Maintenance and Engineering Objectives: The objectives of this mission is to Create awareness and train the people about hygiene and sanitation in relation to public health. ... Scenario: Very recently a newspaper had published the news emphasizing the cleanliness and maintenance of railway stations and how the unhygienic habits and improper sanitation affects the human life and health. ... These have serious consequences on the health of the people and are also an economic burden to the country. Similarly, water-borne disease like diarrhoea, jaundice and cholera are taking a heavy toll on bot...

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The term of emerging contaminants (EC's), definition given by the National Institutes of Health, is usually used to refer to compounds of different origin and chemical nature, whose presence in the environment is not considered significant in terms of distribution and/or concentration, so go, unnoticed (NIH, 2015). However, now some of them have been detected and have the potential to make an ecological impact, as well as adverse effects on health. ... Phthalates are used in a wide range of common products, and are released into the environment. ... Human health effects from exposure to l...

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Fresh water is an important resource connected to the environment and society. ... The Canadian Environmental Protection Act will regulate substances that are harmful to the environment. ... It notes that water is neglected, abused, and needs to be seen as a key to environmental health and has value and should be treated as such. ... That is establishing new rules and procedures that respect the value of water to all sectors of society and the environment. ... Implementation of the policy is the responsibility of all departments and agencies of the federal government (Environment Canada). ...

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"The primary objective of composting toilet systems is to contain, immobilize, or destroy pathogens, thereby reducing the risk of human infection to acceptable levels without contaminating the environment or negatively effecting the life of its inhabitants."" ... A simple container that is well ventilated and provides the correct environment for the decomposition of human waste by naturally occurring micro organisms is the main component of the composting toilet. ... Case Study The Colorado Health Board had to provide toilet facilities for an 18,000 acre area that is used for a variety...

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According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources on 1997, government data showed that about 60% of the estimated 8.4 million people residing in the Laguna de Bay Region discharge their solid and liquid wastes indirectly to the lake through its tributaries. ...

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They also contain a primitive lung structure in two of their pleopods of which open to the external environment through a simple pore during respiration. This means that they are again likely to be vulnerable to temperature, as the direct exposure of their respiratory surfaces to the environment increases their likelihood of water loss through evaporation[2]. ... They benefit from a similar predation relationship with the Slaters in this environment as the one stated above involving Ground Beetles and Spiders. ... It is probable that neither of the two species benefit or harm one another in th...

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