Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
No filtration technique is as universally effective as boiling water, and most households will not have a decent filter, but will have the means to boil.
I would bet that in most situations, a good filter would be just fine, assuming viruses were not an issue, but you are taking a chance....
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