Hrudey Steve E, Hrudey Elizabeth J
Environmental Health Sciences, 10-120 Clinical Sciences Building, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada.
Water Environ Res. 2007 Mar;79(3):233-45. doi: 10.2175/106143006x95483.
Residents of affluent nations are remarkably lucky to have high-quality, safe drinking water supplies that most residents of modem cities enjoy, particularly when considered in contrast to the toll of death and misery that unsafe drinking water causes for most of the world's population. Some may presume that drinking-water disease outbreaks are a thing of the past, but complacency can easily arise. A review of drinking water outbreaks in developed countries over the past 3 decades reveals some of the reasons why drinking water outbreaks keep occurring when society clearly has the means to prevent them. Prevention of future outbreaks does not demand perfection, only a commitment to learn from past mistakes and to act on what has been learned.
富裕国家的居民非常幸运，能拥有大多数现代城市居民都享用的高质量、安全的饮用水供应，尤其是与不安全饮用水给世界上大多数人口带来的死亡和苦难相比时。有些人可能认为饮用水疾病爆发已成为过去，但很容易产生自满情绪。回顾过去30年发达国家的饮用水疫情，揭示了在社会显然有能力预防的情况下，饮用水疫情为何仍不断发生的一些原因。预防未来的疫情并不需要做到完美，只需要承诺从过去的错误中吸取教训，并将所学付诸行动。
