I'm typically not someone who has extreme and inflexible opinions about food and water sources. However...
My sons and I moved to the state we live in now four years ago. We have had a LOT of stomach trouble since coming, frequent diarrhea, nausea, and general upset stomach. I think I have vomited more in the last four years than I have in my whole life combined before moving here. Most days we are OK, but at least once a week, at least one of us is sick to our stomach in one way or another.
I do have a history of stomach trouble, but it wasn't this bad before, and it's been new for my sons since moving here.
One day at work, this guy was talking about a report he heard about our water source having a large concentration of E Coli, and that it was significant enough that the EPA put out a report about it. It was blamed on the fact we have a lot of chicken factory farms and processing plants here. There's one chicken plant nearby that produces this bad sewer/dead animal smell a couple of times a week and it will last for several hours. There are also hog farms that are under scrutiny right now for having a large amount of waste runoff entering a major water source here in our state.
So... I'm just wondering if this is the cause of our four years long stomach trouble. Other's here don't really complain about it. I know the water is treated, and sometimes there is a change in it. There is a dam nearby and there's differences in the taste and smell of the water when it is opened and closed. Sometimes there will be a sudden increase in Chlorine in the water.
A long time ago I heard that if you go to a new place, you shouldn't drink the water because it will make you sick until your body can adjust to it because water has different contents in different areas. But it's been four years, and it was just the next state, not another country. I don't know. I'm just wondering about the water quality now.
My sons and I moved to the state we live in now four years ago. We have had a LOT of stomach trouble since coming, frequent diarrhea, nausea, and general upset stomach. I think I have vomited more in the last four years than I have in my whole life combined before moving here. Most days we are OK, but at least once a week, at least one of us is sick to our stomach in one way or another.
I do have a history of stomach trouble, but it wasn't this bad before, and it's been new for my sons since moving here.
One day at work, this guy was talking about a report he heard about our water source having a large concentration of E Coli, and that it was significant enough that the EPA put out a report about it. It was blamed on the fact we have a lot of chicken factory farms and processing plants here. There's one chicken plant nearby that produces this bad sewer/dead animal smell a couple of times a week and it will last for several hours. There are also hog farms that are under scrutiny right now for having a large amount of waste runoff entering a major water source here in our state.
So... I'm just wondering if this is the cause of our four years long stomach trouble. Other's here don't really complain about it. I know the water is treated, and sometimes there is a change in it. There is a dam nearby and there's differences in the taste and smell of the water when it is opened and closed. Sometimes there will be a sudden increase in Chlorine in the water.
A long time ago I heard that if you go to a new place, you shouldn't drink the water because it will make you sick until your body can adjust to it because water has different contents in different areas. But it's been four years, and it was just the next state, not another country. I don't know. I'm just wondering about the water quality now.
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