Viruses—What Is Their Significance in Water Supplies?
Viruses—What Is Their Significance in Water Supplies?
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病毒——它们对供水有何意义？
DOI：
10.1002/j.1551-8833.1974.tb02032.x
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发表时间：
1974
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通讯作者：
F. Taylor
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作者：
F. Taylor
1972年3月21日，《华盛顿邮报》发表了一篇题为《马萨诸塞州两个城市的病毒危及水源》的文章。又过了一天，这个惊人的消息又在新英格兰的报纸上重新发表，特别是《波士顿先驱旅行者报》、《洛厄尔太阳报》和《劳伦斯鹰论坛报》，对马萨诸塞州劳伦斯和比勒里卡这两个试验城市的居民产生了影响。反应有些吓人。电台和电视台把这件事放在最重要的位置。肯尼迪参议员呼吁卫生和福利部为劳伦斯和比勒里卡的122000名居民建立蒸馏水的紧急供应。同一批居民给当地的卫生办公室打了大量的电话，据一名卫生官员估计，每天有500个电话打来。环保署的地区办事处连续忙碌忙于接听电话，而马萨诸塞州通信公司。公共卫生部被迫召开新闻发布会，通过电视、广播和新闻媒体的大量报道来解释这一情况。最后但并非最不重要的是，作者被要求在洛厄尔广播电台的黄金收听时间进行长达一小时的问答，这是一次令人难忘的经历。整个事件是由参议院关于供水立法的听证会上的证词引发的。星期五就东北供水实验室的调查结果作证。他报告说，在1968年开始的一项研究中，从马萨诸塞州的两个社区采集的成品饮用水样本中发现了肠道病毒。新英格兰人相对没有注意到的是环境保护局地区管理员约翰·A·S. McGlennon说，到目前为止的结果“已经表明”需要大幅增加
Something of the attitudes toward reports of viruses in water supplies was learned from the aftermath of publication in the Washington Post of Mar. 21, 1972, of an article under the headline "Viruses Peril Water of 2 Massachusetts Cities." It took another day for the startling news, which was republished in the New England papers, notably the Boston Herald-Traveler , the Lowell Sun, and the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, to have an impact upon the residents of the two test cities, Lawrence and Billerica, Mass. The reaction was somewhat frightening. Radio and television gave the story top billing. Senator Kennedy called upon HEW to set up an emergency supply of distilled water for the 122 000 residents of Lawrence and Billerica. These same residents deluged their local health offices with telephone calls estimated by one health officer at the rate of 500 per day. The regional office of the EPA was kept busy for a week answering calls, and the Massachusetts Com. of Public Health was forced to call a press conference with massive television, radio, and press coverage to explain the situation. Last but not least, the author was requested to be on a Lowell radio station for an hourlong question-and-answer session at prime listening time, an experience long to be remembered. The whole thing had been triggered by testimony at a Senate hearing on watersupply legislation during which EPA deputy administrator Robert W. Fri testified concerning findings of the Northeast Water Supply Laboratory. He reported that enteric viruses had been recovered from samples of finished drinking water taken from the two Massachusetts communities in a study that began in 1968. Relatively unnoticed by New Englanders was a statement by EPA regional administrator John A. S. McGlennon that results so far "have shown the" need for substantially greater