How does contaminated or dirty water affect humans?

Answer 1

Water pollution affects people because when people drink the polluted water they get sick and get different types of diseases and people also use the polluted water to clean their dishes , them self and their clothes and this can also cause diseases.

Answer 2

Cholera was a common water borne illness still affecting tens of thousands of people a year in some parts of the world.

Water contaminated by heavy metals like arsenic and Mercury also results in growth and development problems. Infants and children tend to be more susceptible to contaminants than are adults.

Sometimes "contaminants" have a positive effect. We add chlorine, a toxic gas, to water to kill bacteria. The amount of chlorine is too small to affect most humans. Some natural water supplies contain a tiny bit of flouride, which promotes strong bone development and helps prevent tooth decay from dental carries.

Answer 3

it gives us a countless number of diseases including cancer, destroys the wildlife and land around us. It makes soil infertile and eliminates the possibility to farm there. Processes like drilling for natural gas contaminates people's drinking water to the point where it can be lit on fire! So I'd say it affects us a great deal.
It affects us because of our health. If we drink polluted water it will affect our health.
it affects is if we drink it and it has pollution in it then we could get sick or like when we swim in it we could get infections

Answer 4

Dirty water is dangerous because its got loads of dirt in it which has LOADS of germs in! Would you want to drink that? No

Answer 5

Dirty water can affect a human by infecting our body's with parasites and bacteria that is unneeded to our immune system.

Answer 6

Harmful bacteria that could make you sick.

Answer 7

It can make you ill. VERY ILL

Answer 8

it is very harmful to our system and cause diseases,

Answer 9

"Polluttion" does not exist but pollution definitely does affect humans.