[pct-l] Giardia Lamblia - Excellent informative article by Robert L. Rockwell, Phd

[Brick Robbins]

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I agree that Giardia is the "scare factor" on the PCT but I'm not convinced
> it's actually the main risk.  The problem is that any gastrointestinal
> distress tends to be labeled "Giardia", usually without an official
> diagnosis.  I suspect (but can't prove) that E. Coli is a much bigger
> problem than people realize.

Most of the filters do not have pore sizes small enough to filter out
bacteria, and it is almost impossible to filter out viruses.

That being said, chemically killing Giardia is difficult, which is why
normal chlorine treatment doesn't work.