Want a Good Scare? Read the WSJ Article on "How Safe Is Airline Water?"
 

It's in today's Wall Street Journal. Makes you want to be sure to pack a huge bottle of water for yourself ... of course with limited carry on a bottle of water may be considered "extra luggage".

Who drinks airline water anyway? I always carry a bottle of water and when that runs out, I just wait until I land to get more or just drink Cokes or juice.

The airline I flew on-Lufthansa-uses bottled water.

Good reason to use Purell (etc) to wash your hands and don't drink water that does not come from a bottle you have opened yourself.<BR>

Hate to tell you but Purell does not kill a lot of germs. It gives people a false since of &quot;security&quot;.

Then get a brand that hospitals use. I saw an article on CNN just this week that said that hospitals are encouraging nurses to stop washing their hands with soap and water between patients, but to use an alcohol-based cleanser instead.

Sorry to burst your bubble Sarah and anyone else who thinks airlines use bottled water. According to the article many don't when they run out of it (pretty common). They use water from their &quot;tap&quot;, i.e. from a tank. You need to read this, it's really interesting.

<BR>It was a devastating article, and mentioned flights on United and American, among others, domestic and overseas.<BR><BR>Synopsis: Most of the water tested exceeded EPA drinking water standards<BR>for bacteria by a wide margin. Many samples were several orders of<BR>magnitude out of compliance. One sample found eggs of water bugs which<BR>developed into maggots in the laboratory. Stewardesses were quoted as<BR>saying that they often fill the bottled water bottles with tap water<BR>from the galley. Some of the galley water is worse than that from the<BR>tap in the lavatories. <BR><BR>There was no mention of ice for soft and hard drinks. Could it be any<BR>better?<BR><BR>The airlines said &quot; . . . .&quot; -- well, you know they didn't admit anything.<BR>They said that the sampling was not scientific, not according to EPA<BR>protocols. How many people drink water according to EPA protocols?<BR>Right.<BR><BR>Conclusion: Drink beer or wine as that is how the ancients survived bad<BR>water. Or bring your own water aboard.<BR><BR>John Bermont<BR>www.enjoy-europe.com