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  2. Waterborne disease - Wikipedia

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    Waterborne diseases are conditions (meaning adverse effects on human health, such as death, disability, illness or disorders) [1]: 47 caused by pathogenic micro-organisms that are transmitted by water. These diseases can be spread while bathing, washing, drinking water, or by eating food exposed to contaminated water. [2]

  3. Human viruses in water - Wikipedia

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    The quality of drinking water is ensured through a framework of water safety plans that ensures the safe disposal of human waste so that drinking water supplies are not contaminated. Improving the water supply, sanitation, hygiene and management of our water resources could prevent ten percent of total global disease. [13]

  4. Lead contamination in Washington, D.C., drinking water

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    Although regulations required WASA to include the specific warning "Some homes in this community have elevated lead levels in their drinking water. Lead can pose a significant risk to your health." In the water bills of each affected customer, WASA's notice omitted key parts of the phrase such as "in their drinking water" and "significant."

  5. ‘It’s shameful’: Houston homeowners in limbo after public ...

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    The price of home insurance has skyrocketed to an average of $2,285 a year. But smart homeowners can save up to $980 a year – here’s how This article provides information only and should not ...

  6. Taking a dip in dirty water? Here's how to tell if Oklahoma ...

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    Ask lifeguards for the latest water quality test results before you get in the water, and remember that bodies of water can be the most polluted 24 to 48 hours after heavy rain, Dias said.

  7. Daughter haunted by whether father's illness was caused by ...

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    Nov. 8—From the 1950s through the mid-1980s, water at and around Camp Lejeune, a Marine base on the coast of North Carolina, was contaminated with numerous carcinogenic and harmful chemicals. In ...

  8. Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Reporting System - Wikipedia

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    Common routes of exposure to waterborne pathogens include swallowing contaminated water, inhaling water droplets or airborne chemicals from the water, and direct physical contact with contaminated water. Epidemiologic evidence must implicate water or volatile compounds from the water that have entered the air as the probable source of the illness.

  9. Student suspended after posting picture of high school's ...

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    A senior year student at John Glenn High School in Westland, Michigan, was recently suspended after she tweeted out a photo of dirty water coming from her school's bathroom sink.. Hazel Juco told ...