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      A report published recently concluded that poor water sanitation and a lack of safe drinking water take a greater human toll than war, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction combined. 

      According to an assessment commissioned by the United Nations, 4,000 children die each day 18 diseases caused by ingestion of filthy water, and four out of every 10 people in the world do not have clean water to drink. Cholera, typhoid fever and hepatitis A are caused by bacteria. Other illnesses, such as dysentery, are caused by parasites that live in water 19 by the feces of sick individuals. Lakes and streams which people use for drinking water, bathing and defecating are sources of disease, 20 is water left by natural disasters. People can also 21 a diarrheal disease by eating food that’s prepared by sick individuals who have not washed their hands, or touching something handled by an infected person and then putting their own hands into their mouths.