Posted on 12/18/2017 9:54:10 AM PST by dennisw
Pop Idol star Darius Campbell reveals he fell into near-fatal coma after showing off charity's new water filter by drinking from dirty river Thames right next to sewage outlet
Singer drank from Thames using filter bottle made by not-for-profit, Fresh2o Near-fatal blunder saw Campbell using a bottle whose filter had been removed He collapsed with bacterial meningitis and severe brain swelling and put in coma
Popstars singer Darius Campbell nearly died after showing off a charity's new water filter by drinking straight from the river Thames.
Campbell found himself at death’s door after promoting the bottle made by not-for-profit body Fresh2o.
It sells the bottles – which remove 99.9 per cent of pathogens, bacteria and viruses – to finance its drive to help people in countries such as Madagascar.
But a near-fatal blunder saw the singer songwriter using a display bottle whose filter had been removed.
After collapsing with bacterial meningitis and severe brain swelling the 37-year-old Glaswegian was placed in a coma, waking to find his mother Avril Danesh – herself undergoing chemo and radiotherapy for breast cancer – in tears at his bedside.
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It's that 0.1% that'll kill ya!.....................
These female run NGOs can be hazardous to your health. They are as common sense tech-savvy as Hillary with her server.
Remember the phony baloney NGO in House of Cards? It supplied make work jobs for upper class women who “Care” about the third world.
Darwin Award candidate
These dunderheads forgot to insert the filter. But even w the filter you have to be nuts to test it by a sewage outlet into the Thames River in UK.
If you use the bottle without the filter it remove 0 per cent of pathogens, bacteria and viruses.
Perhaps he had just come from a firearm safety class and was too focused on making sure the equipment was cleared.
Interesting...someone should do a study of how much Britain’s Clean Water regulations have cost!
Without a filter, it removes a whopping 0.000% of pathogens, bacteria and viruses.
So I guess the remaining 100.000% will kill ya. Or at least, have a go at it.
Whose bright idea was it to remove the working part of the filter bottle?
Display bottle? Defective bottle re-purposed before filter installation? Too cheap, or just tired of replacing stolen filters?
[ But a near-fatal blunder saw the singer songwriter using a display bottle whose filter had been removed. ]
Oops. Never surround yourself with stupid people.
“If you use the bottle without the filter it remove 0 per cent of pathogens, bacteria and viruses.”
And you retain all the subtle flavors that are missing in highly filtered water.
Salesman: [ seated at lunch counter ] As a salesman, I do a lot of traveling. And when it comes to lunch, I grab what I can, usually on the run. And when I want mineral water, I keep it simple, and I keep it domestic. [ places bottle on counter ] I drink Swill. The water that’s dredged from Lake Erie.
[ voice over video of Swill being dredged from Lake Erie ]
Nothing’s added to Swill. It comes straight from the Lake to you. Maybe you thought only European countries had mineral water, but let me tell you: we bottle some pretty special water right here in America.
[ cut back to Salesman at lunch counter ]
Yeah. America. Water with a character all its own. Swill’s refreshing; it’s low in calories; and Swill helps wash down a hearty meal like this that tends to just lay in your stomach. [ pours runny ketchup on his hamburger ]
[ Music Over: “Anticipation” by Carly Simon ]
[ Plays as Swill slowly pours into Salesman’s glass, complete with sludge, dirt and a flip-top from a soda can ]
Salesman: I like mine with a twist. [ squeezes a lime wedge into his glass of Swill ]
Announcer: Swill. Everything you’ve always wanted in a mineral water. And more.
[[If you use the bottle without the filter it remove 0 per cent of pathogens, bacteria and viruses.]]
Not true- some pathogens, bacteria and viruses stick to the sides of the bottle
Close call...
I believe there was a comma and an “s” missing from the post to which you responded:
If you use the bottle without the filter, it removes 0 per cent of pathogens, bacteria and viruses.
A quick lesson - dirty water is brown. Clean, filtered water is clear.
Says filter was removed. Coverage for a defective product maybe?
“It was the best of Thames, it was the worst of Thames......”
I wonder if we have a river that dirty here in the US - besides the one Mexico dumps sewage in.
I’ve seen cleaner rivers in India...
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