A homemade water filter using charcoal, sand, and strawberry leaves without boiling water led to Giardia infection. — Whalespan
A homemade water filter using charcoal, sand, and strawberry leaves without boiling water led to Giardia infection.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“because the way that we were filtering the water was we use charcoal from the fire that sand and some strawberry leaves and little cut off plastic water bottles and I was so proud of my little homemade water filter that I just I drank out of that I didn't boil the water just drank straight out of my little filter”