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Contaminated Irrigation Water A Source of Human Pathogens on Growing Vegetables

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  • Soodb
  • Sahotap

    (Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana)

  • Hunjanm

    (Department of Plant Pathology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana)

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People are being more comprehensive to the nutritional benefits of raw vegetables and have changed their eating habits. Undoubtedly, fresh vegetables are rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals essential for health but with a downside of both epiphytic non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella enterica and Bacillus cereus causing illness. Soils irrigated with sewage water for raising crops and a soil nearby sewage disposal sites possesses the potential pathogenic load. The faecal index of such sewage water used for agriculture was above the maximum permissible limit of 100 MPN/ml (Recommended by Indian Environment Ministry). These food pathogens are predominately found on vegetables sourced from those regions and were characterized as highly virulent due to presence of disease causing genes in them. They have high multiple drug resistance index which pose a grave threat to public health. There is need to monitor the quality of irrigation water for public health safety. Further, the vending operations should be critically controlled to decrease the risk of contamination by improper storage and handling of the vegetables.

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  • Soodb & Sahotap & Hunjanm, 2018. "Contaminated Irrigation Water A Source of Human Pathogens on Growing Vegetables," International Journal of Cell Science & Molecular Biology, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 3(5), pages 86-88, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijcsmb:v:3:y:2018:i:5:p:86-88
    DOI: 10.19080/IJCSMB.2018.03.555624
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