Bacteria and Infectious Agents
By: Jeron Harris
Did you know that....
Bacteria and infectious agents absorbed in a watershed through pollution, can cause an outbreak of a vicious, life threatening disease. In addition, the lack of a proper sanitation regimen for water systems can also lead to the spread of bacteria and infectious agents.
Bacteria and infectious agents in water..... Can also effect the health of an individual as well as contribute to the decline of a society. In the end, resulting in the rise of infant mortality rates which effects the population of a society as well.
So, in order to hinder or stop the dispersion of bacteria and infectious agents....
Antibacterial and antiviral cleaning chemicals, as well as an efficient cleaning regimen decreases the livelihood of bacteria and viruses from cross contaminating with a community's watershed as well as their local water supply.
References
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McLaughlin, A. J. (1911). Sewage pollution of interstate and international waters with special reference to the spread of typhoid fever: I. Lake Erie and the Niagara River (Hygienic laboratory - Bulletin). New York: Government Printing Office.