{"id":13490,"date":"2007-07-01T20:09:49","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T03:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/01\/beijing-tells-residents-water-safe-straight-from-tap-reuters\/"},"modified":"2007-07-01T20:09:49","modified_gmt":"2007-07-02T03:09:49","slug":"beijing-tells-residents-water-safe-straight-from-tap-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/beijing-tells-residents-water-safe-straight-from-tap-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Tells Residents Water Safe Straight From Tap &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom Reuters:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nResidents of China&#8217;s capital have been assured that their tap water is &#8220;drinkable even without being boiled,&#8221; state media reported, a breakthrough of sorts in a country where boiling drinking water is second nature.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjwatergroup.com.cn\/283\/2005_4_18\/283_751_1113813437110.html\">Beijing Waterworks Group <\/a> said the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.beijing2008.cn\/\">2008 Olympic <\/a> host city&#8217;s water had passed 106 tests for contaminants set down in new national standards, the Xinhua news agency reported late on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a blessing for Beijing residents,&#8221; said the China news agency. &#8220;For many years now, owing to a host of environmental factors, the quality of Beijing water has been doubted by the outside world.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idUSPEK35414220070702?feedType=RSS\">[Full Text]<br \/>\n<br \/><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nSee also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetark.org\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/42884\/story.htm\"> China to Raise Water Quality Standards <\/a>from www.planetark.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Reuters: Residents of China&#8217;s capital have been assured that their tap water is &#8220;drinkable even without being boiled,&#8221; state media reported, a breakthrough of sorts in a country where boiling drinking water is second nature. 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