Water pollutionis the contamination of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater by human activities. All water pollution affects organisms and plants that live in these water bodies and in almost all cases the effect is damaging either to individual species and populations but ...
Epidemiological study on contamination of water and diarrheal diseases in a rural community in north- east Thailand. Environ Health Prev Med 1: 20-27.70. Haque QM, et al., 1996. Epidemiological study on contamination of water and diarrheal diseases in a rural community in northeast Thailand. ...
Water is of fundamental importance for life on earth. The synthesis and structure of cell constituents and transport of nutrients into the cells as well as body metabolism depend on water. The contaminations present in water disturb the spontaneity of the mechanism and result in long/short-term ...
The food and water hygiene in two Liberian communities was studied in a house-to-house diarrhoea survey. The level of contamination with enterobacteria of drinking water stored in the households was significantly higher than at the water sources. Food hygiene standards were low, particularly in the...
Water-borne pathogen contamination in water resources and related diseases are a major water quality concern throughout the world. Increasing interest in controlling water-borne pathogens in water resources evidenced by a large number of recent publicati
Groundwater is the main source of drinking water as well as agricultural and industrial usage. Unfortunately, groundwater quality has been degraded due to improper waste disposal practices and accidental spillage of hazardous chemicals. Therefore, it is critical that the groundwater contamination be pre...
In this study, a comprehensive analysis of groundwater was performed to assess contamination and phenol content in Batman, Turkey, particularly in residential areas near agriculture, livestock and oil industry facilities. From these areas, where potentially contaminated groundwater used for drinking and ...
and working at the base.Camp Lejeune was built in a sandy pine forest along the North Carolina coast in the early 1940s. Itsdrinking water was contaminatedwith industrial solvents from the early 1950s to 1985. The contamination - detected in the early 1980s - was blamed on a poorly ...
Among all the countries worldwide, nations in South Asia, particularly India and Bangladesh, have severe problem of groundwater arsenic (As) contamination so are on our primary focus in this study. The objective of this review study is to provide a viewpoint about the source of As, the ...
Foodstuffs may be contaminated with phthalates during production, storage, and meal preparation. PAEs may enter vegetables and fruits during cultivation, because of soil and water contamination. Different types of food may be contaminated during production when machinery in factories contains PAEs like ...