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Lack of Clean Water Linked with Stunted Growth
Fri 9 January, 2004 20:26
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poor access to clean water and good sanitation is associated with poor growth in children, researchers said Friday.
Among children living in a poor community in Peru, those who had the poorest access to clean water and sanitation were 1 centimeter shorter and had 54 percent more episodes of diarrhea than children who grew up in the cleanest conditions.