Water Pollution

 THE PHILIPPINES

San Mateo, a landfill site located in Anti

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Mario
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Landfill, Philippines
Agriculture

 Your drinking water spiked

The water you drink could be a

Publication Date: 
30/01/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Quality, Drinking Water, Life Science, Environmental Science, Research
India

 Fundamental judgement

Clean drinking water is a fundamental right, states the Supreme Court and wants government to set up environmental courts

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
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Water Quality, Drinking Water, Industry, Supreme Court, High Court, India
Water Supply

Quality of drinking water from ponds in villages of Kolleru lake region

Kolleru Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the districts of East and West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh. The major population centres in the Kolleru Lake region are the 148 villages of which 50 bed villages and 98 belt villages. All bed and belt villages in lake region have atleast one drinking water pond.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2001
A. Sreenivasa Rao, P. Ramamohana Rao, N. Someswara Rao
Indian Journal of Environmental Health
43
1
45
Tags:
Lakes, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Water Supply, Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari, West Godavari, Statistics
India

 Thirsty for breath?

Contaminated drinking water can lead to respiratory problems

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
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Tags:
Water Quality, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Rural Habitat, Child Health, Jaipur (D)
India

 Loose bones

Fluoride contaminated cripples many in villages near Lahore

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
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Groundwater Pollution, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Chemical Industry, Rural Habitat, Child Health, Fluorosis, Physical Disability, Lahore
Agriculture

 ARSENIC POISONING

More than half the population of Bangladesh is facing a threat of arsenic poisoning from drinking contaminated water. Health experts are terming it as "the largest mass poisoning in world

Publication Date: 
14/10/2000
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Tags:
Drinking Water, Health Effects, Arsenic Poisoning, Research, Bangladesh
Environment

 TAIWAN

Three executives and 19 workers of two companies were charged with dumping tons of toxic waste into a river in southern Taiwan. Prosecutors said that the executives could

Publication Date: 
14/09/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rivers, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Cancer, Waste Disposal, Toxins
India

 The MTBE joke

The way to clean up the air is to pollute groundwater, according to the Indian government

Publication Date: 
14/09/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Groundwater Pollution, Air Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Cancer, Petrol, MTBE, Legislation, Governance, CSE, United States Of America (US), India
Health

Contamination of drinking- water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency

The contamination of groundwater by arsenic in Bangladesh is the largest poisoning of a population in history, with millions of people exposed. This paper describes the history of the discovery of arsenic in drinking-water in
Bangladesh and recommends intervention strategies. Tube-wells were installed to provide

Publication Date: 
31/08/2000
Allan H. Smith, Elena O. Lingas, Mahfuzar Rahman
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
78
9
1093
Tags:
Health, Arsenic, Bangladesh, Health Effects, Drinking Water, Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater Quality, Tubewells

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