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Boiling, tablets, UV pens, filters and filter bottles — what each one kills, what it misses (filters don’t stop viruses), when tap water is safe, and…
By Prakash Tamang · Sep 2, 2026
The single easiest way to travel lighter on the planet — and often on your stomach — is to stop buying single-use plastic water and start treating your own. But "treat your own" hides a trap that catches even seasoned travellers: not every method kills…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Waterborne illness comes from three broad culprits: bacteria (E. coli, cholera, typhoid), protozoa (Giardia, Cryptosporidium — the parasites behind that grinding week-long stomach trouble) and viruses (hepatitis A, norovirus, rotavirus). No single lightweight…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
In most of Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, municipal tap water is treated to a high standard and safe to drink straight — the plastic bottle you bought was pure marketing. Elsewhere, treat the tap as suspect: in much of South…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
A single trekker on a two-week trail can burn through 30 or more plastic bottles. Multiply that by the tens of thousands who walk the Everest and Annapurna trails each season and you get mountains of plastic hauled up by porters and, too often, burned or…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
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