Question

Various diseases spread on an epidemic scale due to waste accumulation on land and water bodies.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Open waste on land and water bodies is the root of infection and habitat for diseases. The waste that remains open and untreated on land and in water bodies pollute the very sources whereby living beings sustain, the pollutants emitting out of such waste is released in the air, pollute soil which grows crops, make the environment filthy and water undrinkable which when consumed leads to the diseases on a large scale.