Originally Posted by
pasopia
Thanks, I was looking at that one as well. In what situations would I need an anti-viral supplement? Is there one that is commonly found in the Mexico/Central/South America? Obviously I can't carry 1 year's worth of Viral Stop.
You know they do have clean municipal water supplies outside the United States. Modern cities the world over have water treatment systems now. I would be less suspect of a 20 year old system in South America, then a 120 year old system in the US, where it hasn't seen any real maintenance since the Second World War. Water treatment systems are not a sexy political issue, and it's easy to spend many millions of dollars on routine plant maintenance.
Having said that, water everywhere is slightly different, if your from New York, your just as likely to get sick from water in Los Angeles as in La Pas. A bigger issue though is food preparation, food handlers are not as fussy about cleanliness in some places as others.