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| Telegraph debunks an urban myth | Telegraph debunks an urban myth |
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| I am downcast by a single sentence on the front page of today's Daily Telegraph (and here's a spoiler alert before I continue)… | I am downcast by a single sentence on the front page of today's Daily Telegraph (and here's a spoiler alert before I continue)… |
| In a story headlined "Householders asked if they would drink treated sewage water", the paper has dared to debunk a myth that I, and I'm sure, many others, have believed to be true for years. | In a story headlined "Householders asked if they would drink treated sewage water", the paper has dared to debunk a myth that I, and I'm sure, many others, have believed to be true for years. |
| The final paragraph stated simply and cruelly: | The final paragraph stated simply and cruelly: |
| "The idea that Londoners currently drink water that has passed through at least seven other people is a myth." | "The idea that Londoners currently drink water that has passed through at least seven other people is a myth." |
| I read that to my 12-year-old grandson this morning and he immediately replied: "That's got to be wrong! Everyone knows it happens." | I read that to my 12-year-old grandson this morning and he immediately replied: "That's got to be wrong! Everyone knows it happens." |
| See how the comforting power of an urban myth can be destroyed by just a casual, annoyingly factual, statement. | See how the comforting power of an urban myth can be destroyed by just a casual, annoyingly factual, statement. |
| Next, I thought, they'll be telling us that there is water on the moon. And I turn to The Guardian to find that not only is there an abundance of water, , it is the same water as that on Earth. But surely it will have passed through at least seven green aliens? | Next, I thought, they'll be telling us that there is water on the moon. And I turn to The Guardian to find that not only is there an abundance of water, , it is the same water as that on Earth. But surely it will have passed through at least seven green aliens? |
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