Cytotoxicity of water supply in a Palestinian refugee camp and a Syrian informal tented settlement in Lebanon.

ABSTRACT: Deficient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) significantly account for a high burden of disease across the globe. Lebanon, an Eastern Mediterranean lower-middle-income country with a polluted environment, a fragmented healthcare system, and an ongoing severe economic crisis, faces serious challenges in sustaining safe water supplies, especially in vulnerable communities, while also hosting the world highest refugee population per capita. This study aimed to examine the mutagenicity, and the estrogenic and androgenic activities of water supplies, across both a Palestinian refugee camp and a Syrian informal settlement. Water samples were collected from two targeted camps in Dbayeh and Choueifat, North and South of the Capital City Beirut, respectively, between the months of September and

SUBMITTER: El Kawak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10760689 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature