george Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Drinking water at over 60 per cent of schools not hygiene enough BANGKOK: -- Drinking water at about 63.12 per cent of schools is substandard, according to random checks by the Medical Sciences Department. The department's director general Dr Paijit Warachit Wednesday said the problems mainly came from contaminated water sources, water containers, water coolers and water-filter machines. Conducted between March and August, the random checks covered 724 schools in various provinces. The random checks found cadmium, lead, nitrate, manganese, aluminium, fluoride, microorganisms in drinking water at many schools. According to Paijit, these chemicals could harm the drinkers' health. For example, manganese can cause fever, headache, loss of appetite, and weakening muscles. Iron can cause nausea and osteoporosis. -- The Nation 2006-12-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Brought my own water when I noticed green algae growing in the containers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenk3z Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Where do you think the water you bought comes from? If it is not imported, by default it comes from the Thailand water supply. So what makes you think that water supply is any better than what supplies the schools? Can I not dip a water bottle into a khlong, put a cap on it, and sell it to you on the street? kenk3z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) Where do you think the water you bought comes from? If it is not imported, by default it comes from the Thailand water supply. So what makes you think that water supply is any better than what supplies the schools? Can I not dip a water bottle into a khlong, put a cap on it, and sell it to you on the street? kenk3z A good clue was the missing green algae. Another clue was the Coca-Cola or Nestle logo. Have you ever had a look at those white water bottles on fountains, dirty, scratched, damaged, broken seals at delivery. Have a beer man! But then again... Edited December 27, 2006 by Tony Clifton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lung Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 bah... http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?ac...amp;pid=1047109 ... and only when the filter is clean ! ever seen some aircon-cleaning in a bus ?? they never change a filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Wow, and they intentionally add Fluoride to the water in many countries......................... Now where are my Iron tablets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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