Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2006 09:40:58 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:

|On Sat, 06 May 2006 00:28:51 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
|wrote:
|
|David P wrote:
| I am in the UK. Is it generally safe to drink BOILED water from the
| hot tap?
|
| My hot water comes from a tank or cistern in the loft and this feeds
| into a hot water cylinder which is in the house. It doesn't look
| wonderful inside that tank in the loft but I reckon if I BOILED the
| water then presumably I will kill the germs.
|
| Is there another reason why I should not drink boiled water from the
| hot tap?
|
|Its generally safe to drink boiled water from anywhere, apart from the
|outflow of a chemical company.
|
|
|Such as those who add chlorine, fluorides, chemicals to kill
|invertebrates,......

Ingestion of chemicals is all about the dose, We can happily ingest a
tiny amount of those without *any* ill effects.

Ditto bacteria, algae, amoeba, and fungi.