On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:19:26 GMT, ggg wrote:
>China can't police food production and there are too many poor people
>behind the times.
[snip]
There are indeed lots of problems in China - and you've highlighted
some of them - but for practical purposes, I think that the
food-and-drink problems travellers have to be most careful about are:
(1) Do not drink unboiled tap water, whether in the form of water or
ice. The water is unsafe to drink because it is not purified and full
of pathogens.
(2) Do not drink raw fruits and vegetables that aren't or can't be
peeled. Raw fruits and vegetables are unsafe because visitors have no
immunity to the local bacteria, including those found in human waste
(nightsoil) that's used for fertilizer.
But what's really excellent in China (at least the places I visited)
is that there is such wide availability of cooked and pickled
vegetables. They were not only a pleasure to eat but also good for my
system, and I've been making an effort to eat more similar vegetables
now that I'm back in the U.S.
[snip]
>I didn't want to be the don't eat that poster but that's where I'm
>coming from.
I definitely understand where you're coming from, but I still think
it's reasonable for people to visit China and eat and drink there,
albeit with some care.
Michael
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