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9780898868548

Don't Get Sick

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  • ISBN13:

    9780898868548

  • ISBN10:

    0898868548

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-03-01
  • Publisher: Mountaineers Books
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Summary

This valuable resource describes food- and waterborne diseases and explains how to prevent them; how to keep a clean camp; how to choose the best water filter; how to select, manage, handle, and prepare foods; how to dispose of human waste and solid waste; and how to use the Leave- No-Trace ethics of backcountry living and travel.

Author Biography

Buck Tilton is co-founder of the Wilderness Medical Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), where he currently serves as director of curriculum.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 9
Food- and Waterborne Diseasesp. 14
Sanitizers and How They Workp. 37
Keeping Yourself Cleanp. 44
Disinfecting Waterp. 51
Choosing and Managing Foodp. 60
Disposing of Human Wastep. 65
Maintaining a Healthy Campp. 74
Special Considerations for Groupsp. 81
Diseases Carried by Animalsp. 87
Selected Referencesp. 106
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