{"id":7340,"date":"2022-12-14T13:14:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2023-04-04T11:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:54:35","slug":"how-water-quality-affects-human-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/how-water-quality-affects-human-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How Water Quality Affects Human Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In previous blogs, we\u2019ve talked about the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/marine-water-quality-importance\/\">importance of water quality<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> for the survival of crucial ecosystems. This time, we wanted to spotlight the ways in which water quality impacts human health and, perhaps more importantly, the dangers of pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">After all, we make up a part of those ecosystems which we often find too easy to sweep under the rug. Without the continued health of our environments and life forms, things can get pretty difficult for us humans who rely on these environments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">First, let\u2019s look at the key causes of water pollution to understand what, in turn, can impact human health.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Causes of water pollution<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Water pollution that impacts human health can be caused by both unnatural (man-made) and natural means.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Man-made pollution is caused by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Sewage &amp; waste disposal (including animal waste)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Agricultural runoff<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Urban runoff<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Fuel &amp; chemical spillages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Plastic waste<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Radioactive waste<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">These pollutants can contaminate water directly or by seeping into groundwater through soil, eventually making its way to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/pollution-in-uk-rivers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>bodies of water<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">As for natural causes, naturally-occuring algae and pathogens can cause health issues \u2014 but it\u2019s worth keeping in mind that the presence of <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/blue-green-algae-causes\/\">toxic algae<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> can actually be a result of man-made contaminants.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illnesses caused by water pollution<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bacteria-graphic.jpeg\" alt=\"A graphic showing a microscopic view of red vibrio mimicus bacteria \u2013 the bacteria that causes gastroenteritis.\" width=\"1181\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bacteria-graphic.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bacteria-graphic-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bacteria-graphic-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bacteria-graphic-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">If we want to know the impacts of water pollution on human health, we unfortunately needn\u2019t look very far. Around the world, we see a long list of water-related diseases and illnesses, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Cholera<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Dysentery<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Hepatitis A<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Typhoid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Polio<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Parasitic illnesses like schistosomiasis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Head to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org\/water\/diseases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Environmental Pollution Centers<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> for a more comprehensive list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The illnesses caused by water pollution can of course vary in severity. Most commonly, contaminated water can cause rashes, earaches, eye infections, and diarrhoea. Even then, though, the severity of illness is dependent upon the local healthcare system and infrastructure (like availability of clean water to wash hands and replenish lost body fluids with).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/drinking-water#:~:text=Water%20and%20health,individuals%20to%20preventable%20health%20risks.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>WHO, an estimated 829,000 people<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> die each year from diarrhoea as a result of unsafe drinking-water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In the UK, we are lucky enough to have a healthcare system that means very few people die as a result of diarrhoea or related complications. Over the last few years, the frequency of gastrointestinal issues like gastroenteritis has increased due to the discharge of sewage into the sea. If we aren\u2019t careful, such instances could become the norm.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Socioeconomic impacts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">As we touched on above, there are socioeconomic factors that impact the severity of water-related illnesses. In fact, if safe drinking water and sanitation services were available across the world, the deaths of an estimated <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/drinking-water#:~:text=Water%20and%20health,individuals%20to%20preventable%20health%20risks.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">297,000 children aged under 5 years<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> could be avoided each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">An inexcusable proportion of illnesses caused by water quality occur in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/new-data-show-severity-of-water-contamination-in-poor-neighborhoods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>low-income countries and communities<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, which then serves to keep the poor in poverty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">When people have to travel many miles a day just to reach a clean(er) water source, their time is taken up by survival \u2013 and they aren\u2019t granted the ability to thrive. How can one be productive when finding clean water is a matter of life and death?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">These journeys themselves have effects on the health of the people undertaking them \u2013 because of musculoskeletal risks or dehydration from the journey itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/four-children-carrying-water-butts.jpeg\" alt=\"Four young African children carry buckets and jerry cans of water on their heads to take back home.\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/four-children-carrying-water-butts.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/four-children-carrying-water-butts-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/four-children-carrying-water-butts-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How water-related illnesses spread<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The illnesses can impact us both directly and indirectly:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Directly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> \u2014 via ingestion or bathing in polluted waters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Indirectly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> \u2014 via consumption of foodstuffs that use contaminated water or eating fish\/animals that feed on the water<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Fish are a particular hazard when it comes to ingesting pollutants as some chemicals \u2018<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9949881\/#:~:text=For%20fish%2C%20the%20bioaccumulation%20process,the%20gills%20is%20called%20bioconcentration.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bioaccumulate<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u2019 inside of them. When us humans eat them \u2013 or, indeed, animals that eat the fish \u2013 we can unwittingly consume those chemicals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antimicrobial resistance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In the long term, water pollution with antibiotics increases the presence of \u2018resistance genes\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme found that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/communities.unep.org\/display\/WWQA\/UNEA-5+Resources?preview=\/45973616\/51937370\/UNEA%205%20Working%20Document.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>34.8 billion daily doses of antibiotics<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> were consumed in 2015. Of those, up to 90% were excreted into the environment as active substances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">At the same time, antibiotic-resistant infections are increasing. Read about how <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/how-drug-resistant-pathogens-water-could-spark-another-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>water pollution could spark another pandemic here<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does water quality affect human health?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pour-clean-water-into-glass.jpeg\" alt=\"A jug pours fresh, clean water into a clear glass in front of a blurred green background.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pour-clean-water-into-glass.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pour-clean-water-into-glass-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pour-clean-water-into-glass-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">As we\u2019ve seen, poor <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/water-quality-management-uk\/\">water quality<\/a><\/strong> can have <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/press.un.org\/en\/2003\/sgsm8707.doc.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">significant negative effects<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> for us humans. But what about when water is as it should be?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Healthy water contains minerals such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Calcium &amp; magnesium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> \u2013 for good bone development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chlorine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> \u2013 for our digestive process<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Copper<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> \u2013 improves the function of enzymes in blood and muscles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Iron <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u2013 supports blood and muscle tissues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Potassium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> \u2013 aids myocardium activities, water retention, and more<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sodium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> \u2013 a key component of blood plasma and essential for energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">And more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Healthy, clean water = healthy, clean humans. It\u2019s all the more obvious, then, why <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/the-significance-of-clean-water\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>water pollution should be tackled with urgency<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitor water quality with Aquaread<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">If you\u2019re looking for an effective and easy way to monitor the water quality of a body of water (be it fresh or saltwater), we\u2019ve got you covered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Head to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/sensors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>sensors page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> for an idea of the parameters our products can test for and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/products\/water-quality\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>discover our water quality testing equipment here<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">. 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