manizan, pascal niamien université d abobo-adjamé - laboratoire de l environnement et de biologie aquatique, ufr-sciences et gestion de l environnement, Côte d’Ivoire , aboli, amoin thierry institut pasteur de côte d ivoire, Côte d Ivoire , n’douba, kacou adèle institut pasteur de côte d ivoire, Côte d Ivoire , dosso, mireille institut pasteur de côte d ivoire, Côte d Ivoire

HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF WATER IN PLASTIC BAG SOLD IN THE CITY OF ABIDJAN (CÔTE D’IVOIRE, WEST AFRICA)

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Water is essential for life because of the role that it plays in our daily life. For that reason we decided to assess the risk of sanitary water in bags, sold in Abidjan. The study is kind of a cross that had been realized to Côte d Ivoire Pasteur Institute at Cocody. It s based on a sample of 450 bags of craft type and 450 semi-industrial bags. At the end of the study, the following results have been obtained: At the epidemiologic level, the samples not precise sites represented 82.2% of the samples, 89.6% of sellers were carrying out their activities for more than six months whom we have 69.8% of women. Besides, 79.3% had a primary level education. The factor of risk associated revealed by our study is the mode of conditioning in individual bags hygiene mainly that of the place of production. At the physico-chemical level, 32.3% of the samples did not comply with standard pH values higher that the average ( 8.5) versus 67.3% that were acceptable. The non conformity of the bags of semi-industrial type bags for 26% of the craft types. At the level the bacteriologic contamination rate by pathogen germs responsible for the sanitary risk was 5.4% for bags of the craft type with 3.3% for those of semiindustrial type. They are Enterococcus faecalis of 91.6% (76 cases), Escherichia coli of 7.2% (06 cases), Salmonella sp of 1.2% (01 case). These kinds of water in bags, semi-industrial or craft type have not heathly quality drinkable water, with a rate of infection of 79.4%.

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Bags dinking water , Craft and semi , industrial type , Waterborne diseases , Health risk , Abidjan , Côte d’Ivoire

Revue Ivoirienne des Sciences et Technologie

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