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Some Medical Issues Related to Human-Water Interaction: A Brief Introduction

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This chapter aims to present a brief account on potential medical health issues which may be determined by living close to a water source as well as consumption of improper water. Regardless, the type of architecture, any future projects construction project aiming at developing a sustainable habitat must comply with the United Nations-Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDG) 2030 goals for water accessibility and quality. Also, additional clues for principles and directions of an efficient futuristic architectural development SeaCities could be identified in the history of human development and medicine. The current chapter will summarize the most common medical problems related to human-water interaction regardless the type of habitat. The importance of general sanitation is presented as well as the most important aspects related to the therapy and pathogenesis of various conditions. Various diseases are presented separately under several categories: recreational water exposure, food poisoning, seafood toxicity, fish related histamine toxicity, and other seafood poisoning including tetrodotoxin poisoning. A short review of intoxications determined by ingestion of water contaminated with lead, mercury, and arsenic is also presented

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Abbreviations

ETEC:

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli

EHEC:

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli

UN-SDG:

United Nations-Sustainable Development Goals

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Petcu, E.B. (2021). Some Medical Issues Related to Human-Water Interaction: A Brief Introduction. In: Baumeister, J., Bertone, E., Burton, P. (eds) SeaCities. Cities Research Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8748-1_7

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