ED CMNT: backflow through unprotected cross-connections?
and ‘gender bending’ chemicals. …Terrorism is the newest threat to our water. In February 2002, four terrorists were seized in a Rome apartment with sealed containers holding four kilos of a cyanide compound. Beside it lay a map of the city’s water distribution system, and the location of the U.S. embassy. A raid by the Italian anti-terrorist squad thwarted this attack, but it highlighted a new and dangerous risk to our water supplies. So what can be done to make our water safer? …Think when you next turn on the tap. Water is the ultimate resource. The world has it in abundance, but accessible, safe water is scarce, and we would be wise to protect it. Instead, we have forgotten the lessons of history and expect our water supply to work as we focus on other problems. We do so at our peril.
