User:Avaaakatz/Waterborne diseases

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Waterborne diseases are a pressing issue in rural areas amongst developing countries all over the world. Places affected by waterborne diseases, are facing an increasing number of deaths, specifically deaths of children. When water gets contaminated, all of its uses become unsafe; cooking food, washing clothes, drinking beverages, and many others are infected by pathogenic microbes. It can be further spread by animals or person to person contact.

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Drinking from water sources without the proper treatment mechanisms is deadly. The contaminants in the untreated water are pathogenic microbes that have just come to the forefront of globalization focus as an urgent topic of research.

Symptoms of waterborne illnesses vary based on disease, but the most commonly known are diarrhea and vomiting.