During the 2008 Olympics, avoid drinking tap water outside the Olympic Village. That is the message in a recent
article by Stephen Wade, of Associated Press. It seems that few of the 15 million residents of Beijing drink water from the tap, which is known to be contaminated, relying instead on bottled water.
It reminds me of a trip to Moscow some years back when a similar warning was issued to us. The warning pointed out that it was easy to inadvertently drink the tap water by putting ice in drinks or even eating washed salad. The upside was that we got to clean our teeth using Vodka!
Labels: Beijing, health, Olympic Games, safety, warning, water
