02-24-2017, 04:09 PM
I know all that but I still think there is very little overlap. In theory a 5 micron filter will remove them.
ETA: If one does not employ the measures to protect one's water supply from rat lungworm then one is also not protecting against leptospirosis and other biological contaminants. I think lepto is harder to protect against than RLW (in a water supply). I also think that while there is no shortage of anecdotal evidence about how people got RLW from handling a slug or stepping in slime, the medical community does not wholeheartedly back this up. They have to say "don't touch slime" because the worms have been detected in the slime but all the nightmare cases seem linked to actual ingestion of snails or slugs on produce. There is enough to be concerned about WRT RLW without exaggerating anything. Unfortunately humans seem hard-wired to exaggerate things. This must actively be guarded against.
ETA: If one does not employ the measures to protect one's water supply from rat lungworm then one is also not protecting against leptospirosis and other biological contaminants. I think lepto is harder to protect against than RLW (in a water supply). I also think that while there is no shortage of anecdotal evidence about how people got RLW from handling a slug or stepping in slime, the medical community does not wholeheartedly back this up. They have to say "don't touch slime" because the worms have been detected in the slime but all the nightmare cases seem linked to actual ingestion of snails or slugs on produce. There is enough to be concerned about WRT RLW without exaggerating anything. Unfortunately humans seem hard-wired to exaggerate things. This must actively be guarded against.