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Article: "Pure water" blamed for increase in typhoid cases in southern Nigeria

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January 31, 2004
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"Pure water" blamed for increase in typhoid cases in southern Nigeria

LAGOS, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- "Pure water," a daily-use drinking water for common people in Nigeria, has been blamed for the recent increase in cases of typhoid fever in southern Nigeria, a health official said Saturday.

Speaking at a workshop in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom state, south Nigeria, State Health Commissioner Edet Attih said, "These untreated packaged water constitutes a great threat to the health of our people as they are prone to contamination by chemicals and industrial pollutants."

At the workshop organized by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Attih called on the ...

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