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Chlorine is very effective in preventing the diseases like cholera. You can make the water bacteria free by boiling or using some expensive device, which uses ultraviolet rays to make the water bacteria free. But when the stored water becomes contaminated with bacteria, these methods become useless. Chlorine can remain in light free closed container for months together to make the water germ free. Only precondition is that the water should be free of organic impurities. That means the water should be well filtered.
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How can chlorine prevent diseases like cholera?
it killsl the germ
How effective is chlorine in preventing diseases like cholera?
Chlorine added to drinking water and swimming pools has revolutionised the safety of drinking water throughout the world. The gas dissolves in water and fatallly damages the cell walls of water born bacteria such as eschera coli, (E coli) and cholera. If the water is left to stand the chlorine exits the water and the taste disappears. A source of safe water is the basis of modern civilization
How can chlorine prevent diseases Ike cholera?
Chlorine can prevent such diseases by killing them in the water supply before they can reach humans-- it is very common for tap water to be treated at some point with chlorine in order to kill off unwanted or dangerous microorganisms.
Can chlorine prevent diseases like cholera?
Yes. You can make water filter by using sand and gravel and water tank. Then you can easily make the water germ free by using chlorine. Alternately you can use the chlorine drops to to purify water in your house. This way you can prevent cholera.
Does chlorine cause cholera?
Chlorine does not cause cholera. You may get cholera, by absence of that little chlorine in public water supply.
What impact does chlorine have on diseases?
Chlorine is very effective in preventing the diseases like cholera, typhoid, infective diarrhoea and dysentery. You can make the water bacteria free by boiling or using some expensive device, which uses ultraviolet rays to make the water bacteria free. But when the stored water becomes contaminated with bacteria, these methods become useless. Chlorine can remain in light free closed container for months together to make the water germ free. Only precondition is that the water should be free of organic impurities. That means the water should be well filtered.
What type of diseases did the pioneers have?
cholera
How do you use cholera in a sentence?
This can lead to all kinds of diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera.
What are diseases caused by excess of water?
cholera.....jaundice
What diseases are found in water?
cholera is found in water
What diseases did British people bring to Australia?
Cholera.
What are the preventable diseases that come from poverty in Ethiopia?
diarrhoeal diseases,typhoid,cholera,hepatitis and other contagious diseases
