Cryptosporidium & Giardiain
           In Your Drinking Water
           
 

Introduction

If you are drinking water from the tap, there are recent studies that may change your mind about the way you think about your water source.

David Ozonoff, Chairman, Environmental Health Department, Boston University stated, " I think the problem today is that turning on your tap is an act of faith, and I'm not sure that that act of faith is particularly well- placed."

Cryptosporidium is a round oocyst, that is resistant to chlorine disinfection. It can cause intestinal disorders in healthy people and can result in death for immuno-suppressed people. Memorable outbreaks occurred in Milwaukee, WI in 1993, and Las Vegas, NV, in 1994.

Giardia is a round cyst, and can be killed only by long contact with chlorine disinfection. It can cause intestinal disorders in healthy people. Recent outbreaks have been reported in Amsterdam, NY, Oregon, Georgia, and in Golden, CO.

Microscopic cysts (giardia and/or cryptosporidium ) have been found in 97% of surface water supplies, and 39% of drinking water supplies in the U.S.  These waterborne illness, caused by cysts, can be fatal for those who have compromised immune systems.

Those people (approximately  50,000) who are immuno-compromised, have been advised to remove these cysts by either boiling all of their drinking water or to use a filter that is certified by NSF International. 

Symptoms of
Cyst Infection

Cyst infection in healthy people include...

• Symptoms similar to cholera
• Abdominal cramps
• Watery diarrhea
• Low-grade fever
• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting

However, for those who are immuno-compromised, the results of cyst infection are often grave, and it has been estimated that there is a 40-50% mortality rate for the immuno-compromised who are infected with cryptosporidium. These parasites can cause severe damage to the....

• Gallbladder
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Respiratory Tract 

Those most at risk include

• AIDS patients, and others with suppressed immune systems
• Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
• Elderly
• Infants, the elderly
• Kidney dialysis patients
• Recent transplant recipients 

How Prevalent are Cryptosporidium
       & Giardia In Our Water?

• The United States Health Officials have estimated that 900,000 people each year become ill, and approximately 900 more die, from waterborne disease.
  
  The General Accounting Office has estimated that about 66% of Safe Drinking Water Act violations are not reported.
  
  

• A headline in the Washington Post, June 16, 1995, was entitled "U.S. Warns of Parasite In Tap Water."  It has been estimated that between 60,000 and 1.5 million Americans become ill from exposure to waterborne cryptosporidium parasites... that statistic is per year.
  
  

• According to an article in New England Journal of Medicine, March 30, 1995, cryptosporidium is common in water supplies and can infect people at a very low levels.
  
  

• It has been estimated that over 45 million Americans drink water from treatment plants in which the cyst cryptosporidium was found.  
  
  Cryptosporidium was the cyst that was  found in the tap water that infected over 400,000 people and killed over 100 in Milwaukee.
  
  

• The giardia cyst was identified in the 1960s.
  
  It has been estimated to cause 5 to 10 waterborne outbreaks per year.  This results in an annual average of 4000 hospital admissions per year and approximately 6 million dollars in hospital treatment costs.
  
  Erik Olson, the attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), cited a report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimating that 90,000 people a year are made sick by such microbial contamination of tap water.

Surface Water Treatment Rule

According to the Surface Water Treatment Rule, all surface water that may potentially be used for drinking water must be filtered.

Then why do we still have so many problems with cryptosporidium, giardia, and the newer protozoa such as cyclospora?

Because much of this water comes from ground water sources, which do not fall under the Surface Water Treatment Rule.

Further, cryptosporidium is pliable and can fold down to one micron in size, thus easily slips through most public utilities filtration systems.

The only water treatment devices that can effectively filter Crypto are those certified for submicron filtration (less than one micron).

To further compound the problem.....

• Many cities have water systems that pre-date World War II, and in some rural areas the water systems are reminiscent of a third world country.
   

• Thousands of city water systems don't test their water as the law requires.
   

• When water companies do test the water and find serious pollution problems, they often don't report them to state officials, as the law requires.
   

• Further, the GAO found that state officials often don't report violations to the EPA.

WHAT TO DO?

To the over 5 million Americans at risk, the CDC and the Environmental Protection Agency have issued a guidance.....

• Boil all of their tap water

• Use only bottled water

• Purchase a filter that is certified by NSF International to remove cysts

As many can attest, boiling all of the tap water can be unduly burdensome.

Bottled water alternative also presents problems. Carol Browner, head of the EPA, warned that bottled water is not tested for microbial contaminants like Cryptosporidium, so consumers really don't know what they're getting with bottled water.

Further, the new FDA specifications, which are nearly identical to the Environmental Protection Agency's requirements for municipal water, are designed to ensure that bottled water is as safe as that from the tap.

Many people are amazed to find that these are the only guidelines/regulations for bottled water.  In fact it has been found that countless consumers who have paid dearly for store-bought water were in fact buying tap water in a bottle. 

I believe that the point-of-use water filtration is the only viable alternative to eliminate these dangerous contaminants.

When buying a water filter, be certain that they are certified under NSF Standard 53 for cyst removal, which is recommended by both the CDC and the EPA.

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