Deadly diarrhea caused by wastewater on crops
The research, published in the journal Risk Analysis today, which focused on the Beijing region, found that the risk posed to children eating vegetables grown with wastewater far exceeded the World Health Organization (WHO) acceptable level. Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death globally. More than 99 percent of deaths of diarrheal disease occur in developing countries and 90 percent of these are in children under five.
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