FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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Why are Americans warned to avoid drinking the water when visiting developing countries?
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Water in developing countries is discolored.
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Water in developing countries is composed of different elements.
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Water in developing countries may be minimally treated and could cause illness.
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Water in developing countries contains large amounts of chlorine from over treatment.
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Explanation:
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: -Agriculture consumes more water than any other source and wastes much of that through inefficiencies. Climate change is altering patterns of weather and water around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others.
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