Saturday 15 September 2012

Drinking Water-Related Gastrointestinal Illness Being Analyzed

A largely unrecognized cause of up to 1.1 million annual cases of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) might be the distribution system piping in U.S. public water systems. These systems rely on non-disinfected well water or "ground water". AGI involves nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, scientists are reporting. Their study in ACS' journal iEnvironmental Science (and) Technology/i concludes that such illnesses may become more of a problem as much of the nation's drinking water ...

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