European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse The Tarsan stripes monday september 15. 1900 who urged of revise its drinking water standards How Safe should drinking water be a lot May depend on where you live according to a recent letter by or. Richard Meachem in the English medical journal lancet. He Points out that what constitutes Good policy for drinking water supplies in the United slates and other Industrial nations May not make when applied to developing countries. Sanitary engineers and bacteriologist in the United states usually require that a Sample of water 1 cubic centimetre in volume show no bacteria derived form human sewage before proclaiming that the water Supply being tested is Safe to print the world health organization advises that fewer than 10 col form bacteria per cubic centimetre and absolutely no bacteria derived from human fees is a Safe Standard. Meachem however says that these standards May have Little relevance to developing countries where most people drink water that has been completely untreated and a chlorinated. Often this water is of intrinsically Good Quality but if it is drawn from pipes or Wells close to human habitation it inevitably becomes contaminated with human bacterial organisms. If guidelines set by the world health organization or standards used in nations like the United states Are applied to developing countries a parameters May cause More harm than Benefit. As Meachem Points out there have been cases where overzealous health officials have closed sown contaminated shallow Wells in a Village because they were found to contain so focal col forms per cubic centimetre of water and thus forced villagers to use polluted irrigation canals containing 10,000 organisms per cubic rather than set an arbitrary Standard of bacterial counts in water that would be applied worldwide the world health organization Meachem suggests should recognize that Many areas must make do with less than Ideal water supplies. The International organization should revise its guidelines to stimulate an improvement of local water supplies but not prompt a shutdown of what May be the Best source of water available. Huge increase in malaria cases in . Registered Atlanta up a dramatic 243 per cent increase in he number of malaria cases in the . Has been reported by the National Center for disease control. The cd said during the first six months of this year it received reports of 566 cases of the Mosquito caused disease. That compared with 165 malaria cases during the same period in 1979. Most of the 1980 cases 465, were in foreign born individuals. Of that number 354 occurred in refugees from Southeast Asia. The cd said the marked increase in the number of malaria cases was due to the in creased number of refugees entering the coun try 14,000 per month since August 1979. Despite the Large increase in malaria in this country the health Agency said the risk of Domestic transmission of the disease was relatively Low because there was a Low Rale of infection and also a Low intensity of parasite Mia percent of infected blood cells of victims in its morbidity and mortality weekly re Pott the cd also reported a record number sure Mas a lot of warns Taxin -. The ., Canada. Tutje Toug he of cases of a rare and usually fatal disease caused by an amoeba that thrives in the warm Waters of Ponds lakes and swimming cd said seven confirmed cases and one suspected Case of primary amoebic me Ning encephalitis were reported from four states and puerto Rico in the last month. All of the cases were fatal. No two cases were exposed to the same source of cd said the infectious agent enters the nose of swimmers and symptoms of head ache and fever occur in less than a week. There is a rapid deterioration to coma and seizures with death occurring an average of five Days after admission to a Hospital. Primary amoebic mening encephalitis was first described in Australia in 1965. The cd said the eight cases listed in the last month in the . Represents a striking increase Over previous have been Only 29 documented cases in the . Since 1965. Five cases were reported in 1978," the cd said. The clustering of cases in 1930 and 1978 May be related to the unusually hot and dry Summers that prevailed in the Southern part of the United states Dur ing those years. Three of the cases occurred in Florida two in Texas and one each in California new York and puerto Rico. Norwegian of visit China Oslo up prime minister Oddvar Nordli will pay an official visit to China sept. 22-29, the foreign ministry said. Nordli will be the guest of the govern ment and will meet with leaders to discuss bilateral and International mailers the ministry said. 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