Accessibility to clean water(Problems associated) Vietnam is considered as one of the world’s most populated country in the worth since ranked thirteenth in recent survey. Vietnam has a river count of about 2360 rivers in the country with its length of more than 10km. These rivers serve as important economic values and use. There have been very causes of water pollution which deprives most people in Vietnam access to clean water or even water at all. The ecosystem around Vietnam’s rivers is eventually
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Should we allow companies to continue the fracking process ? No ‚ We should stop the fracking process because of water contamination ‚ the deaths of animals ‚ and sickening of people. Chemicals that are contaminated are dangering others‚ fracking pollutes the water and air‚ and is dangerous for the workers and the animals. When landowners suspect that fracking is contaminating their water‚ a settlement can be made where the landowners can be given money; in return‚ they will need to promise to not
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pollution destroy fragile ecosystem kill fish & wildlife contaminate water damage health. Survey 2008 cadmium levels blood more 98% exceed safe levels. 66% children levels lead blood exceeds max. safe amount. Water related diseases: * Dysentery-infectious disease intestine symptoms diarrhoea (contains blood)‚ sickness & cramp. * Malaria-caused parasite via bites mosquitoes symptoms fever‚ headache & vomiting appear 10-15 days after. Not treated life threatening disrupts vital
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across the globe. One method of action is to become familiar with the different types of pollutants such as disease-causing agents‚ oxygen-demanding wastes‚ plant nutrients‚ organic chemicals‚ and radioactive materials‚ and to discover techniques to reduce their presence. It is essential to know the effect of disease-causing agents in order to decrease the illnesses of the population. Disease-causing agents‚ also known as pathogens‚ are viruses or bacteria that enter the body and cause an array
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only restricted upto creation of infrastructure of low cost latrine. The inadequacy of wash water and poor knowledge of sanitation hardly make it useful. On the other hand poor knowledge in safe drinking water has worsened the problem of water borne diseases manifold in rural areas. Though open defecation has been stopped poor sanitation system and
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Search Complete. Web. 23 May 2013. * Subbaraman‚ Ramnath‚ et al. "The social ecology of water in a Mumbai slum: failures in water quality‚ quantity‚ and reliability." BMC public health 13.1 (2013): 173. * Sarkar‚ Rajiv‚ et al. "Burden of childhood diseases and malnutrition in a semi-urban slum in southern India." BMC public health 13.1 (2013): 87. * Yardley‚ Jim. "‘In One Slum‚ Misery‚ Work‚ Politics and Hope." New York Times‚(December 29) A 1 (2011): A10. * Yardley‚ Jim. "Where growth and dysfunction
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Jamestown was one of the first attempts to establish a colony by the English settlers. The key word in the previous sentence: attempts. This word implies that the feat attempted was not a success‚ and in this case‚ the implication is quite correct. Jamestown failed because of severely strained Indian relations over resource supplies‚ an almost absolute lack of planning‚ which is a result of insufficient leadership‚ and environmental issues including lack of reliable water sources. Jamestown failed
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contain germs; then we’ll fall ill and certain diseases will be caused such as diarrhoea ‚ typhoid etc. People wash their clothes and their animals also take bath in rivers and pounds ; due to which the water get dirty and several types of germs are generated in the water and are transferred to the infected person to the healthy person . these types of diseases which are transmitted from one person to the another are called communicable diseases . If we take care of some small-n’-small things
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Removal of Arsenic from Village Drinking Water Supplies in West Bengal By Dr. Arun Deb Vice President (Retired)‚ Weston Solutions‚ Inc. West Chester‚ Pennsylvania Introduction and Background West Bengal‚ a state in Eastern India is very rich in groundwater and more than 80 percent of its populations tap this source as drinking water. In West Bengal‚ and in the neighboring nation of Bangladesh‚ a health crisis of devastating proportions has been quietly unfolding over many
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sub-Saharan Africa‚ time lost gathering water and suffering from water-borne diseases is limiting people’s true potential. Why Water?: Every day in rural communities and poor urban centres throughout the world ‚ hundreds of millions of people suffer because the don’t have access to clean‚ safe water. Women and girls especially bear the burden of walking miles at a time to gather water from streams and ponds - full of water-borne disease that is making them and their families sick.Illness from drinking dirty
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