Awareness is growing that fresh or minimally processed fruit and vegetables can be sources
of disease-causing bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths. Irrigation with poor-quality …

Three different approaches for establishing guidelines for the microbiological quality of
treated wastewater that is reused for agriculture are reviewed. These approaches have …

This comprehensive text provides the reader with both a detailed reference and a unified
course on wastewater treatment. Aimed at scientists and engineers, it deals with the …

Background: Intestinal parasites are very common in developing countries including Nigeria.
There are diverse ways of their transmission; the study attempts to determine the level of …

Objective and methods Vegetables irrigated with untreated domestic wastewater were, at
the time of harvest, analysed for the presence of the faecal indicator, Escherichia coli, and …

Helminth ova (HO) are the main biological concern when reusing sludge for agricultural
production. Worldwide sludge regulations consider a permissible range of 0.25–1 HO/gTS …

The health risks of wastewater use in agriculture were investigated in the city of Faisalabad,
Pakistan, by means of a cross-sectional study. The study showed an increased risk of …

Fresh salad vegetables are essential for good health and they form a major component of
human diet in every family in Nigeria. Raw vegetables can be agent of transmission of …

The use of wastewater in agriculture-often untreated or inadequately treated-is occurring
more frequently because of water scarcity and population growth. Often the poorest …

The current study aimed to determine the contamination level by human parasite eggs and
cysts of sewage-irrigated soil, food crops and fodder crops. Field trials were conducted on …