Drinking clean water reduces gastrointestinal diseases

• May 2, 2024

Consuming non-potable water causes the risk of contracting gastrointestinal diseases (parasitosis and anger, to mention a few) multiply. Therefore, it becomes indispensable to foresee water treatment plants those who do not have this resource and can thus have a safe consumption, said the secretary of health of Mexico, José Ángel Córdoba Villalobos .

In the signing of the agreement of donation of family water filtration systems, by a private company to the government of Querétaro, Cordova Villalobos He pointed out that in health this type of technology is relevant, because most of the diseases come from the consumption of water not sterile or polluted .

A child exposed continuously to intestinal parasitosis for the consumption of contaminated water has a poor increase Y developing intellectual and is subject to greater risks during its childhood that can cause death.

Cordoba Villalobos announced that 92% of the Mexican population has drinking water , however, those who lack this service, such as rural communities, should be given the necessary supplies that allow them access to vital liquid .

On the other hand, he said, it is also important take care of her Y use the procedures that exist to recycle, purify and guarantee its quality.

At the ceremony, the Ambassador of Switzerland in Mexico, Rudolf Werner Knoblauch and the Secretary of Health of the State of Querétaro, Mario César García Feregrino, were guests of honor.

Source: Ministry of Health.