Did you know that according to the http://www.wateraidamerica.org website around 783 million people in the world do not have access to safe water? This is around 11% of the world’s population. Also around 2.5 billion people in the world do not have access to proper sanitation this is about 35% of the world’s population. Did you know that around 700,000 children die every year from illnesses caused by unsafe water that’s almost 2,000 children in one day? All this and more is what this essay will inform you in. This essay is about water borne illnesses and how they can be prevented. I chose to write my essay on water borne illnesses because to me, right now the world is at war for water and sooner or later it will be at war but it will be called World War Three. Water borne illnesses are one of the leading causes in the world. Poverty stricken countries are already suffering from, this, especially with the deadliest three which are Cholera, E. coli, and Amebiasis. This essay will show you the reader how dangerous and terrifying foul water can and will be. This essay will also tell you how to end or prevent water borne illnesses. This will also show you where it is most common to find all these illnesses so you can avoid going there or regional areas.
The Top Three Deadliest Water Bourne Diseases: Amebiasis is a type of gastroenteritis (gastro) caused by a small parasite, that is called Entamoeba histolytica, which harms the bowel, claims the http://ideas.health.vic.gov website. The horrid disease of Amoebiasis can harm anyone; however, the disease mostly occurs in young to middle aged adults. A terrible fever, stomach cramps and diarrhea which may contain blood are all symptoms to Amoebiasis according to http://ideas.health.vic.gov . How does it spread one may ask? Well Amoebiasis occurs when Entamoeba histolytica parasites are taken in by a mouth and the most common way that all this happens is by a person to