EFFECTED

            Water pollution just not a huge damage to our environment but also effect to our life and health. Water is the most important resource on our planet. The contamination in water can destroy many animal habitats, and damage many ecosystems. Water pollution kills millions of living things around the world. The water pollution issue is hard to control in some part of the world.

Diseases and health problems

Current associated illness caused by water (Water-related. diseases) divided into 4 groups;

1. Waterborne diseases - It caused by drinking water contaminated with bacteria. Diseases examples are diarrhea, typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis, and parasitic.

2. Water-washed diseases – It caused by a lack of clean water for cleansing the body. Diseases examples are trachoma, scabies, lice, skin ulcers, etc.

3. Water-based diseases - It caused by pathogens or animal diseases that live in water, such as the life cycle of the liver fluke and the blood fluke.

4. Water-related insect vectors - It caused by insect. Diseases examples are malaria, dengue mosquitoes mainly caused by lymphatic filariasis , yellow fever , etc.

Cholera

Cholera is one kind of disease that has diarrhea, vomiting and body will out a lot of water.

Causes

Causes of cholera caused by when you drink polluted water or eat the half-cooked food.

How to protect

You should not eat half-cooked food, Use a spoon to scoop food should not be paying every hand washing after toilet and be careful when you drink water.

Minamata disease

Minamata disease or Chisso Minamata is a neurologicalsyndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. It makes general muscle weakness and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma and death in the weeks. It also can also affect fetuses.

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