3 Drinks Flight Attendants Avoid When They’re Flying | Alternet
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Encore un problème de santé publique lié à l’absence de régulation et de contrôle sur les activités privées.
For that report, the EPA tested the onboard drinking water of 158 planes. According to the EPA findings, around 13 percent, or one in 10 airplanes, contained coliform (a hazardous form of E.coli bacteria) in its water supply. In that same Business Insider article it was further reported that through a Freedom of Information Act Request, a 2012 follow-up study by the EPA showed that the problems with airplane water had remained unchanged.
This issue largely comes down to regulation. Quoted by Business Insider, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA explained that the EPA is responsible for implementing regulations to ensure “safe drinking water on the aircraft.” The AFA had insisted on these measures “over 15 years ago,” but because it “gives broad discretion to airlines on how often they must test the water and flush the tanks… [the AFA] does not believe this regulation goes far enough or is sufficiently enforced."