Tuesday, June 01, 2004
1010 WINS reports problem with bugs in the water
1010 WINS radio reported today that the Orthodox community is refraining from drinking tap water due to the bugs discovered in the water recently.
Here is the story:
Orthodox Jews in New York are concerned that the city's drinking water may not be kosher because it contains tiny crustaceans known as copepods. The organisms, which measure about a millimeter long, pose no threat to human health. But Orthodox teaching bars the eating of crustaceans. They are aquatic animals with skeletons outside their bodies, including shrimp, crab and lobsters. The organisms first came to the attention of Jewish leaders in Brooklyn two weeks ago. An Israeli produce company that exports kosher vegetables to New York alleged that its products had become infested with insects after being washed in the city's water. An examination of the water under a microscope revealed the copepods, which are common in unfiltered ocean water and groundwater. Saul Kessler, owner of a Queens business that sells water filters, says he has received about a hundred phone calls from homeowners eager to weed the copepods out of their drinking water.
1010 WINS radio reported today that the Orthodox community is refraining from drinking tap water due to the bugs discovered in the water recently.
Here is the story:
Orthodox Jews in New York are concerned that the city's drinking water may not be kosher because it contains tiny crustaceans known as copepods. The organisms, which measure about a millimeter long, pose no threat to human health. But Orthodox teaching bars the eating of crustaceans. They are aquatic animals with skeletons outside their bodies, including shrimp, crab and lobsters. The organisms first came to the attention of Jewish leaders in Brooklyn two weeks ago. An Israeli produce company that exports kosher vegetables to New York alleged that its products had become infested with insects after being washed in the city's water. An examination of the water under a microscope revealed the copepods, which are common in unfiltered ocean water and groundwater. Saul Kessler, owner of a Queens business that sells water filters, says he has received about a hundred phone calls from homeowners eager to weed the copepods out of their drinking water.
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