the thrust of the National Government which is directed towards poverty reduction. It will provide 221 HHs in the barangay an access to clean and safe water. It also seeks to eliminate the incidence of water-borne diseases in the barangay which was recorded at 55 cases of skin diseases during the preceding year. As the more serious sickness which may be brought about by unsafe water will drain the budget of the family‚ availability of safe drinking water is a must to every household. Easy access
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Water pollution is a serious matter‚ and can be defined as a problem. Poor water quality is just another way of saying water pollution. Water pollution is when one or more substances build up in water to such an extent‚ that several problems for animals and humans develop. Rivers‚ lakes‚ oceans‚ and other inland waters are able to naturally clean up certain amounts of the pollution by dispersing them harmlessly. Water pollution depends on the quantities: how much of the polluting substance is released
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Dracunculiasis (Guinea-Worm Disease) Throughout Africa‚ countries are taking the initiative to eradicate a disease caused by a parasite called the Guinea worm. The governments of these countries and an organization ran by former President Jimmy Carter are using the cheapest available mechanisms to fight the spread of these parasites in stagnant water and are raising awareness through multiple advertisements throughout affected parts of the countries. This troublesome disease plagues thousands of people
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M. Dekker. Columbia Encyclopedia (2nd ed.‚ Vols. 1-45). (2000). Chicago: Columbia Press. McCaull‚ J.‚ & Crossland‚ J. (1974). Water pollution. Environmental issues series. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Morris‚ R. D. (2007). The blue death: disease‚ disaster and the water we drink. New York‚ NY: HarperCollins. Ostopowich‚ M. (2006). Water pollution. Science matters. New York: Weigl. Warren‚ C. E.‚ & Doudoroff‚ P. (1971). Biology and water pollution control. Philadelphia: Saunders.
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this disease is if you drink water that has been contaminated with a person’s infected feces‚ or by eating food that has come into contact with the dirty water. For instance‚ if you eat raw or uncooked fruits and vegetables‚ especially if you eat seafood such as seashells; you want to make sure it is properly cooked because you can easily become infected. The first origination of cholera occurred during the Indian subcontinent. The Ganges River played a major role in transmitting the disease place
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Individual Communication and Crisis Paper Amanda Cummings HCS/320 Sandra Anderson August 12‚ 2013 Hello‚ my name is Amanda Cummings and I am the director of the Manhattan Regional Emergency Management Office. I am receiving official reports about many people getting sick from drinking the water in Manhattan and the surrounding areas. It is now known that there is a life-threatening biological agent in the water system called tularemia. It is still unknown how it got into the water systems
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many factors. Global Climate change‚ Population‚ Urbanisation‚ Surface Water Pollution and Ground Water Pollution are some of the major factors contributing to our lack of clean water. This scarcity in water has a number of various impacts such as disease‚ xenophobia‚ air pollution‚ forest fires and impacts on our economy. .(Rabie‚ 2008) Water is indispensable for survival and for economic development through productivity. The supply of water in this country is limited‚ unevenly distributed‚ and is
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Curie‚ ______‚ was awarded a Nobel Prize for her work. A. was the scientist who discovered radium B. whose scientific discovery of radium C. the scientist discovered radium D. the scientist who discovered radium Question 12: ______ about gene-related diseases has increased is welcome news. A. Scientific knowledge B. It was scientific knowledge C. Though scientific
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Water Quality Raychel Rizzo 1/26/2013 Trent Sorensen SCI/275 Pollution is a world-wide spread problem that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. Water pollution is a big worry considering that water is essential to all living and nonliving things. As Adrian Armstrong (2006) says in his article Ethical issues in water use and sustainability‚ “...water is valuable‚ because we need it‚ and so we protect it in so far as it benefits us” (p. 10) The main problems
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“The EPA estimates that‚ of the 100 billion tons of hazardous waste produced each year in the United States‚ 90 percent is disposed of in an environmentally unsafe manner” (Rosoff‚ and Pontell‚ 2014). This statistic is staggering. Only 10 billion tons of waste are disposed of properly every year in the US. The Love Canal scandal is a prime example of a company producing toxic waste and disposing of it in an unsafe manner. This paper will give an overview of the Love Canal scandal‚ the cost‚ and
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