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RE: Schistosomiasis; An Overview of a Neglected Tropical Disease

in #steemstem6 years ago

Oh thanks big time for stopping by! @teemike

Yes, according to CDC prevention guidelines, boiling water for one minute is enough to make the drawn water free of schistosome eggs.

Quantity per minute? Do you mean volume of water to be boiled per minute? If yes, I think that will depend on the capacity of the container to be used for the boiling process and/or quantity of water needed at that particular time.
I hope I answered your questions correctly?
Thanks once again!

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Yes, you did. Actually, irrespective of the volume, water will boil at 100 degrees celsius. Even at 70 degrees, a lot of life forms have started dying. Water at 100 its considered pure. Leaving for an extra one minute, you're sure even molecules from Apama river gods are no more in the water. 😄

Haha...thank you for supporting with more sterilization by boiling terms...
Haha... What about eggs from the river goddess, will they die too??? Lol

lol....they should also... But you may want to know that some fortified ones called thermophiles can survive though. I don't think we have them around us.

Yeah! thanks for this too @getencored