Summary:
- At least 20% of the world’s people do not have clean drinking water always available.
- Unsafe drinking water causes 88% of diseases worldwide.
- More than 14,000 people die every day from such diseases.
- Human wastes may be in the water.
- If that's the case, the water will probably contain pathogens.
- The cholera bacteria and guinea worms are pathogens.
- Guinea worm is a serious problem in parts of Africa.
- Learn what is being done to decrease the number of people suffering from this parasite at the video below.