Shanghai Health

Do not drink Shanghai's tap water unless it is boiled or goes through a reverse-osmosis filter. Drinking the water is relatively safe when it has been boiled; however, tap water is also said to contain high amounts of heavy metals which are not removed by boiling. Read More »

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Shanghai Health is based on Shanghai by ni_wenqiang, Niels Elgaard Larsen, Dickan, Duffsta, Globe-trotter, Pashley, Zepppep, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.