Transmission of enteric disease associated with wastewater irrigation: A prospective epidemiological study

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5266750

Shuval, H I; Wax, Y; Yekutiel, P; Fattal, B

A prospective epidemiological study of possible enteric disease transmission by aerosolized pathogens from sprinkler irrigation of partially treated waste water in 20 kibbutzim (collective agricultural settlements) in Israel between March 1981 and February 1982 was conducted. Medical data were collected from the patients' files and daily logs of physicians and nurses at each kibbutzim clinic (total population 10,231). Episodes of enteric disease were similar in the kibbutzim most exposed to wastewater aerosols (11.6 per 100 person-year) and the kibbutzim not exposed to wastewater in any form (11.0 per 100 person-year). No excess of enteric disease was seen among waste water contract workers or their families as compared with the unexposed. No negative health effects were detected in the study which involved a large population, including many young children exposed to treated waste water aerosols generated at distances of 300-600 miles.

• Research Organization: Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem (Israel)
• OSTI ID: 5266750
• Report Number(s): PB-90-103722/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in American Jnl. of Public Health, Vol. 79, No. 7, 850-852(Jul 1989)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ENTERITIS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
IRRIGATION
WASTE WATER
HEALTH HAZARDS
AEROSOLS
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
ISRAEL
ASIA
COLLOIDS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MIDDLE EAST
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SOLS
WASTES
WATER
540320* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
553000 - Agriculture & Food Technology