The World Health Organization says nearly nine million people in the worst affected areas are at risk of water-borne diseases, such as acute watery diarrhea. ❋ Unknown (2011)
That day, 22 NY Waterway ferries shuttled a total of nearly 160,000 people, first serving as water-borne ambulances transporting injured firefighters across the Hudson, then bringing evacuees to New Jersey, Brooklyn, and Queens. ❋ Jessica DuLong (2011)
LYDEN: So, just to summarize it, because we have you on a cell phone, you're saying that it's a water-borne disease, it strikes very quickly, produces a watery diarrhea, and can cause diarrhea and vomiting and lead to death within just hours. ❋ Unknown (2010)
She adds that water-borne illness is the second-highest cause of preventable childhood death in the world. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The EPA estimates we would need to invest $334 billion over the next 20 years just to ensure we comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act -- the law that protects us from raw sewage and water-borne diseases. ❋ Heather Taylor-Miesle (2010)
In the jungle of Sierra Leone, taking hollowed-out log boats to traverse the rivers, drilling a well for a remote village and installing a solar powered pump, hearing about no more infant deaths due to water-borne illness... ❋ Brad Balfour (2011)
It says it is particularly concerned about the spread of measles and water-borne diseases, such as acute watery diarrhea in Ethiopia and Kenya. ❋ Unknown (2011)
They warn conditions both in Dollo and in the huge, overcrowded Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya are ripe for epidemics of measles, water-borne and other diseases. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Parekh says water-borne diseases are down noticeably. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Dr. THIERAN: The cholera is a water-borne disease that is caused by a bacteria called Vibrio cholerae and that has a specific serotype that is labeled 01. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Occasionally, water-borne encounters lead to a loss of life. ❋ James Hookway (2011)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one out of six Americans comes down with a food/water-borne illness every year, that 128,000 people get hospitalized from such illnesses, and that about 3,000 die annually because of something they ate or drank. ❋ Peter A. Coclanis (2011)
Fewer than half of Haitians normally have access to clean water, and water-borne diseases can become a problem 24 hours after a disaster, Stern said. ❋ Unknown (2010)
They say water-borne oil residue from pumping operations is being stored in unprotected pits and is contaminating local water supplies. ❋ Unknown (2011)
While the toilets provide much-needed sanitation infrastructure to tackle water-borne diseases, the leading cause of death in Haiti, they also address what Sasha calls "a dignity issue." ❋ The Huffington Post (2011)
That comes to about one billion "eating events" daily, during each of which we are subject to risk from one or another nasty food or water-borne disease. ❋ Peter A. Coclanis (2011)
