Originally Posted By: nursemike
Originally Posted By: MoBOB
Thanks for the feedback everyone. So, good for general wound treatment; not so good (not advisable) for drinking water?



reference: [url=http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/water.html][/url] link

povidone may be just fine for purifying water. Dissenters might should provide footnotes.

They say it themselves - may not be effective for cycloosporidia. IIRC, the concern is that it doesn't get Cryptosporidia, which is fairly common in N America.

Personally, if I had to, I'd use it. That would be if I couldn't filter or boil. I figure that if I did get the diarrhea, it's supposed to be self-limiting. As long as I could maintain reasonable access to water, I'd just have to wait it out.

Besides, bad water is sometimes better than no water.