IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/ito/pchaps/197502.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Sanitation and the Environment

In: Environmental Factors Affecting Human Health

Author

Listed:
  • Maria Vargova
  • Katarina Veszelits Lakticova
  • Iveta Cimbolakova
  • Ivan Uher
  • Peter Korim
  • Rudolf Hromada
  • Ingrid Papajova

Abstract

The environment is severything that creates natural conditions for the existence of organisms, including humans, and is a prerequisite for its further development. Proper environmental hygiene can prevent the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases. The function of disinfectants is to kill and prevent the growth of microorganisms. Disinfectants are potentially noxious substances which are used in intensive animal production and disease control programmes. In fulfilling this role, disinfectants may also have an adverse impact on the environment. These products may harm beneficial microorganisms, plant and animal life, and even humans, when used without due caution. Proper selection of disinfectant which is based on the knowledge of the resistance of microorganisms to the effect of the disinfectant and the efficacy of the disinfectants as well as the potential negative impact on the environment minimizes the risk of microbiological contamination and improves quality of the environment.

Suggested Citation

  • Maria Vargova & Katarina Veszelits Lakticova & Iveta Cimbolakova & Ivan Uher & Peter Korim & Rudolf Hromada & Ingrid Papajova, 2020. "Sanitation and the Environment," Chapters, in: Ivan Uher (ed.), Environmental Factors Affecting Human Health, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:197502
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93106
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/72683
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.5772/intechopen.93106?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    sanitation; microorganisms; environment; disinfection; hygiene; disinfectants;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:197502. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Slobodan Momcilovic (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.intechopen.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.