Synonyms Infectious diseases due to polluted water; Waterborne infectious diseases Cross-References Waterborne Infectious Diseases Water Quality and Pollution Water Quality and Waterborne Infectious Diseasesdoi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5614-7_1769Prof. Wilhelm Kirch...
Rhonda went abroad one day, only to develop severe watery diarrhea, extreme dehydration, and a lot of abdominal pain. She probably had cholera, a disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera, which is spread by eating contaminated food or drinking water. Diseases...
acontaminated drinking water. The greatest development failure of the 20 century was the failure to provide clean drinking water and sanitation services to all the Earth's people.More than a billion people are without access to clean water,and 2.4 billion lack sanitation services.Cholera,dysentery,...
Drinking water can be contaminated during natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes.(Courtesy CDC) Cholera is not a problem in developed countries, but it is a major public health problem for developing countries, where outbreaks occur seasonally and are assoc...
What is it: A bacterial disease that humans get if they are bitten by arthropods and through direct contact with infected animals or animal materials, as well as by eating contaminated food, drinking contaminated water of inhale contaminated air. Symptoms include an ulcer at the bite site leading...
The cross-sectional study relied on questionnaires and on-farm water samples analyzed using standard methods from the Vietnam national protocol for water quality testing. Our results showed that SSI farmers frequently used water of poor quality contaminated with E. coli for domestic purposes. In ...
Treatment of water from an open-pit copper mine using biogenic sulfide and limestone: A feasibility study A bench-scale biogenic sulfide and limestone treatment system was used to treat acidic metal-contaminated water from the Berkeley Pit, an abandoned open-pi... RW Hammack,HM Edenborn,DH Dvo...
3.Also calledlarge intestine.the broad, shorter part of the intestines, comprising the cecum, colon, and rectum, that absorbs water from and eliminates the residues of digestion. adj. 4.internal; domestic; civil:intestine strife. [1525–35; < Latinintestīnum,n. use of neuter ofintestīnusin...
Contaminated water sources can transmit various waterborne diseases, including diarrhea, cholera, and hepatitis. Inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene practices further exacerbate the risk of these diseases. Access to clean and safe drinking water, along with proper sanitation facilities, is vital in ...
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Spontaneous abortions possibly related to ingestion of nitrate-contaminated well water—LaGrange County, Indiana, 1991–1994, Morb. Mort. Wkly Rep., 1996, vol. 45, no. 26, pp. 569–572. Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen— He...