Ummm, maybe I'll just have a coke, thanks.
MANILA (Reuters) - Millions of people in Manila have been drinking super-chlorinated water this week as the body of a teenager remained stubbornly stuck in a major supply pipe.
Manila Water Co dumped large doses of the disinfectant into a reservoir serving the eastern part of the Philippine capital after the young man fell into an aqueduct on Saturday while picking fruit.
The company has insisted the water supply is safe as it tries to dislodge the body. Health officials agreed that the chances of contamination were slight but urged Manila Water to work faster.
"We will have to fish out the body first," Dr Concepcion Quizon, chief executive assistant to Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit, told reporters on Tuesday. "The public will not feel good or right using the water."
Posted by Buzz at May 21, 2003 10:16 AMThat is disgusting! Aside from not drinking the water.....would you even want to shower in it? I don't think so!
Posted by: Lisa at May 21, 2003 11:21 AMEEEEEEWWWWW!
Posted by: Cindy at May 21, 2003 01:17 PMIsn't that one of the most disgusting things you've ever heard of? Those poor people. I can't even imagine.
Posted by: Melissa at May 21, 2003 01:54 PMtoo bad Pats not blogging anymore - this would be a great one for her....DMB "Don't Drink the Water."
he-he-he
Posted by: ls at May 21, 2003 02:31 PMI already used that title! Damn! I might have made a special appearance for this one.
Dave - what news are you reading where you are finding this stuff?? Yuk!!
Posted by: Empress at May 21, 2003 02:45 PMthat is absolutely disgusting!
Posted by: theresa at May 21, 2003 04:53 PMI sent that link around to the nurses I work with because it was even as gross as the shit droplets spreading SARS to like 300 people in an apartment complex in China.
Posted by: BeerMary at May 22, 2003 09:55 AM
-d: How do you feel about being Governor of Indiana?
[Buzz it]
Global Warming, my ass!
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