Johns Hopkins Center for Water and Health

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Johns Hopkins Center for Water and Health

• Effluent Discharge
• Wastewater
• Septic
• Animal Waste
• Agricultural Run-off
• Ballast water
• Floods

• Impact
• Fish kills
• Anoxic zones
• Algal blooms
• Cryptosporidium
• Giardia
• Human-virulent microsporidia

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Http//www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml
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Freshwater
Coastal waters
Oceans
Dilution is a Solution
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Human Health and the Environment The Food-Water
Relationship
AGRICULTURAL FACTORS
FOOD
Oceans
Produce
Fertilization
Poultry
Irrigation
Runoff
WATER
Seafood
Drinking Water
Pork
Streams
Rivers
Beef
HUMAN HEALTH
Immuno- compromised
Handling Preparation Consumption
Sewage
Elderly
Children