Iodine and chlorine are not considered thoroughly reliable for killing the
giardiasis organism.
To reduce the risk of cryptosporidiosis and
giardiasis, avoid swallowing water during swimming and avoid swimming in water that may be contaminated (e.g., with sewage or animal waste).
But quinacrine has been in use for over sixty years to treat malaria, lupus, and
giardiasis for over 100 million people worldwide.
Improper disposal of human wastes can result in water pollution and the spread of illness such as
Giardiasis, and aesthetic impacts on other visitors.
There has been much delate about the zoonotic potential of
Giardiasis [3, 7].
Ivins was a class action on behalf of hundreds of mobile home park tenants who were "adversely impacted" as a result of
giardiasis (from the giardia parasite that is carried in the excrement of animals and humans).
Other diseases spread by human waste in water include typhoid, which afflicts 70 million people in developing countries; amebiasis (amebic dysentery), 500 million; hepatitis A (an unknown number of people affected but 14,000 deaths annually);
giardiasis, 250 million; gastroenteritis, 100 million and cholera, 300,000(7,305,309).
Former That es Life presenter Esther, aged 57, spent six months fighting a killer strain of amoebic dysentery called
Giardiasis, which her doctors and family at one point feared might claim her life.
The increasing number of outbreaks of
giardiasis among people consuming surface water resulted in promulgation of the SWTR in 1989 under the 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Giardia lambila, a protozoan familiar to hikers who have sipped from clear mountain streams, causes the intestinal disease
giardiasis. Cryptosporidiosis is a disease caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum, which as late as 1976 was not known to cause disease in humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and yeast infections may be chronic
giardiasis, while diabetes and hypoglycemia can be caused by tapeworm infection.