politics of chlorine

[Brad De Long]

>->
>->I missed this.  Why is banning chlorine bad for poor people?
>-
>-Germs in the water, I guess.
>
>i actually think that elimination of chlorine may be bad for rich people.
>
>i'm pretty sure that there are ways to disinfect water without chlorine.
>i know for a fact that there are ways to treat it.
>
>the problem is that most urban sewage systems are the type that need to
>rely on engineering processes and an industrial infrastructure--which in
>turn means big government contracts, taxing mechanisms, and those
>wonderful municipal bonds!
>
>aml

Historically, humans have tended to go for three different technologies:

--alcohol (turn it into beer, and then drink it).

--boil it (tea).

--put chlorine in it (either at the waterworks, or put a drop of bleach in it).