2006-10-02 07:44:09 · 3 answers · asked by Mini 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Biological pollution caused by dumping animal waste into the water supply (cholera, E. coli, )
Parasitic ( flukes, all assorted types of roundworm infestations, dengue fever, yellow fever, malaria)
Chemical pollution caused by dumping chemical into the water supply (mercury poisoning causing blindness, and mental retardation, dioxin poisoning, insecticides causing cancers and birth defects)
2006-10-06 06:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by ATP-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a host of diseases, viruses and parasitic elements to water pollution.
There are far too many to list.
2006-10-02 07:46:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The list is long. Please use a search engine or go to Wikipedia.
Giardia, cryptosporidium, e coli, typhus will get you started.
You will see: there are many.
Because of the very high quality of water treatment in this country, none of them are widely found in the US.
;-)
2006-10-02 07:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by WikiJo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋