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About aileen jornales
Expertise
anything about biological oceanography or marine biology

Experience
i am a marine biologist working in coastal resource management for almost ten years now. my field of specialty is biological oceanography (or marine biology)and i know a little bit of physical oceanography, specifically water currents and tides.

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University graduate of bachelor of science in marine biology

 
   

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Expert: aileen jornales - 3/19/2009

Question
What diseases can form because of Water Pollution


Answer
hello,

water pollution definitely causes a lot of diseases. it can cause skin diseases like itchiness and rashes. i had an assessment of a nearby beach, where domestic wastes are pretty much everywhere, and i felt itchy and sticky for a day. i remember a colleague who went swimming in a polluted pool a few years back and had trips to her OB-GYNE after that. another friend went swimming in a polluted river and had amoebiasis after. my mom ate shrimp from a fishpond full of commercial feeds and was admitted to the hospital the day after for dehydration and LBM.  

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