Re Why You Should Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

I will not drink water on Amtrak except from the food court
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From: Dan Gillmor <dan () gillmor com>
Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [IP] Why You Should Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea
on a Plane
To: <dave () farber net>



This story doesn't have even one example of a case in which the
allegedly tainted water caused an illness. I'm prepared to believe it's
a problem, but not with absolutely zero evidence presented there's a
more than vanishingly small -- in this case, based on no data, zero -- risk.

On 06/24/2017 09:31 PM, Dave Farber wrote:
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> Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 3:26 PM
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Why You Should Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee
> or Tea on a Plane
> To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net () warpspeed com
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> Why You Should Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane
> By Stacey Leasca
> Jun 17 2017
> <
http://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/flight-attendants-dont-drink-coffee-tea-planes
> Overnight and early morning flights are hard on all of us. Sometimes,
> the only saving grace is a nice warm cup of tea or coffee to wake us up
> and help us feel refreshed after hours in the air. But you may want to
> think twice before you order that English breakfast blend, according to
> cabin crew members.
>
> “Flight attendants will not drink hot water on the plane. They will not
> drink plain coffee, and they will not drink plain tea,” one flight
> attendant told Business Insiderin February. Why the self-imposed ban on
> delicious warm beverages?
>
> As NBC 5 noted, the water for tea and coffee comes from the tap, not
> from a bottle, while in flight. And that water could be downright
> disgusting. According to a 2004 EPA sample of 158 planes, 13 percent
> contained coliform. Two of the airplanes were found to have dangerous
> E.coli in the water. And as Business Insider reported, an additional EPA
> study found that one in every eight planes fails the agency’s standards
> for water safety.
>
> Water onboard is regulated under the Environmental Protection Agency to
> ensure safe drinking water on the aircraft,” the The Association of
> Flight Attendants-CWA, told Business Insider. “The Association of Flight
> Attendants-CWA pushed for this regulation over 15 years ago. The
> regulation gives broad discretion to airlines on how often they must
> test the water and flush the tanks. AFA does not believe this regulation
> goes far enough or is sufficiently enforced."
>
> The bacteria is likely delivered while the water is in transit, NBC
> reported. According to a 2015 study in the International Journal of
> Environmental Research and Public Health, more microorganisms exist in
> the transport vehicles than in the water’s original source, thus
> transferring the organisms from truck to plane.
>
> [snip]
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