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Waterborne Disease — Current Threat a
Author(s) -
Cooper Robert C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1979.tb03301.x
Subject(s) - waterborne diseases , disease , disease control , water source , environmental health , environmental science , risk analysis (engineering) , outbreak , business , medicine , virology , water resource management , pathology
Control of epidemic waterborne disease of an infectious nature has been made practical through modern drinking‐water treatment practices. Certainty of such control depends upon treatment plant reliability. The possibility of the transmission of newly recognized infectious diseases by the water route must be considered. The presence of trace amounts of chemicals in drinking water that are potential agents of chronic disease, particularly cancer, poses many questions concerning the safety of our water supplies.