| Literature DB >> 31550576 |
Rajendran Viji1, Nirmaladevi D Shrinithivihahshini2, Perumal Santhanam3, Srinivasan Balakrishnan4, Yujun Yi5, Govindan Rajivgandhi6.
Abstract
The present study is aimed to monitoring the ecological indicator and pathogenic microorganism diversity in pilgrimage places beach sand on the Bay of Bengal coast. The samples were collected from three locations and four different sites, and were analyzed by following standard methods. The results clearly indicates, ritual activities were highly contaminated in the beach sand qualities, and exceeded with the standard permissible limit of WHO, USEPA, EU, CPCB beach sand recreational and other contacts activities including pH (11%), TBC (100%), TCB (97%), FCB (88%), TEB (75%), E. coli (75%), disease-causing possible level of Klebsiella (84%), Shigella (75%), Salmonella (63%) and Vibrio (56%). The statistical tools were applied to find the strong evidence. The current study pointed out the major effects on the diffusion of potentially pathogenic microorganisms along the shoreline provided useful information for the setup of measures for public health protection in the Bay of Bengal coast.Entities:
Keywords: Beach sand; Holy places; Indicator; Pathogen; Pollution; Ritual ceremony
Year: 2019 PMID: 31550576 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110548
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mar Pollut Bull ISSN: 0025-326X Impact factor: 5.553