Water on airliners worse than thought

I usually buy a large bottled water before hopping on the plane. Now, I may not ask for ice.

Water on airliners worse than thought: "Water on airliners worse than thought
Federal testing of bathrooms and kitchens finds contamination on 17.2 percent of the planes
Thursday, January 20, 2005
SETH BORENSTEIN
WASHINGTON -- The water aboard airlines is more contaminated by traces of human or animal waste than first thought, federal environmental officials said Wednesday.

A second round of federal testing in the bathrooms and kitchens of 169 passenger airplanes, conducted in November and December 2004, found coliform in nearly one in five of the aircraft. Coliform is the key indicator for fecal contamination and germs that cause disease. "