sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
WHO issues revised drinking-water guidelines to prevent waterborne disease
4 JULY 2011 -- SINGAPORE/GENEVA - Each year, two million people die from waterborne diseases and billions more suffer illness ? most are children under five. But much of this ill-health and suffering are preventable. People drink unsafe or contaminated water, even though steps to prevent a major part of this contamination lie within our reach and means.
To address this situation the revised WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality released today calls on governments to strengthen their management of drinking-water quality by adopting a "Water Safety Planning" approach.
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The Guidelines were launched at the Singapore International Water Week (4-8 July 2011), the global platform for water solutions that brings together policy-makers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners to address challenges, showcase new technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water arena.
The fourth edition of the WHO Drinking-water Quality Guidelines and FAQs
All information on Public Health and Environment
All press releases, fact sheets and other WHO media material
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/events/press_backgrounder/en/index.html
4 JULY 2011 -- SINGAPORE/GENEVA - Each year, two million people die from waterborne diseases and billions more suffer illness ? most are children under five. But much of this ill-health and suffering are preventable. People drink unsafe or contaminated water, even though steps to prevent a major part of this contamination lie within our reach and means.
To address this situation the revised WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality released today calls on governments to strengthen their management of drinking-water quality by adopting a "Water Safety Planning" approach.
snip
The Guidelines were launched at the Singapore International Water Week (4-8 July 2011), the global platform for water solutions that brings together policy-makers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners to address challenges, showcase new technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water arena.
The fourth edition of the WHO Drinking-water Quality Guidelines and FAQs
All information on Public Health and Environment
All press releases, fact sheets and other WHO media material
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/events/press_backgrounder/en/index.html