How long should you boil water to make it safe to drink?

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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.45

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A revision to previously published advice for travellers. Centres for Disease Control (CDC)  recommends making water microbiologically safe to drink by bringing it to a rolling boil for one (1) minute. This will inactivate all major waterborne bacterial pathogens. 

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Anonymous. Advice for travellers. Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:154.

Department of Human Services and Health. Health information for international travel. Fourth edition. Australian Government Publishing Service, 1994.

Anonymous. Assessment of inadequately filtered public drinking water - Washington, D.C., December 1993. MMWR 1994;43;661-668.

Anonymous. Assessment of inadequately filtered public drinking water - Washington, DC, December 1993. JAMA 1994;272;1401-1402.

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03/09/98

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No authors listed. 1998. “How Long Should You Boil Water to Make It Safe to Drink?”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 22 (September):191. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.45.

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