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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