Drinking water

length between (2-4) µm however, they are either a parasite or live independently they are found in all living things and in all environments. Some bacteria in drinking water can cause disease such as salmonella, total coliform (including fecal coliform and E.coli), Shigella, Legionella, and Campylobacter and “their presence indicates that the water may be contaminated by human or animal wastes”. Some bacteria break down organic matter and play an important ecological role, other support in the…

which in this case is the clean drinking water. There are limited surface sources available to supply drinking water to the population of Sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, most of the existing ones are a major cause of diseases and parasites developing in the human body. Groundwater is the best resource to supply drinking water to the population of Sub-Saharan Africa. Such undertaking, however, is very costly. Moreover, the technical challenges associated with drilling for water make it even harder…

26 September 2016 “Do the benefits of bottled water overweigh the cost?” Many people choose bottled water over tap water worldwide. Which is really better for our health? Somewhere at some point in time someone came up with the idea of doing away with tap water and moving onto bottled water. It is a common belief that the bottled water is more reasonably priced as well as safer due to the purification process that it undergoes, meaning the water has been cleansed from all the dirty and…

Get Rid Of Puffy Eyes Overview Puffy eyes refer to the form of swelling in the tissues around the eyes which are called the orbits and are usually caused by hormonal changes, allergies, stress, and lack of enough sleep, aging, eye fatigue, excessive crying and excess fluid accumulation called oedema, which is due to too much consumption of salt. When you wake up in the morning and your eyes are puffy, it can be so irritating and this can make you tired and ill. Puffy eyes can be associated with…

is the equal distribution of benefits. According to Bunch, efforts to achieve this platform include readjusting tax codes and redistribution of wealth, establishing federal and state job programs, providing renewed land, clean air, ensuring clean water and housing, the end of unjust control of resources, allowing the right for workers to organize, the breaking up of large banks and change in bank regulations, renegotiation of trade, supporting the development of economy networks, establishing…

balance, and we should delve into both ends of the spectrum. We need to be saving as many people as we can with the knowledge we have now, while solving more complex medical problems at the same time. Priority: Clean Water Access and Sanitary Measures Globally Statement: Clean water is at the base of so many health…

The article Fetal Death and Reduced Birth Rates Associated with Exposure to Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water by Marc Edwards discusses some incidents regarding lead exposure, along with the correlation between this complication and fetal death, as well as miscarriages. At first glance the observation and claims being shown seem constructed with specific diction concerning a science, more precisely, ecological science. Throughout Edwards’s article, the claims presented are accompanied with the…

Puerto Rico needs Water and food. After a week of distress, millions of Puerto Ricans experience rough conditions because of no power, water or enough fuel. Around 97% of the island's 3.4 million residents still are in the dark Wednesday, one week after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said. About half of the residents don't have running water.And there's nowhere near enough food for all the people that need it. CNN said “In town of Utuado, Lydia Rivera has started to…

Education is something in LDC’s that aren’t funded enough and are too expensive to attend because of the high unemployment rate in the Congo. In tertiary school, 11% of men are enrolled compared to women coming in at 2 %. In tertiary schools, the gender parity index is .75. In secondary school, the enrollment ratio is 57 for men and 50 for women. Additionally on supplemental data, secondary enrollment in 1996 was 74 for females and 94 for men .Literate women as % of literate men 15-24 is 90%…

Arsenic contamination in drinking water is a global problem that causes people to put themselves at risk for other health related issues if the levels found in the water are too high. Using the ASSURED criteria (Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and robust, Equipment-free, Delivered to end users) criteria my team hopes to create a low cost microfluidic platform to detect arsenic in water. The end goal should benefit the every day lives of people who live in areas with serve…