Food & Water Precautions

• Boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it
• Use purified water for brushing your teeth as well as drinking
• Safe water to drink is boiled, purified, or bottled
• Reliable purification systems include both a filter (for killing parasites) and a chemical (for killing viruses & bacteria) such as chlorine dioxide.
• Drink carbonated drinks, hot tea or coffee
• Avoid ice in your drinks
• Be cautious of unpasteurized dairy, ice cream, street vendors, buffet food, raw vegetables such as salads, large reef fish (grouper, snapper, barracuda) even if cooked.