Zimbabwe's Sewage-Fed Vegetables

Vendors are selling vegetables irrigated with sewage-infested river water putting the health of many in the country's capital at risk.

Vegetables irrigated with sewage effluent carry health risks.

  • Zimbabwe:   'Farmers Need Support'

    The Herald, 23 March 2012

    Government has encouraged the private sector to assist farmers improve food security and people's livelihoods. Officiating at a Pannar Seeds field day at Kent Estates in Norton… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Maize Crop Condition Mixed - ZFU

    Financial Gazette, 22 February 2012

    THE Zimbabwe Farmers' Union (ZFU) has described the condition of the country's maize crop as mixed, indicating that there are areas where the crop was terrible due to prolonged dry… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Contain Typhoid Before It Reaches Crisis Levels

    The Herald, 26 January 2012

    It is disheartening to note that typhoid cases continue to rise in Harare, though the cases have all been reported in Kuwadzana. Typhoid is a common worldwide bacterial disease,… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Clean City - Solution to Disease Outbreaks

    Financial Gazette, 24 February 2012

    THE City of Harare has been reeling under diarrheal outbreaks since 2008, with the current typhoid insurrection having claimed at least two people. Over 2 600 cases of typhoid have… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Let's All Play Our Part in Preserving the Water Table

    Zimbabwe Standard, 17 March 2012

    You might or might not know that many boreholes in Harare have either run dry completely or will only pump for short periods at a time. This is undoubtedly a result of so many… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Typhoid Spreads Amid Water Shortage

    UNIRIN, 18 November 2011

    A shortage of clean water and adequate sanitation in one of the most populous townships in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, have caused an outbreak of typhoid. Experts warn it could… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Project to Contain Cholera Underway

    Zimbabwe Standard, 6 November 2011

    A Harare MP is working with a United Kingdom-based company to install water purification facilities at public places in an effort to contain cholera which ravaged his constituency… Read more »

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