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I'm a Portland resident who suffered from Crypto this July.  The illness was awful and had me in bed and in the bathroom for a week and unable to be productive for 2+ weeks.  From my point of view, your discussion seems one sided.  What's wrong with filtering or irradiating to prevent illness?  Isn't public health more important than pride in Portland's partiallly treated water supply?

The county health department said that I probably got the parasite at a local public pool, even though I do not drink while swimming.  I can't help but wonder if I got it in the drinking water supply.  Can your guests put aside the politics of water and tell me if I would have been safe if Portland had gone with the Federal guidelines?

Jerry Svoboda, SE Portland

posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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