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Originally Posted by makobob
WE have all been drinking piss water from every thing that has ever existed on this space ship of ours. It is ALL RECYCLED daily, ENJOY.
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All of the water we drink is the same water that the dinosaurs drank a million years ago. Period.
Although, the water has taken multiple forms since then, i.e. Vapor, Ice, Liquid and even broken down into individual parts and reassembled again (Plant Photosynthesis for example.)
Like what another poster said, it's what we introduce into those waters that is the dangrous part. It was explained to me by a lake water expert a long time ago that we can introduce some pretty funky chemicals and diseases into the water that the normal lake habitat has a hard time dealing with. Let alone what goes past the filters before it becomes potable water. So they limit human contact as much as possible to minimize the risk.
Yes, animals die, poop/pee in the same water that we're not allowed to swim in, but animals "generally" don't have odd diseases like HIV, Flu, etc and they don't have soaps, sunscreens and perfumes on their skin. All of the things a pooping, peeing and dying animal places in the water can be filtered out easily and predictably.
Oh and I agree with the oddity of allowing chemical spewing boats but not a sit on top kayak... but who knows, maybe that stuff is filtered out easily as well.... maybe they're worried about a disease outbreak primarily or something.