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English: :Mortality rate attributable to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) Age-standardized death rate attributed to unsafe water, sanitation or lack of hygiene (WASH), measured as the number of deaths per 100,000 people of a given population.
Topsoil runoff from farm, central Iowa (2011). Water pollution in the United States is a growing problem that became critical in the 19th century with the development of mechanized agriculture, mining, and manufacturing industries—although laws and regulations introduced in the late 20th century have improved water quality in many water bodies. [1]
Prior to the 1970s, Bangladesh had one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. Ineffective water purification and sewage systems as well as periodic monsoons and flooding exacerbated these problems. As a solution, UNICEF and the World Bank advocated the use of wells to tap into deeper groundwater. During the 1970s, UNICEF worked ...
The connection between lack of WASH and burden of disease is primarily one of poverty and poor access in developing countries: "the WASH-attributable mortality rates were 42, 30, 4.4 and 3.7 deaths per 100 000 population in low-income, lower-middle income, upper-middle income and high-income countries, respectively."
Some water fountains were turned off due to lead levels. [1] In 2004, the D.C. Council held 11 oversight hearings on the issue; the US Congress held four. [1] American University claimed that its water was safe to drink, because the larger water mains feeding commercial sites like the college were not made of lead. [13]
Two months after that, a third agency, a county health department, told the public the water was unsafe and not to attempt to treat it on their own. “There were a lot of unknowns,” Rich said.
The consumption of water from temporary water sources of unknown quality (mainly shallow wells) has resulted in large numbers of people suffering from water-borne diseases. In Tanzania, 23,900 children under the age of 5 are reported to die each year from dysentery and diarrhoea associated with drinking unsafe water. [86]
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