Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Recommendation to NOT drink tap water maintained in twelve Tenerife municipalities
The Tenerife Island Corporation, Public health services and the Canarian Federation of Municipalities (FECAM), maintain their recommendation, for the moment, to NOT drink tap water in now twelve (initially, eleven were restricted last week) Tenerife municipalities, due to the excess of fluoride - derived from the volcanic subsoil and residual volcanic activity - detected in various areas of Buenavista, Los Silos, El Tanque, La Guancha, Garachico, San Juan de la Rambla, Icod de los Vinos, Adeje, La Matanza, El Sauzal, La Victoria and Santa Úrsula.
The three institutions said yesterday that this does not affect the whole of these municipalities completely and, in the majority of cases the recommendation to not drink tap water, not even boiled, only affects children under the age of eight. In four districts, however, the recommendation extends to the entire population.
Areas where the greatest restrictions (general population) are recommended are:
Adeje: Miraverde Las Torres, Roque del Conde, Los Molinos, Los Pepes-Armeñime, Tijoco 1 and Tijoco 2 and Tejina.
Buenavista: Las Portelas and Teno.
El Tanque: La Hoya, San José de los Llanos, El Tanque I, and Ruigómez-Erjos.
Icod de los Vinos: Cueva del Viento 1, Cueva del Viento 2, La Florida, Icod de los Vinos and Las Cañas.
They also coincided in a message of tranquility to the population, stating that this should not be considered as contaminated water and that there are no immediate risks to health: that the effects are produced only by prolonged consumption.
Meanwhile, individual councils are "taking the necessary action to palliate the situation as promptly as possible."
Cabildo, Sanidad y Fecam definen las zonas afectadas por flúor en el agua
Solicitan atención con los niveles de FLÚOR en el agua
And, those of us who live in the "no man's land" between El Palmar (under eights) and Las Portelas (general population), which rule do we follow? I am awaiting a call back from the relevant councillor at Buenavista town hall, as we speak!
The three institutions said yesterday that this does not affect the whole of these municipalities completely and, in the majority of cases the recommendation to not drink tap water, not even boiled, only affects children under the age of eight. In four districts, however, the recommendation extends to the entire population.
Areas where the greatest restrictions (general population) are recommended are:
Adeje: Miraverde Las Torres, Roque del Conde, Los Molinos, Los Pepes-Armeñime, Tijoco 1 and Tijoco 2 and Tejina.
Buenavista: Las Portelas and Teno.
El Tanque: La Hoya, San José de los Llanos, El Tanque I, and Ruigómez-Erjos.
Icod de los Vinos: Cueva del Viento 1, Cueva del Viento 2, La Florida, Icod de los Vinos and Las Cañas.
They also coincided in a message of tranquility to the population, stating that this should not be considered as contaminated water and that there are no immediate risks to health: that the effects are produced only by prolonged consumption.
Meanwhile, individual councils are "taking the necessary action to palliate the situation as promptly as possible."
Cabildo, Sanidad y Fecam definen las zonas afectadas por flúor en el agua
Solicitan atención con los niveles de FLÚOR en el agua
And, those of us who live in the "no man's land" between El Palmar (under eights) and Las Portelas (general population), which rule do we follow? I am awaiting a call back from the relevant councillor at Buenavista town hall, as we speak!
