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Old 29th May 2006 | 19:43
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Mac the Knife

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From: Rochechouart, France
Originally Posted by canadair
lets face it, we have NO idea what is in about 90% of what we eat, drink, but for the most part we survive it with little or no ill effects.
Thanks for some commonsense canadair!

So that water tanks on AC aren't sterile. Big deal.

I wouldn't drink out of the tap in the loo on an aircraft for the same reasons I wouldn't do it on a train. Nominally potable, it isn't really meant to be consumed. Does anyone actually drink it? And there's no evidence that washing your hands in marginal water makes you sick. It would have to be really heavily contaminated by pathogens to do that (and you'd have to lick your hands)!

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