What disease can come from litter/pollution?

If people, flies, cockroaches, rats or mice touch the rubbish they can get disease-causing germs on them. Anything they touch is then likely to get some of the germs. For example, germs will get onto people's food if it comes into contact with flies, cockroaches, or mice that have germs on them. read more

Water Pollution Diseases According to some estimates, every year a few million Americans are made ill by polluted water. Water pollution involves the pollution of surface waters and/or groundwater, which may cause a series of diseases referred to as water pollution diseases. read more

" Lyme disease , hookworm or roundworm infections (more common in children), and toxoplasmosis (highest risk to pregnant women) are a few examples of harmful conditions that can be passed from pet to person," explains Dr. Peter Weinstein, medical director for VPI. read more