how does contaminated water affect the human body?

Question

i need lots of information beacuse i'm doing a prject on it.

Answer 1

Contaminated sediments affect small creatures such as worms, crustaceans, and insect larvae that inhabit the bottom of a water body in what is known as the benthic environment. Some kinds of toxic sediments kill benthic organisms, reducing the food available to larger animals such as fish.

Some contaminants in the sediment are taken up by benthic organisms in a process called bioaccumulation. When larger animals feed on these contaminated organisms, the toxins are taken into their bodies, moving up the food chain in increasing concentrations in a process known as biomagnification. As a result, fish and shellfish, waterfowl, and freshwater and marine mammals, as well as benthic organisms, are affected by contaminated sediments.

Species that cannot tolerate the toxic contaminants found in some sediments simply die, reducing the variety of organisms, also known as biodiversity, in the affected environment. Animals that survive exposure to contaminated sediments may develop serious health problems, including fin rot, tumors, and reproductive effects.

When contaminants bioaccumulate in trout, salmon, ducks, and other food sources, they pose a threat to human health. In 1998, fish consumption advisories were issued for more than 2,506 bodies of water in the United States. Possible long-term effects of eating contaminated fish include cancer and neurological defects.

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Answer 2

Contaminated water upsets the balance within us. It puts bacteria into our bodies and sometimes our bodies cannot fight it off. It depends on the bacteria introduced and the fighting power of our white blood cells in our bodies. Some people may get sicker that other ones. If our bodies are already compromised with an illness, then we're **** out of luck. Diarrhea and nausea and vomiting are big symptoms, then after that, dehydration. When there's dehydration, all kinds of things can happen because our cells do not, at that point, have the equipment to handle hardly anything.

Answer 3

Contaminated water upsets the balance within us. It puts bacteria into our bodies and sometimes our bodies cannot fight it off. It depends on the bacteria introduced and the fighting power of our white blood cells in our bodies. Some people may get sicker that other ones. If our bodies are already compromised with an illness, then we're **** out of luck. Diarrhea and nausea and vomiting are big symptoms, then after that, dehydration. When there's dehydration, all kinds of things can happen because our cells do not, at that point, have the equipment to handle hardly anything.

Answer 4

Depending on how contaminated the water is....it could cause as little as diarrhea from bacteria or as much as a viral infection which could be much worse. Also vomiting or fever can occur which are all side effects of the bacteria or virus.

Answer 5

What's the contaminate? It all depends on what's in the polluted water.... because they all affect the body in different ways...

Answer 6

Depends on the contaminate. Anything could be a contaminate, uranium, e. coli, crytosperidium, PCB, oil, salts, cyanide.

Each has it's own effect. There are nearly endless possibilities and results.

Answer 7

it depends what it is contaminated with!

if it is contaminated with sugar, or orange juice, etc., it won't do much harm.

if it is contaminated with chlorine or similar stuff it could kill you.

Answer 8

if your project is to poison other people, your gonna want to be more discrete.

Answer 9

it makes you sickable