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Water is the primary mode of transportation for all nutrients in the body and is essential for proper circulation
- About 70-75 of earth surface contains water.
- Over 90% of world's fresh water supply is located in Antarctica.
- If all the worls's water were fit into a gallon of jug, the fresh water available for us would equal only about one tablespoon.
- Of all the water on earth, human can use only about 3/10 of this water.
- Less than 1% of earth water supply can be used as drinking water.
- Water is the primary mode of transportation for all nutrients in the body and is essential for proper circulation.
- Human body is about 70% water, Brain is about 75%, Bones are about 25% and Blood is about 83% water.
- A person can live for about a month withoutfood, but only a week without water.
- By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1% of its total water amount.
- The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is the weight from water, not fat.
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List of some of these water borne diseases are as follows : |
Cause |
Diseases |
Bacteria |
Gastroenteritis, Typhoid, Cholera, Paratyphoid, Dysentery, Diarrhoea |
Viruses |
Polio, Hepatitis A (Jaundice), Gastroenteritis, Dysentery, Diarrhoea |
Sodium |
Heart Disease |
Calcium |
Kidney Stone |
Magnesium |
Kidney Stone |
Lead |
Mental Retardation |
Copper |
Indigestion |
Mercury |
Indigestion |
Nitrate |
Pain |
Pyrogen |
Fever |
Fluoride |
Fluoresce |
Arsenic |
Poisoning |
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