> In some cases colony counts in the filtered water were 10,000 times those in tap water. like I said, hard for me to do a good comparison of the relative risk

> In some cases colony counts in the filtered water were 10,000 times those in tap water. like I said, hard for me to do a good comparison of the relative risk, but that sounds pretty bad too. some bacteria is normal, but this is like drinking from a stream vs drinking from standing water.