Supplying Safe Drinking Water: New analysis of drinking water-related gastrointestinal illness

Supplying Safe Drinking Water: New analysis of drinking water-related gastrointestinal illness

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Today’s episode describes a study finding that the distribution system piping in U.S. public water systems that rely on non-disinfected well water or “ground water” may be a largely unrecognized cause of up to 1.1 million annual cases of acute gastrointes
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vor 3 Monaten
Today’s episode describes a study finding that the distribution
system piping in U.S. public water systems that rely on
non-disinfected well water or “ground water” may be a largely
unrecognized cause of up to 1.1 million annual cases of acute
gastrointestinal illness (AGI). That illness involves nausea,
vomiting and diarrhea. The study is the topic of a report in the
journal, Environmental Science and Technology.
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