River water pollution in Lebanon: the country's most underestimated public health challenge

CONCLUSIONS: Polluted water can have a negative impact on human, wildlife and ecosystem health. Most of the assessed rivers in our study contained bacterial colonies, above the maximum recommended internationally. There is therefore an urgent need to address pollution issues in Lebanese waters to make them suitable for irrigation and other uses.PMID:38491899 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.029

Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - March 16, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Carolla El Chamieh Claudia El Haddad Khaled El Khatib Edmond Jalkh Victoria Al Karaki Jana Zeineddine Antoine Assaf Tania Harb Elie Bou Sanayeh Source Type: research