Abstract

LARIOS ORTIZ, Luis. Water pollution by nitrates; sanitary significance. AMC [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

A review of the contamination report of underground water by nitrates was carried out, as much in other countries as in ours. Appoitments are made on the deterioration of the quality of these waters and the adverse effects that the same ones may have for health. Reference is also made to the origin of the contamination of the said waters in most of the cases. Concerning Cuba an emitted statement already several years ago for the Ministry of Public Health and the Institute of Hydroeconomy, points out Camagüey, Las Tunas and in smaller grade Cienfuegos and Holguín provinces as the most affected in this sense.

Keywords : Pollution of underground moters; nitrates [adverse efect].

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