ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Microbiologically contaminated drinking water can transmit diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio and is estimated to cause 485 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year.

Detailed explanation-2: -Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (like oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, aquifers, and groundwater) usually caused due to human activities. Water contaminated with human feces can lead to the spread of diseases such as typhoid, ascariasis, and amoebiasis. Thus it is a true statement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Globally, contaminated water is the second-biggest cause of premature deaths caused by pollution-at about 1.4 million fatalities annually-followed by lead with 900, 000 casualties and workplace chemical exposure at 870, 000 deaths.

Detailed explanation-4: -Notwithstanding available vaccines and medicines, polluted water killed seven people a day in India in 2018, while at least 36, 000 people were diagnosed with water-borne diseases every day.