2008 Beijing Olympics: Bring Your Own Water

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2008 Beijing Olympics: Bring Your Own Water
Signal to Noise found this 5/10/2007 on lioninoil.blogspot.com [flag]
An important message was delivered today by high ranking Beijing Olympic officials: don't drink the tap water in Beijing next summer unless you're within the Olympic village. In a nutshell, this was the city's attempt in order to "guarantee water safety" - don't drink it. The city has spent billions trying to clean up the city, and these gargantuan efforts still haven't been enough to ... [link]

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Cheap Shots #19.
Published 5/10/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... 9) Planning on heading to China for the Olympics next year? Prepare to shell out some serious yuan for the bottled water. [Lion in Oil]

Blogger Reach-Arounds
Published 5/10/2007 by Zach Landres-Schnur at The Big Picture
... tells us how the tap water at the '08 Summer Games might not be up to par. Aquafina, it's your time to shine.

The Roundup: Byron Leftwich, Shake a Tailfeather
Published 5/10/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... If you’re going to the Olympics in Beijing next year, remember not to drink the water. (Lion in Oil)

Dysentery: China Is Totally On Top Of All Olympic Matters
Published 5/10/2007 at Deadspin
... in Beijing have many observers concerned, though it seems like everyone always worries about whether the Olympic host city will be ready, and it seems to turn out just fine. But there does seem to be a major issue in China: They're asking people not to drink the tap water.