Having worked once upon a time in Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, it was confusing to many as to why building large numbers of wells was not resulting in improved outcomes in terms of lower gastro-intestinal disease incidents. Eventually, people realized that this was because the water got contaminated between the source and its use, and inevitably this was due to poor personal hygiene and handling of the water. Hence all of the RWSS programmes (at least the serious ones) shifted to a dual approach of both water supply and water use education.James Bong wrote:Why would they report it?Jacked Camry wrote:Or, perhaps, evidence suggests that this actually works seeing as so many people are living in homes where this occurs but none report gastro-intestinal illness.James Bong wrote:Pet hate of mine.... and you are dead right it aint healthy by a long shot.gavinmac wrote:I know a girl who does this. I have a refrigerator. I have a stove to reheat food. She just leaves the leftover cooked food on the kitchen counter with the plan that someone will eat the room temperature food hours later or the next day. Cooked beef, fish, etc.
Is this a common local thing or is it just her? I'm not a food sanitation expert but it doesn't seem healthy to me.
No amount of explanation seems to convert em....
Probably only takes only 1-2 hours before bacteria starts growing i guess... must be flavor going by some of the replies on here...
I remember hearing Rice has a particularly nasty spore that doesn't kill off during the cooking process.... nasty shit if that bacteria gets going and the circumstances are all perfect for it to grow.
They go to their local quack and get some medication or end up in hospital or dead.
But if you are looking for reports... do a simple google search... plenty of reported cases and i'm sure thousands of unreported cases.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/e ... ing-blamed
The same goes for food - the contamination primarily occurs due to poor hygiene by the handlers who don't wash their hands after defecating or use dirty dishes and utensils.