Illness associated with contamination of drinking water supplies with phenol

Illness associated with contamination of drinking water supplies with phenol.

In January 1984 the River Dee in north Wales was contaminated with phenol, with subsequent contamination of the tap water received by about two million consumers. A retrospective postal survey of 594 households was undertaken to determine whether consumption of this contaminated water was associated with illness. Subjects in areas that received contaminated water reported significantly more gas...

Microbiological Contamination of Drinking Water Associated with Subsequent Child Diarrhea

We used a prospective, longitudinal cohort enrolled as part of a program evaluation to assess the relationship between drinking water microbiological quality and child diarrhea. We included 50 villages across rural Bangladesh. Within each village field-workers enrolled a systematic random sample of 10 households with a child under the age of 3 years. Community monitors visited households monthl...

contamination of drinking water supplies in mazandaran - iran

introduction : direct relationship has been reported between the prevalence of some parasitic diseases and the presence of microorganisms in water. there are possible contamination of water resources, due to the climate changes and increasing the groundwater level. the purpose of this research was to determine the contamination rate of drinking water supplies to parasites in mazandaran province...

Chemical contamination of water supplies.

Man-made organic chemicals have been found in drinking water for many years. Their numbers and varieties increase as our analytical capabilities improve. The identified chemicals comprise 10 to 20% of the total organic matter present. These are volatile or low molecular weight compounds which are easily identified. Many of them are carcinogenic or mutagenic. Chlorinated compounds have been foun...

Diseases Associated with Drinking Water Supplies That Meet Treatment and Indicator Specifications