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Handwashing, Giardia and old Tales

Once there was a time, days of freedom and ignorance vaguely remembered as the 70’s, when we didn’t worry about wilderness water quality. We drank when and where we pleased. Yes, there was a tale of backpackers in Utah who became ill with...

Published Wed, Aug 27 2008 10:18 AM by Tod Schimelpfenig
Summer Health Tips

by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog I was recently invited by Revolution Health to offer their readers a few summer safety tips to beat the "silent summer spoilers." The following is a modified...

Published Sun, Aug 03 2008 2:03 PM by Outdoor Ed

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