Water polluted by various human activities generates wastewater that can cause a lot of diseases upon consumption. Which of the following is not a disease caused by drinking dirty wastewater?

Cholera

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Typhoid

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Dysentery

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Asthma

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Solution

The correct option is D Asthma

Waterborne diseases are caused by consuming contaminated water or untreated wastewater that are generated through various human activities.

Cholera, typhoid, dysentery, diarrhoaea, polio, meningitis and hepatitis are waterborne diseases that can be caused by drinking dirty water.

Asthma is not caused by drinking contaminated water. It is an airborne respiratory disease.

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Water polluted by various human activities causes a number of water-borne diseases. Which of the following is not a water-borne disease?
(a) Cholera
(b) Typhoid
(c) Asthma
(d) Dysentery

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(a) What is the common name of such wastewater?

(b) Name five types of harmful organisms contained in it.

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Water polluted by various human activities causes a number of water-borne diseases. Which of the following is not a waterborne disease?

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