11. Tainted water, the book says, led to lukemia and ultimately several deaths. 12. There is a well-known story about the London doctor John Snow, who traced an outbreak of cholera to one pump spouting tainted water. 13. They say the tainted water far outweighs the air pollution benefits. 14. Today, though, those bacteria can make life miserable for swimmers or others who ingest enough of the tainted water. 15. A hotline was inundated with calls Friday from people concerned that they might have drunk tainted water and hundreds of people reported stomach upsets. 16. A hotline was inundated with calls from people concerned they drank tainted water and hundreds of people reported upset stomachs. 17. Cholera is caused by a bacteria transmitted by human feces and carried by tainted water. 18. Eight hundred people in western Georgia have become sick with salmonella poisoning that is believed to have been caused by tainted water, authorities said Sunday. 19. Omai said all its senior officials were in Canada at a funeral when a worker left a valve open, discharging an unknown amount of tainted water. 20. Prime Minister John Howard said the tainted water was an international embarrassment for the city that will host the Olympics in two years. |