Chemistry A-Level
water-borne disease
What water-borne disease means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of water-borne disease
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Reference: AQA
Untreated supplies spread cholera, typhoid and dysentery, which killed people in enormous numbers before treatment became routine and still do where water is untreated.
Topics that use water-borne disease
- Uses of chlorine and chlorate(I) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- bleach and disinfectant
- chlorate(I) ion
- chloric(I) acid as the active species
- chlorination
- controlling the dose
- Disproportionation
- dose determines risk
- effect of conditions
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