Cancer causing pathogens found in Kampala, Arusha slum groundwater
Children fetching water overflowing near a polluted sewage at Mathare slums in Nairobi on December 29, 2015. Research has found deadly viruses in slum water. PHOTO | GERALD ANDERSON | NMG
Researchers from IHE Delft Institute for Water Education alongside their peers from local universities in Uganda and Tanzania have found traces of 25 harmful viruses in surface water in the slums of Kampala and Arusha.
Some of the 25 different DNA virus families pose health risks to residents.
