works in Preston.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 7 August 2015.

Residents of Blackpool, Preston, Chorley, Fylde, Wyre and South Ribble are affected and, while the supplier maintains that it is still safe to wash clothes and bathe as normal, but had added a recommendation that dishwashers must be run as hot as possible (65 degrees or higher).
The warning will continue to remain in place throughout the weekend, and could extend into early next week depending on how fast the traces of cryptosporidium are eliminated.
United Utilities has indicated that investigators were looking into how the bug found its way into water at the treatment works.
Cryptosporidium gives rise to a gastrointestinal illness called cryptosporidiosis that can last from a week to three weeks in healthy individuals, but "can be prolonged and life threatening in severely immunocompromised individuals". (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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Protests of anti-fracking lobby gather steam in Lancashire

#cuadrilla #fracking #lancashire #blackpool #preesehall The anti-fracking lobby is gaining in strength as demonstrators from all over UK would be assembling in Lancashire to raise their voices ahead of a controversial decision on the future of fracking in the county.
Cuadrilla, an exploration company, has apparently applied to get permission to develop new fracking sites after 2011 when it had been blamed for creating earth tremors in Blackpool three years ago. As a result, the firm had to suspend test drilling and abandon the Preese Hall site near the seaside resort. It was the only place in the UK where modern fracking techniques have been used so far.
Incidentally, the new areas proposed to be explored by Cuadrilla apparently sit on the same massive reserve of shale gas which, once exploited, could help revolutionize Britain's energy market. However, the opposition is coming from groups opposed to fracking who feel fracking would not be good for the countryside – it would, in fact, pollute the environment. Cuadrilla has, reportedly, applied to Lancashire County Council for permission to frack two sites in a rural area between Preston and Blackpool.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the name given to the process of drilling a mile or more into the earth and then injecting water, chemicals and sand under high pressure into rock so that the shale gas trapped between the layers of stone gets released.
Incidentally, supporters of fracking in the US argue that it has considerably reduced America's dependence on imported energy supplies and has helped to bolster the economy.