Suspected Water Contamination in Sibulan

Good idea, sure it will be a big surprise to my gf look in the microscope. Side effects guess she will sit in the shower most of the day, already do it for hours lol. I can imagine that many kinds of foods, will be deleted from the shopping list, I guess the 5 k the Mobile phone Microscope cost can be a good investment

 

That's pretty cool. Can you attach some photos? I might have to buy that to keep me out of trouble on cloudy days.

 

When local people do not care about flies and ants crawling all over the food they buy at the market, why would they care if they could see bacteria?

 

What exactly did you/your gf see with this microscope? I note it has magnification up to X200 but to see bacteria they need to be stained with professional dyes in a complex procedure. The only pathogens I can think of which could be seen are certain fungi and then most can be seen with the naked eye anyway. I am very interested in microscopy so would be interested to know how useful this type of microscope is.

 

Does anyone know of a local store that sells microscopes and associated kit? I suspect not and that I would have to look in Manila or Cebu or online.

 

I referred before to the problems of using a CR. I am not sure how aware everyone is of this (as I am not trying to preach, just to inform) but for those who are interested, consider this: A man does a poo and gets faeces on his hands. He has good hygiene standards and so uses the faucet (now that handle is contaminated as he has to turn it on before washing his hands) - then he turns it off and so contaminates his hands again! He opens the door and contaminates that handle (which is probably already contaminated from other users); he buys an ice cream in a cone for his kids and so passes the germs to them and then pays using now contaminated coins and notes; he meets some friends and shakes hands and so contaminates them (who then meet other friends etc.).

And so the story goes on. This is as much a problem for CRs in the home as well as in public places. My solution is to wash the faucet handle with soap as I am washing my hands, not to dry using a cloth towel and use my elbow to open a door if possible. But, of course, I am handing coins containing millions of pathogens from other people and could be shaking hands with contaminated friends (except I don't have any!* ). A study on a free bowl of nuts in a bar showed over 30 different people's urine (I don't know if they tested for E. coli but that was not reported).

* Except 'The Dude' perhaps

 

You are really spot on here, just tell us we can't avoid the bacteria, different types, the one from cr I fear most, staff in restaurants who don't wash their hands after visit cr can make you seriously sick and for sure have done that many times. I'm not happy if I need use cr away from home. In Dumaguete I go McDonalds or Robinson, they clean regulary, don't sit on the seat, good exercise lol, flush with my foot, I know sorry for the next one, use foot or elbow to open the door, still, it doesn't help anything, when I go to a food place and staff don't wash their hands. Most of us have an okay immune system to the surroundings we live in and only when we get bacterias in a big amount it affects us, I really don't like to think about it but we can't deny reality. I'm sure staff here in Philippines don't have hygiene course before they work with food, just reality in the 3.word