Re: [79attendees] Drinking water?

[Thomas Walsh <[e-mail]>]

FWIW, my wife and I have not been drinking the water but eating the fruit (such as watermellon) without ill effect.  

It is quite possible that Shangri-la is taking precautions on the food it serves but can not guarantee the tap water in its rooms.

-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Gellens [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 12:48 PM
To: Thomas Walsh; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [79attendees] Drinking water?

At 9:22 PM -0400 11/6/10, Thomas Walsh wrote:

>  No, it appears the water in the tap in Shangri-La is not safe to 
> drink.  There is a warning on the Shangri-La web page not to drink 
> the tap water in the hotel but to boil it first. 
>
>  "Shangri-La recommends you drink only boiled or bottled water 
> during your stay in Beijing. Complimentary bottled drinking water 
> is available in every room."
>
>  See 
> http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/beijing/shangrila/facts/publichealth
>
>  So I also avoid using ice in drinks, and only hot drinks or bottled drinks.

That also implicates any food served in the hotel that was presumably 
washed in tap water, such as salads, fruit, possibly juices.  Of 
course, basic travel advice is to not eat anything that wasn't cooked 
just before you ate it; although fruit that you yourself peeled is 
OK, per the CDC.  I was hoping this hotel was better; the fresh fruit 
looks so good.  (Various food safety sites report that, for example, 
watermelons may be injected with tap water to increase their weight.)

-- 
Randall Gellens
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