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J Epidemiol Community Health 2000;54:729-730 doi:10.1136/jech.54.10.729
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Water and health: precaution must be guided for the health of the public

  1. FERRAN BALLESTER
  1. Valencian School of Health Studies (EVES), Valencia, Spain
  2. Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
  1. Dr Ballester (ballester_fer{at}gva.es)
  1. JORDI SUNYER
  1. Valencian School of Health Studies (EVES), Valencia, Spain
  2. Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
  1. Dr Ballester (ballester_fer{at}gva.es)

    We agree with Martha Sinclair and Christopher Fairley1 that the existing evidence linking drinking water to gastrointestinal illness in developed countries is not comparable to that of waterborne outbreaks. We also agree with most of their comments about potential biases of time series studies on water turbidity and need for better designs.2 However, we disagree in some other of their comments.

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