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Wastewater management in the realization of the rights to water and sanitation 2013, para. 37
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- Water pollution can endanger access to safe drinking or irrigation water of downstream users. Heavy metals also enter the food chain, thus putting at risk the human rights to food and to health. Often, water pollution concerns poorer communities much more than others, as lack of infrastructure forces them to use unsafe sources. In one city, wells and boreholes used by residents of a lower middle class area have been shown to be polluted by cadmium and lead, with concomitant health risks of cancer and kidney damage.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The MDGs and the human rights to water and sanitation 2010, para. 63n
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- [In line with these conclusions, the independent expert recommends the following:] States are particularly encouraged to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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